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Re: JOINT STIFFNESS after STILLBIRTHFrom: Lori (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sun, 4 Jan 1998 17:29:45 -0600 (CST)
At Sat, 17 May 1997, Kelly wrote: > >At Sat, 17 May 1997, cheryl wrote: >> >>In November, in my 21st week of pregnancy, I lost twin boys conceived >>through (IVF/ICSI) fertility treatments. >> >>In December, I started to experience extreme stiffness in my fingers, >>knees and heels. >> >>I went to an internist who ran a series of tests but could not determine >>the cause; however, my blood tests have ruled out arthritis. >> >Cheryl > >I'm so sorry about the loss of your twins. > >Did the internist check you for lupus? Perhaps your next stop should be >to see a rheumatologist. > >-- >Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG >S. Lake Tahoe, CA >I've had 3 pregnancies, my first (boy) was stillborn at 31 weeks, at 32 weeks with my 2nd she had heart problems and was delivered c-section. At that time they checked me for lupus and the blood work was positive. She is fine now but my rheumatologist said Lupus is only present when I'm pregnant. My 3rd pregnancy was normal just high risk. I really didn't have any signs of Lupus but with my daughters irregular heart beat they checked me for it. I Know another baby boy could never replace my son but I still have this emptyness in my heart and want to have another boy. I'm afraid of pregnancie though.I have blood work every year and my ANA and Sedrate are still positive levels for Lupus. I wish Lupus wasn't such a hard to detect disease. I'm only 28!!!
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