Here is the story..
I was diagnosed with having a partially positive MTHFR, which is a rare blood clotting disorder. My original doctor wanted me to take the baby aspirin until I was 36 weeks pregnant. I did some research, talked to 2 other family members who were diagnosed with this as well, and I decided to stop taking the baby aspirin.
I went and saw a new midwife yesterday, she asked why I was on baby aspirin, I told her why they put me on it, and then told her that I stopped, she said she would talk to another midwife about what they think I should do (they just got back from an MTHFR seminar)
I get a phone call 3 hours later, letting me know she wants me to see a high risk OB/GYN to discuss my MTHFR.
My husband said they call it MTHFR for a reason because its a motherF'er.... that made me laugh!! :)
I am completely bummed. I don't want to be high risk. I don't want to have any complications. I want to have the freedom of all other non high risk pregnant peeps out there.
I was cheered up this morning when I opened my eyes and saw this:
Sorry it's been so long since I last checked in! I really hope that things work out with the High Risk OB/GYN.
ReplyDeleteI hope things continue to go smoothly for you despite this. That is such a cute thing to see when you wake up!
ReplyDeleteThanks!! :) me too!
DeleteAnd isn't it!! :) I just love it!
Are you heterozygous or homozygous?
ReplyDeleteI am heterozygous
DeleteI pray everything works out smoothly, so sorry you are high risk. So funny what your hubby said though lol
ReplyDeleteYou might want to ask your midwife about active L-methylfolate. The heterozygous form of MTHFR is fairly common (affecting up to 40% of the population). Women with MTHFR have a limited ability to metabolize synthetic folic acid (the type found in enriched foods as well as most supplements). This puts you at risk for folate deficiency related pregnancy complications. Active L-methylfolate is already broken down and bypasses the MTHFR mutation. Try not to stress too much about this because there is treatment. Adorable photo by the way! Best of luck!
ReplyDeleteThanks Holly! I will have to mention that to them! I know before they said as long as I take about 1000 mg of folic acid a day that I will be fine. so hopefully! :) But I will bring that up to them. :)
DeleteI just don't want them to label me high risk, because I feel my labor options would be really limited (that may be made up in my head, but that is just what I feel like would happen)
Don't worry Tara. You might want to check out Babycenter. There are lots of women with MTHFR on that message board and most of them have normal birth experiences (some at home).
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