Does anyone have any experience of either Anti-S antibody or hereditary elliptocytosis in relation to pregnancy?
I have been ttc this year and have become pregnant three times and lost each of the three pregnancies, two of them within a week of getting a BFP the other was a MMC discovered at 11 weeks.
A blood test done by the hospital when I went for the ERPC showed that I have Anti-S antibody and the doctor who did the ERPC said this antibody may have caused the miscarriage and that I should take aspirin. I was told this but given no information about it. From what I have read online it means that any pregnancy will need to be monitored in case the baby becomes anaemic. But from what I've read online Anti-S doesn't cause clotting issues so I don't understand the Aspirin recommendation in relation to it.
Also, I was told following a blood test as a teenager that I have a proportion of my red blood cells that are elliptical shaped which has the name elliptocytosis. Generally this is symptomless (nb. it isn't sickle cell anaemia) but I wonder whether this may be causing a clotting issue when I'm ttc.
I feel a bit abandoned knowing I have two weird blood things but not really understanding how they might affect pregnancy and what I should be doing about it.
I don't want to take Aspirin unless I am sure that I do have clotting issues because it seems a step too far to take something to thin my blood if I don't have proven clotting issues. Also I have ulcerative colitis which is currently well controlled but can be provoked by Aspirin.
Does anyone know anything about either of these?
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Anti-S antibody and/or hereditary elliptocytosis
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INeedNewShoes · 10/08/2016 09:32
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