I have been placed on long term anticoagulation medication - Rivaroxaban. Following, a DVT and two PE's.
When I was put onto the Rivaroxaban the consultant said that I can not get pregnant on this medication and as a young female (early 20's) this was something that I needed to be aware of. To my knowledge I am able to conceive and carry children naturally aside from this medication but I am confused!
Has anyone been on blood thinners and started a family? are there different mediations/treatments I can use whilst I'm pregnant.
Just looking for any life stories of pregnancy and blood thinners I'm beginning to wonder if I misunderstood the consultant and now I will never be able to have children of my own.
Thank you for any help, advice or stories that you have!
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If you want to start a family, go and talk to your consultant. I believe there are anticoagulants you can take while pregnant, but rivaroxaban is not one of them. I think you have to have injections of something called fragmin, but there may be other options now. In any case your consultant - or perhaps your GP if you're not still under a consultant's care - is the person to talk to.
As far as I know if you are pregnant you go on fragmin injections as there's a lady I know who has Hughes syndrome and is trying to conceive and has been trying for ages and had had a few miscarriages which is when they found that so she injects fragmin once a day rather than taking a tablet.
Yes you can have a family on anticoagulation. It's just having a chat with your gp when you are ready and they will sort you out with injections.
The best advice I can offer here comes from personal experience.
I have a clotting disorder which requires life long anticoagulation.
When I decided to start a family, I spoke with my Haematologist and we came up with a plan to wean me off warfarin and start me on Heparin or fragmin as it is known. I had some tests before hand to see if I could tolerate this and thankfully got pregnant quickly on both occasions, injecting myself daily whch wasn't a problem at all.
The new suite of anticoagulants are not licenced for pregnancy so you will need to come off Rivaroxaban
I am not a medic and would suggest you speak to a Haematologist before embarking on a pregnancy, get a plan in place.
Good luck and just to share, A consultant told me that I should not have children all those years ago because they were unsure how to manage me and my condition and associated risk. I challenged and was lucky to find encouraging and supportive clinicians who were excited(I think) to have the opportunity and clinical experience of managing me successfully through two pregnancies. If you are met with negativity or less than positive advice, get a second opinion and look for hospitals which have specialist haematology/obstetric facilities.
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