Re: Update on the pregnancy

September 15, 2008

Congrats Annie! I am so glad to hear that eveything is going well. I am currently in week 37 myself. I have to say like you it has been a interesting journey to this point. I have weekly OB visits and NST (non-stress test) done every tuesday. I too am on antibiotics daily (fun fun) and I am on blood thinners as well. My blood pressure however has been normal and all is well. The baby (a boy) is doing fantastic so far and he is already a character making faces at the techs when they do an ultrasound. I wish you all the best and hope you will keep me posted as I will you. I am not scheduled to deliever as of yet but that is something we are going to discuss on Tuesday as I live an hour away from the hospital and have already have had one false alarm.

Again Congrats,

Sandi

Update on the pregnancy

Well week 32 and everything is going ok so far. The Perinatologist at the U of M was right, with the PSC, the blood pressure will go up. I am on early maternity leave due to this, and so far, that has done the trick. I did develop Gestational Diabetes, but that was due to my age, not the PSC, and I have been able to manage that with diet control. The Hep, and OB agree I should be on a single dose of Antibiotics a day, to prevent any flare ups, so I am taking that and i am still taking the URSO. I am seen once a week in the OB clinic, and baby gets scanned each week(he is a little turkey, cause he refuses to show his face to us... I think he wants us to be surprised), and I have LFTs taken once a week. I think that it is overkill, since they have not gone up once since getting pregnant, but hey, I am not a doctor, so I will do it. I still feel like a human guniea pig, and I know somone is going to

write a paper on me, but hey, if it helps other women with PSC have babies, then I am all for it!They are still planning Halloween day for the c-section, and are concerned that the PSC will flare up and I will have to go early, but I feel confident that it won't. Other than that,I think things are going well. 7 more weeks to go! Will update more later!! THANK GOD FOR THIS GROUP!!!!!!! Annie

September 15, 2008

Sandie and Annie, congratulations to both of you!! How exciting!

I had my baby boy the day before Haloween last year, and he has been

such a gift. Annie - I had my first baby (a girl) at the U of M

hospital four years ago and I was in the high-risk clinic, I wonder

if we had the same doctors! My experience there was very positive.

Good luck!

Ruth

>

> Congrats Annie! I am so glad to hear that eveything is going well.

I am currently in week 37 myself. I have to say like you it has been

a interesting journey to this point. I have weekly OB visits and NST

(non-stress test) done every tuesday. I too am on antibiotics daily

(fun fun) and I am on blood thinners as well. My blood pressure

however has been normal and all is well. The baby (a boy) is doing

fantastic so far and he is already a character making faces at the

techs when they do an ultrasound. I wish you all the best and hope

you will keep me posted as I will you. I am not scheduled to deliever

as of yet but that is something we are going to discuss on Tuesday as

I live an hour away from the hospital and have already have had one

false alarm.

>

> Again Congrats,

>

> Sandi

>

> Update on the pregnancy

>

> Well week 32 and everything is going ok so far. The Perinatologist

at

> the U of M was right, with the PSC, the blood pressure will go up.

I am

> on early maternity leave due to this, and so far, that has done the

> trick. I did develop Gestational Diabetes, but that was due to my

age,

> not the PSC, and I have been able to manage that with diet control.

The

> Hep, and OB agree I should be on a single dose of Antibiotics a

day, to

> prevent any flare ups, so I am taking that and i am still taking

the

> URSO. I am seen once a week in the OB clinic, and baby gets scanned

> each

> week(he is a little turkey, cause he refuses to show his face to

us...

> I think he wants us to be surprised), and I have LFTs taken once a

> week. I think that it is overkill, since they have not gone up once

> since getting pregnant, but hey, I am not a doctor, so I will do

it. I

> still feel like a human guniea pig, and I know somone is going to

write

> a paper on me, but hey, if it helps other women with PSC have

babies,

> then I am all for it!They are still planning Halloween day for the

c-

> section, and are concerned that the PSC will flare up and I will

have

> to go early, but I feel confident that it won't. Other than that,I

> think things are going well. 7 more weeks to go! Will update more

> later!! THANK GOD FOR THIS GROUP!!!!!!! Annie

>

September 15, 2008