Evening everyone,
Looks like my vbac is looking unlikely.
Had a phone call from the hospital yesterday regarding antibodies. Hospital discovered i am producing anti-s antibodies at my booking in appt and discussed this with me at my 20 wk appt. Was told my titre level was pretty high 128 threshold level is 32, was told as titre level high this could cause Haemolytic Disease of the Newborn (HDN) basically jaundice and anemia in baby which can be pretty serious, in very rare cases may have to give baby blood transfusion to baby in utero or deliver baby early.
At my appt last week they took more blood to check titre levels and had scan to check baby developing as it should be. Spoke to specialist midwife regarding this, she said it's not one of the more serious antibodies and to wait to see results of bloods, she said docs would speak to me about it futher, i didn't mention my intention of vbac to her. As you know my appt with docs and consultants didn't go well when i mentioned my vbac plans so they never got round to discussing antibodies.
So specialist midwife called me yesterday with results of blood tests, my titre levels have gone down to 64 which is good but still over 32 so still a risk of HDN. She told me she had heard my appt with consultant went pear shaped and he had thrown me off his books (not the way i would have put it), she was concerned about my intention to try for a vbac and being under midwife care only, she said with antibodies I would need to be under consultant care or find a consultant to take over my care if i still intended to go for vbac. I explained that i will only go for vbac if risk of HDN is reduced. She also mentioned that it would not be advisable to go over 40 weeks as placenta doesn't work as well once you pass 40 wks,i asked is this due to the antibodies or generally, she said generally, is this true, i thought it was 42 wks? Anyway she has arranged for me to have futher blood tests in 3 wks and to have a scan to check for hydrops, not sure what this is. I will also have to see consultant again (not looking forward to that) to discuss results.
I just get the feeling that at appt last week antibodies was played down and it was wait and see, and now since i mentioned vbac it's very serious and i have to be under a consultant, or maybe im just being paranoid. I don't know enough about antibodies to make a decision, and i feel bad about saying this but after last week i don't think i can trust what the hospital tells me anymore, i feel as if i had 3 unnecessary sections under their care and now I may be pushed into 4th section because of these bloody antibodies, im very confused to say the least.
Sorry about long post but needed to get it off my chest, if anyone has any experience of this or advice it would be greatly appreciated.