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Treating PDA with meds

gault530gault530 member
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I talked to the doctor today and she's ordered another echo of both babies. DD has a pretty large PDA and DSs is smaller, but both have decreased in size since they restricted fluids. The doctor said she doesn't think they're small enough and we're running out of time to treat it with medicine. So, she wants the cardiologist to take a look again. She is concerned because dd is still 6 below her birth weight and is two weeks today. DS is at his birth weight. She said they will have to stop breast milk when giving the meds so they'll go back on nutrients.

Does anyone have experience with this issue?
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  • kellyagogokellyagogo member

    I'm a lurker, but thought I'd share my experience.  Both my girls were born with moderate to large PDAs.  We went through two rounds of meds before they finally decided to do surgery at 30ish weeks.  Deep down we knew they would have to

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  • kelkel09kelkel09 member

    Both my twins (27 weekers) had PDAs. Each of them were given three rounds of indocin. For my DD, the medicine closed the PDA. However, it didn't work for my son so he had a PDA ligation at 2 weeks old (29.5 weeks).

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  • chels38026chels38026
    My B twin was born with a large PDA which was not discovered until they did a trial of room air with her. We were lucky that she responded to the first round of medication, so it definitely can work for some preemies! Best of luck to you!
    After 5 TI Clomid cycles, 5 IUIs, and 2 IVFs we finally got our BFP!
    Beta#1 (12dp3dt)= 353, Beta#2 (15dp3dt)= 1466, Beta#3 (22dp3dt)= 14,139, First u/s: TWINS!!
    After 10 weeks of bedrest, our two little ladies joined us at 28w6d
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  • thishappyhousethishappyhouse member

    My DD had a very large PDA that closed after 3 rounds of indomethacin at 3 week

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  • gault530gault530 member
    Other than the PDA they're doing great. Both have been on high flow nasal cannulas for 5 days and are doing great. Silas is up to his birth weight, actually one ounce higher and Quinn is 2 oz below hers. They are increasing the amount of their feedings. B
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  • Mrs. AliceMrs. Alice member
    One of my twins had a moderate PDA and a PFO. He was symptomatic and was having increased O2 needs and desats while on the vent. His was closed smaller with 2 doses of meds at about 1 week old. He did much better after that.
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