I’m 22 weeks pregnant with my second, and due to my first being born 6lbs3 at 40+6, the system at my booking appointment flagged aspirin for me due to potential growth issues with my first, despite nothing of the sort being mentioned at the time.
I spoke to a consultant at 12 weeks when I would have started aspirin, voiced my concerns and asked my questions, and he said I needn’t take aspirin and he wouldn’t class my first as growth restricted, just small for gestational age. He said we’d do a Doppler at 20 weeks and book in growth scans at 32 and 36 weeks.
Fast forward to my 20 week scan, all fine and Doppler completed. Readings are off the scale high (1.14 EACH uterine artery) but sonographer said all perfectly normal as under 2.5 combined and no growth concerns re baby with measurements.
I knew having looked online that my readings clearly indicated resistance and were therefore abnormal.
Suddenly at 7pm a few days later I get a text with an appointment for a consultant call, I ring up antenatal to find out what the nature of this call is since it’s obviously worrying me. They said it’s “routine” after a scan, since I’m under shared care (consultant + midwife.)
Call was today and consultant confirms my Doppler WAS indeed abnormal, so she is booking me in for an extra scan at 26-28 weeks and tells me to continue the aspirin, as apparently her colleague advised me of this on our last call (last week, regarding my low iron, not aspirin - no mention at all!!)
I tell her I never even started it, as per the consultant at the time!!! She has no idea why I was advised this, and I have no idea why either now.
So now I’m in a situation where I’m at 5 times higher risk for preeclampsia, a tiny baby, or issues with my baby, all because a doc told me I didn’t need aspirin.
Why is the sonographer then telling me all normal, for the doctor to confirm what I already knew (abnormal!)
I’m pretty livid.