12/10/2010 12:49
My Name's Tina & I'm now a junkie!
Morning all.
I went to my consultant's appointment yesterday & they've discovered I carry the gene for DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis).
3 of my siblings have had DVT, which is why they tested me for it.
Anyway,
they've decided that the gene & my bad back are enough of a concern
to get me to inject myself daily with Innohep (Heparin).
It's a proper syringe, with a plunger etc, not like an eppy pen you just bang on yourself, and the injections sting like hell.
I
am gutted about it. It seems to be one thing after another at the
moment. I was finally starting to enjoy being pregnant & now this.
Obviously
I know it's better to have them & hopefully prevent a clot, but at
the same time, I'm dreading it as I know from my siblings' experiences I
am going to look like a human pin cushion before long!
I bruise very easily so will look like a battered wife soon too lol.
I have to give myself 1 injection a day until the baby is 6 weeks old.
I can't have an epidural while I am on the Heparin so god knows what that will do to my birth plan lol.
They showed me how to inject myself yesterday & I had to do it
myself this morning. I was shaking so much I dropped the syringe before
i'd done it & bent the needle LOL! I had to get rid of that one
& use a fresh one.
I hope it gets easier soon, because I am feeling like the most useless woman in the world at the minute. Pity Party for 1!!
Hope everyone else is having a better day!
PS sorry it's not diet related, probably a good job we've not done the xmas food shop yet or i'd be comfort eating as well as sulking LOL!!
Oh, and being thin isn't all that when you have to inject yourself daily - it flaming hurts when there's no fat there to absorb it LOL!!
Here's a photo of my 1st successful injection - (not counting the bent one i'd thrown into the sharps box haha!!)
Posted By: teewest
12/10/2010 01:39
awww..
I'll join your party as it stinks to have to inject yourself, even if it's for your health and good baby health. On the upside, isn't it winter there? That means long sleeves are expected - save so many visible bruises. It'll get easier, I promise! Hang in there, kiddo.
haha the code for this post is unmoral... too funny.
12/10/2010 06:26
=(
im sorry that you have to do that. but im glad that you're sticking (no pun intended) to keeping yourself (and your baby) healthy. im sure it will get easier, and practice makes perfect. =) good luck!
12/10/2010 08:00
Oh no
Im sorry to hear about this!! I don't think I coul do it!! Stay strong!!!
12/10/2010 09:59
ugh!
OOF, Stems! You are a tough cookie, I could NOT inject myself. Erkkk! But, it is all for a good cause, so it must be done, eh? It looks flippin' huge though- what is that, a 12 gauge needle? Lucky lucky.
Glad to hear everything else going well, and that you're enjoying being preggsie. I'm sending my good karma your way for an easy and worry free gestational duration! Haha...so clinical.
Taraaaaaa!
12/11/2010 11:36
AWHHH BLESS YOU!
Awhhh bless you. I hope you master it and hopefully this will take some of the stress away as you inject yourself.
You have to look at it positively (even though that might be very hard to do right now) but they must think it is for the best and after all they know what is best.
I don't envy you though ... I really feel for you and hope as you get used to doing it that it will be much easier for you to do.
Thinking of you and hoping your spirits lift soon!
12/14/2010 11:57
Big hugs!!
Poor darling!! That is not good. But it is something that happens to quite many women - at least they are treating you without a clot having built already.
As for the epidural - I had two children (and they were both a nice size - I am after all 6") without any epi or painkillers. And I was fine. And I know you will be too!!
Don´t feel useless, this is just something that happens and we can´t help it. It will all be more than worth it when your baby arrives :)
