Joined: 09 Jul 2007 Posts: 1379 Location: Denver, CO USA
Low platelet counts after giving birth Posted: 01-10-08 23:38pm
Hi everyone. I was just recently pregnant
and gave birth a month ago. During
pregnancy, my platelet count kept falling.
I was scheduled to be induced on Dec 6th,
but a few days before my levels dropped to
46,000 so I was given 2 injections of
steriods to bring my levels back up. They
were up for a few days, and I gave birth
on Dec 10th. 2 weeks later, I had to have
surgery (D & C) for retained placental
tissue and my CBC said that my platelet
levels dropped to 70,000. Then when I went
in for a post operation appt on Jan 4th,
the levels had dropped to 37,000. I go in
to see a hematologist tomorrow, but I was
wondering if anyone knows what could be
causing this to happen?
I've read that if it's gestional
thrombocytopenia that my levels should
have started going up by a few day post
partum and it's been a month and they're
at the lowest level. Any help would be
great. Thanks!
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