jennmary wrote:Seems we have even more in common Jen.
I have a blood disorder called MTHFR as well as my OSA. MTHFR will cause miscarriage in almost all cases. I lost a baby 6 months before I got pregnant with my daughter. I was almost 5 months along when it happened.
With my daughter I stayed on bed rest and basically laid around all day.....didnt have energy for much else. But I know that the SA had an effect on both pregnancys. I did the same as you....just sat around being pregnant. I left my job so I wouldnt risk loosing her, she was just over 5 weeks early.....but still 6 pounds and healthy.
So interesting! My little guy was a week late and I was induced. He was 10lbs 5.5 oz. How I grew such a big guy with limited oxygen I will never know. I DO KNOW that I was totally paranoid about losing him too and I started sleeping on my left side (the most favorable for O2 to get to the baby) in the first trimester, even though it isn't medically called for until the third. That may be what made it possible to carry him to term. I don't know why I did that, really. Perhaps my subconscious knew more than my conscious mind at that point.
At the end of the pregnancy I had pregnancy induced high blood pressure (or so they thought, I'm sure apnea played a large role there) but never developed diabetes, though they watched my blood sugar like a hawk because I was a little overweight at the time.
I have since had another miscarriage and then a few months later my diagnosis of osa. We had already been trying to get pregnant again and decided to put it on hold until my osa is under control. Both miscarriages were very early. I was completely devastated. I don't know what I would have done if I had gotten to 5 months and then lost it. That is rough.
You know, it is hard enough to be diagnosed with osa, but to also be the "bearer of life" puts an extra hard spin on the diagnosis that no man could ever understand. It is hard not to feel a little guilt for those miscarriages and for not figuring out what my true diagnosis was sooner. For a man, having osa only affects him and perhaps his mood or state of mind affects another person. For a potential mother, osa affects her ability to even bring the next generation to bear. And that is mind-blowing to the woman involved.
Anyway, all anyone can do at this point is move forward with the knowledge we have now. There is no sense in looking back and saying what if, what if, because we can't change that. I can only make my tomorrows better. At any rate, I will be very interested to see what a normal pregnancy feels like!
Congrats to both of us for defying the odds and producing healthy children!
Jen