Health Issue + Stitching!

May 17, 2006 6 Replies

Hello everyone, I haven't posted in a long while .......nor really kept up with anything as I've been very ill, in between starting a new job and hosting guests non-stop for about 5 months. For the past few months, no one could figure out what was making me ill. But finally, I was diagnosed with a liver hemangioma (not sure of the spelling). And now I'm about 15 weeks pregnant with my first baby. My doctor doesn't seem to be of much help with the liver issue.....she sent me to a high risk OB who just did an ultrasound of the baby and charged med $350 for it. I do know now that I was born with it and there's really no medicine I can take for it. I don't think it's very huge right now but I'm just concerned whether this will create complications later in the pregnancy for either myself or the baby......was wondering if anyone has any experience with this or knows where I might turn to find out more.



To keep this on topic, I'm cross-stitching an ABC afghan for the baby's crib. We got a wonderful deal from our neighbor on a crib their baby rarely used that was an extra at the grandparents' home. It's solid cherry and has all turned legs like the ones I remember from when my baby brother and sister were born.......many years ago. I don't like the new painted stuff out there - it just doesn't look sturdy. And, this one matches my other furniture, too!



Nadia



Congratulations on the upcoming baby, and sending good thoughts for an easy and uncomplicated pregnancy your way! I can't help with your particular medical issue, but can tell of how much time my sister had to craft while going through her high-risk pregnancy! She had everything she had *hoped* to maybe get done in time for baby done with

3 months before the due date! Good luck and congratulations! Heather

You might find this useful:

formatting link
those circumstances, I would want to be followedcarefully, as there is a possibility that the hemangiomacould grow during pregnancy and there is a rupture risk.It sounds like the odds are on your side, but you'd wantto take care to be watchful for complications. Sometimeswhen you've got a relatively uncommon situation like this,you'll need to get a team together to work on it, as evena high risk OB may not have much experience with this,and a liver specialist might not have much experiencewith pregnancy. You might need two specialists workingtogether. Ask lots of questions and don't settle foranswers that don't make sense to you. Even if you don'tunderstand all the technical details, they should beable to explain what they believe needs to be done interms that are understandable to you. Best wishes, Ericka

"Nadia Abbasi" ,in rec.crafts.textiles.needleworkwrote: and entertained us with

Good Luck Nadia - take great care of yourself and I hope your pregnancy goes smoothly. Tell the guests to stay away, or go and stay with them lol

Unless you run a B&B, I say it's time to put a moritorium on guest for a while!

Stitching is an excellent way to destress, and stitching for the baby is a pre-natal bonding experience as far as I'm concerned.

Good luck, try not to worry about the liver thing, Let your doctors do the worrying for you!

Caryn

I just wanted to thank you all so much for all the supportive thoughts! I'm taking it pretty easy and yeah......my biggest fear right now is that it will rupture while i'm in labor. But that's about six months off so I guess I should pay attention to doc's orders. Thanks for the link Ericka, it was very informative. The high risk OB told me to go to a liver specialist for a detailed ultrasound on my liver but I have a checkup next week so I think I'll talk to my regular doctor and then see exactly which doctor to go to. The high-risk OB was very rude and didn't seem to want to hear a thing I said so I'm going to see if there's someone else I can see next time. The good thing is that Houston has plenty of good doctors and I have lots of friends that are in the field who can provide a good referral. But I live out in Spring so I don't want to have to be making several trips to the Med Center either. I guess I'll just have to hire a driver! lol. The funniest thing to me right now is that my appetite has about doubled overnight - and I was to eat meat all the time. I'm usually more of a salad and veggies person but now I'm always getting DH to fire up the grill. And he's very happy to oblige. :o)

The stitiching is coming along. I find that I have lots more patience to work on the little details than I normally would......so that's a plus. I even bring the afghan to work with me and stitch during my lunch hour! I think I should also get a good chunk of it done over Memorial weekend as I'm sure DH won't let me go on our annual kayaking/horse-back riding trip!

We've discussed some really sweet baby names - I hope they fit the baby!

Thanks again for all your positive thoughts - it's really lifted my spirit this morning. Nadia

Join the Discussion

Have something to add? Share your thoughts — no account required.

Didn't find your answer?

Ask the community — no account required