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Starting Heparin for afib...and pregnant

by fran2, Jan 05, 2008 01:59AM

Anyone have experience taking heparin while pregnant? My cardiologist says aspirin should be enough, but my GP and the Perinatologist I'm seeing say it's not enough, I should be taking heparin during the last trimester of my pregnancy

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by fran2, Jan 05, 2008 02:03AM

ooops....posted this before I was finished.

So, of course I'm concerned about this. Does anyone else have experience with heparin (low molecular weight) during pregnancy?

by deedle1976, Jan 05, 2008 04:17AM

I believe it's common to take heparin during pregnancy. It is taken by women with clotting disorders such as antiphospholipid syndrome to prevent miscarriage so it must be considered safe.

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