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fairytale007

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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!

Sorry so long. Smile
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