Pregnancy & Mechanical Valve

[Ticky]

I had my mitral valve replaced with a mechanical valve 4 weeks ago and was hoping to chat with someone who has a mechanical valve & also has had a baby. I just got married in October and we consulted with a high risk OBGYN prior to the operation but wanted to hear about it first hand.

 

[Ross]

I know we have tissue mom's, but I don't remember any mechanicals. Here is some info, in which you probably know already, but it comes from our resident expert and anticoagulation guru, Al Lodwick's www.warfarinfo.com site.

http://www.warfarinfo.com/pregnancy.htm

I'm sure he'll be along soon. It's slow on the weekends here, so give it a little time for some answers.

 

[geebee]

Ticky - welcome.

I do not know of a member who has already been through pregnancy with a mechanical valve but we do have a member who is going through one now. Here is the link to the most recent thread. Maybe you can send a PM to find out how things are going:

http://www.valvereplacement.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17175

I wish you well.

 

[Sherry]

there have been two mechanical pregnancies

there have been two mechanical pregnancies

Hi, Ticky. Welcome to our wonderful site. As far as I know, there is a member named Willow who has gone through a pregnancy with a mechanical valve and is currently going through the second. Her husband, Anthony, has posted a few times. Here is a link to his first post:

http://valvereplacement.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16186

We have another member named Karen (Karen7) who has posted that she is going through a first pregnancy with a mechanical valve as well. Her post explaining the situation is number 10 on the following link:

http://valvereplacement.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16701

Best of luck to you, and again, welcome to the site.

 

[Lynlw]

Hi Ticky welcome,
I saw in your profile you also have LupusAnticoagulant/Anticardiolipin Antibody and was wonderring if that would play a role in the pregnancy also. Good luck w/ everything you've had alot going on with the wedding and surgery, I hope you are able to get some good answers, Lyn

 

[Ross]

Hi Ticky welcome,
I saw in your profile you also have LupusAnticoagulant/Anticardiolipin Antibody and was wonderring if that would play a role in the pregnancy also.

And that is precisely why I had Ticky post this in this forum. We need Al in on this, it's far out of my grasp.

 

[Guest]

Ticky,

There is another site that you need to go to www.apsfa.org
This is a good place for people with clotgting disorders. They have a hematologist, Dr. Tom Ortel of Duke University who advises the site about the medical information posted there. Many of the other APS sites are just gripe sessions and do nothing of a positive nature for the people who frequent them.

You have made the right step in contacting a high-risk OB doc. Please feel free to e-mail me with any specific questions that you have.