The daily routine of putting two injections in my stomach is really getting old. Some days it goes very smoothly, but some days I psych myself out and it takes several stabs to get it right. What gets me through this routine is the fact it keeps me alive and my baby girl, hopefully, will be healthy. Don’t get me wrong, I’m counting the days until my baby’s birth when I can switch back to my oral blood thinner Coumadin.
The injections are Lovenox, which I’ve...
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