Monday, May 16, 2011

Blood

My blood and baby's blood don't hate each other!

A few posts ago, I explained a little about the blood issue I have this pregnancy. Every month, they draw blood and measure how many antibodies (things that fight baby's blood cells) I have.

March: 1:32 Getting to the "alarm" stage where something more drastic would need to be done.

April: 1:16 Going down!

May: 1:8 YAAAY!

I have NO clue how antibodies can decrease. If anyone can figure that out for me, I'd be interested to know. But what it does tell me is that baby's blood must not be so different from mine, so everyone inside can just calm down.

What a relief. All glory goes to Dad for working this one out. Sadly, I'll have to go through this with every subsequent child...

We really need to start even looking at names....

2 comments:

  1. yay!! We need to look at names too. Ooops. Nothing like last minute right? Yikes!

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  2. This is encouraging to me since it is my antibodies that are attacking my pancreas. Do remember the actual type of antibodies? Mine are GAD antibodies. i guess there are a ton of different kinds...but i am hopeful that they decrease just like yours did. I mean in half in a MONTH!! that's awesome!

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