Surviving LUPUS

Despite the warning of my rheumatologist about getting pregnant, in Oct of 2005, after doing a pregnancy test at home, the kit reads two lines…POSITIVE. I was so happy but there was a bit of apprehension. The warning of my rheuma kept on ringing into my mind.

Actually his warning does not concern me having LUPUS. He is concern of the effects of COUMADIN to my unborn. COUMADIN/WARFARIN cannot be taken when you are pregnant because it will cause abnormalities to the child in your womb. He wanted me to be coumadin free for six months before even thinking of conceiving. And because of the nature of COUMADIN, I needed to switch to HEPARIN during pregnancy.