Re: PREGNANCY: Update PIH, IUGR, steroids 'liver pain' warning
From: Hope Waltman (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 29 Mar 2008 11:53:38 -0500 (CDT)
Dear Ashleigh,
Thank you for updating us on your journey! I and I am sure others always
appreciate when women/men let us know what happened. We ALL learn from
it, and hopefully can help others who may have a similar situation in
the future.
I am always happy when our Forum Family Members keep us updated and/or
tell us how OUR Forum has helped them with their research!
TO Everyone - Is there any Women's Health topics you would like to read
more about?
Sincerely,
Hope Waltman, Fibroid Forum and WH Forum Moderator
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At Sat, 29 Mar 2008, Ashleigh wrote:
>
>I just thought I'd update anyone who might have been interested. At
>31.5 weeks we had to deliver our precious baby boy because of a very
>quick onset of HELLP. I had been diagnosed at 28 weeks with PIH adn
>noticed no significan t ahcnages recently. At 30 wks, Jackson was
>diagnosed with IUGR at < 3%. I took steriods on Monday and Tuesday of
>this week to aid in he growth of his lungs. I got sick on Thursday in
>the early morning hours. By noon on Thursday, they delivered my healthy
>AGA boy (yes, AGA!) at 2 lbs 15 oz at 31.5 weeks. He is currently doing
>wonderfully - after 1.5 days in the real world. My labwork still insn't
>good (liver enzymes are in the 400 & 700 levels and my platelet count is
>currently at 44. (It dropped from 240 @ 5 AM to 104 @ 10 AM to 27 @ 2
>AM the next day and is now on its way up at 44 @ 10AM the following day.
>
>But, this is a WARNING to pregnant women out there ... my "liver pain"
>presented itself as crushing chest, back, shoulder & neck pain rather
>than the typical upper-right-quadrant pain. This delayed the diagnosis
>(since an incompetant nurse told me I needed to go to the ER rather than
>OB triage) and made the situation much more severe than it needed to be!
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