Hard Pill to Swallow

When my Dr. did all the tests after my last miscarriage we were told that all but one of the tests were normal and that one was only slightly elevated so the Dr. wasn't too worried about it. When we found out we were pregnant again we switched Dr's and I'm so glad that we did. Our current Dr. saw the elevated levels on that previous test and immediately referred me to an Haematology Specialist. I had that appointment today and I wish it was good news, but it wasn't. I have an autoimmune disorder called Antiphospholipid Syndrome or Hughes Syndrome. This causes my blood to become very thick and the platelets sticky so that blood clots form. Apparently what causes this is that I have abnormally thick blood to begin with and then when I was pregnant with Jordyn, my body didn't recognize Erik's genes in here so it made antibodies to help fight off what it thought was a disease. Those antibodies get confused as to what's me and what's not so it causes my blood to thicken and clot. Most likely what happened with our two miscarriage is that my body recognized that foreign protein and started making those antibodies again and the thick blood or a clot couldn't pass through the placenta so the babies essentially starved to death. Fortunately everything looks good so far in this pregnancy. We were able to see both babies heart beats at our ultrasound Monday. Due to this disorder and being pregnant with twins I'm considered high risk and will see my OB weekly and my Hematologist about every 6 week. I also have ultrasounds done every 3-4 weeks and blood work done almost monthly to test the thickness of my blood. To help the blood thin out I'm to take a low dose aspirin daily and then give myself 2 shots of Lovenox (a blood thinner) daily. When I see my Hematologist in 6 weeks he'll look at my blood thickness and decide if I can go down to 1 shot daily. I'll have to do the shots until the end of the pregnancy. I'm just glad that we have good insurance and the shots are covered. The pharmacist told me that not many insurance companies cover them and that they cost about $5000 a month (I had to pay $30).