Re: Heparin (dr. Montgomery)

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At Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Patty wrote: >
>Me again, ready to try for the 8th time. (one live child 2/99) I am APA
>+ (low) and had a PTT that was very high? 56 when 32 is high normal. I
>am starting heparin in the morning 5,000 3X a day. Also baby aspirin.
>The kicker is I am not pregnant yet, but am TTC this month. I am not
>sure why my Dr. is doing it 3X a day..I have read everybody does this
>amount 2X a day and usually waits to start it until at least a pos
>ovulation test or a pos preg test. Will starting the heparin this early
>hurt the pregnancy..like implantation? I have also been told there are
>heparin needles that are shorter than insulin needles..is this true and
>would it make a dif?

Maybe more comfortable, but in thelong run, probably not.

Last question.. are there any of you out there who >have taken this protocol and suffered another loss?

There are other reasons msicarriage can occur, but this usually works pretty well.

I am scared to do >this and still miscarry.
>Thanks!!
>Patty

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James Wang, M.D
Assitant Clinical Prof.
Tufts University School of Medicine

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