WHAT??!!?? What is that?
That was my first question as Dr.Marichal explained to us the blood clotting disorder that I have. My head was spinning with loads of questions! It is January of 2007 so at this point we have been "trying" for a baby for 2 1/2 years....
The short version is simply, I have an inherited blood clotting disorder that passes clots through the placenta which stops the flow of blood to our babies hearts. Believe it or not, our doctor put me on baby aspirin beginning immediately. He said once I became pregnant again I had the option of giving myself "Heparin" shots twice daily in order to help with the clotting issue. There were no guarantees, but at least we had an answer.
We left the doctors office and I was happy with the news, yet angry that all it would have taken was a baby aspirin to save my babies! Another difficult thing about this diagnosis was telling my parents. Since this is an "inderited" problem they felt a little to blame. However, the Bible verse that we are "fearfully and wonderfully made" kept coming to my mind. I came to the realization that I am exactly how God wants me to be and so were my babies. My life is in the hands of God.
I was at peace and we were able to start trying for another baby in just 3 short weeks. Our first stop was to "Wal-mart" for baby aspirin!
Here we go again........... :)
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