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12 years 7 months ago #33917 by tonyaknuth11
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I am going to the doctor for my first high risk appointment on Monday I will be 17 and a half weeks. I was just wondering what they usually all do at the first high risk appointments. Just curious to what is going to happen and what to expect. First pregnancy had ITP for 4 years.

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12 years 7 months ago #33951 by Sandi
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They will probably just monitor your counts and other than that, treat you like any other pregnant patient. If counts are below what they feel is a good range, you will most likely have to decide on treatment which would be Prednisone or IVIG. Usually they don't worry about that until the end of the pregnancy when delivery is near, unless counts are really low.

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12 years 6 months ago #34999 by tigereyes
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For me I got extra ultrasounds to monitor the baby and more frequent appointments. My hema did everything blood related and worked with my OB. It's important that they work together.
Jennifer

Mother of 2 boys
Last Rituxan 12/09/09--3rd time around with not much sucess
Winrho-09/25/09 Didnt work.
IVIG--Countless times

Latest counts 8 4/2013-just started Promatca
Diag. 9/2006

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