Pregnancy: After Loss Community

Sorry I have not heard of it, and have not had clotting issues, but I really hope it works for you...sounds like it may just be an older or less used drug that does the same thing. Congrats on making it to 17 weeks though...that is a milestone in itself! I say if it keeps working and can help you have a healthy baby than go for it! Sorry I couldn't be more help...the boards get pretty sparse after 5 so you may want to post in the morning about this.

If you haven't already, you might want to try posting on the high risk pregnancy board--it's possible someone reading that might have a little more experience with this drug.

I have a clotting disorder but am having no issues with the Lovenox so have had no need to switch. I have heard of Arixtra but at this point, you probably know more about it than I do!

I would probably tend to agree with your dr about the risks at this point (better to be on it than not), since my clotting disorder was not diagnosed during my pregnancy with my son or my 4 losses and I had many complications which could have been prevented if I were only on a blood thinner (preterm labor, preeclampsia, placental abruption leading to emergency c-section).

Good luck with everything!

Hi, well I'm also new at this. I was reading about your issues, sorry to hear about that, I've been there myself. I have a clotting disorder as well, I was recently on Lovenox due to preganancy. I'm 12 Weeks and as you know these weeks seem like years. I was taking quite a bit of Lovenox I was taking 90mg twice a day. Then the Dr. noticed my platelets decreasing and from then they haven't stopped. He gave me a choice to be put back on Coumadin which I had been taking for 8yrs. due to my illness or to be put on Arixtra. Which he explained that it has not been used for pregnant women. Well I'm from a small town in Tx and there really isn't much around here so I thought may be that's why he hasn't heard of anyone using this drug. He didn't explain to me about the class B drug. That's a ? to ask him when i go back Tuesday. Well I hope to hear from you. And I hope everything goes well with you .

hi , everyone am new to this site i was just place on the anticogulangant called Arixtra i was dx with dvt in my left calf in 2006 and was taking herpin while i was in the hospital then i realize i was allegy to it when i start having hard lumps around my belly then they place me on warfin when i got pregent with my daughter i stop taking the warfin an begin drinking grape juice . then all of an sudden this year 2009 on hune 23 i begin to have pain again in my legs that i was not able to bend my knee so i went to the doctor an they told me it was inflammation that the clot was gone three days later i tried to get out the bed an my right leg was burninh up like i had an fever in my leg it was trobbing an swolling so i calleed the doctor back and they told me to take some tynleol with codin and come to the office on july 17 which is tomorrow but here is how i found out i had the dvt in my right leg, i had an iud place in in august of last year miss my cycle for 2 months dedcide to take an hpt home preg. test came back + went to my ob doctor who is an high risk specialist tuesday he seen how i was walking like i was in an lot of pain he took the right leg anrub it to he got to that big sore knot an said that the dvt from the left calf went to the right calf so instead of putting me on herpin becaused of my allegys to it and lonvot because i hate needles an that you have to give twice a day he place me on Arixtra 2.5 mg at bedtime it is new but he said he have been using it with his other high risk moms like me so far i have no side effects from it and i had did some reserch i have not found anything bad abiut it yet it soppose to be natural i can not wait to see with my leg doctor going to say tomorrow. if i find out anything i will let you know.

Hi,[br>I was curious to know what the outcome was after taking arixtra during your pregnancy? Did you have any complications? Did you take it in your first trimester?

Hi,[br>I was curious to know what the outcome was after taking arixtra during your pregnancy? Did you have any complications? Did you take it in your first trimester?