stillbirth

[rio567]

hi, i have just found out that i have factor v leiden due to a stillbirth. i just wanted to know if anyone has this. because i do not know a lot about it and i'm really worried about getting pregnent again as i want more children, i already have 2 children and they were fine .

hi there im so so sorry to hear what has happenend to you. I have just been disgnosed too after 4 miscarriages. If you look back at an earlier thread called 'Factor V leiden anyone' you will see i was given lots of really helpful advice. Im sure some very helpful ladies will be along to help you too.
i know i have to take aspirin and heparin with my next pregnancy and keep our fingers crossed all goes well but im sure you will have been told that already x

Hi

So sorry for your loss. Not sure if stillbirth would cause factor v leiden - probably FVL influenced stillbirth. It is a clotting disorder. So, if clots formed on the placenta, the placenta may have stopped functioning efficiently. I hope you get ll the answers you need.

sh77 I took it to mean she has had a stillbirth and then been tested afterwards

I have Factor V Leiden. I have had 7 mc's most of them before 8 weeks but one was late on roughly between 18 and 22 weeks.

DS1 was born early due to an eclamptic seizure I had and I suffered a stroke afterwards.

inbetween DS1 and DS2 I had mc's and tests, they found I had factor V leiden and gave me aspirin and fragmin(heparin) throughout the preg and for 8 weeks afterwards and he was born full term with no problems

I have since had 2 mc's but I am now undergoing more tests because they think it is something more than FVL.

I am sorry for your loss and if you need to ask more questions then please ask.