kellie2

Hi Kelly - I'm not sure what a 'clotting panel' is, you may wish to ask your doctor. When I was checked for my clotting disorder - I also had both of my kids checked after I was diagnosed with it - that's all they checked for, protein deficiencies. It's just a simple blood test and that would be all they would look for. If you have your test results, it should say on there if either protein C or S was checked. If not, just call your doctor and ask to have this done.

Now, we're pretty positive I got mine from my mother, she had 8 miscarriages during her marriage to my dad. She did manage to have us three healthy kids in-between, but 8 miscarriages was a red flag to my doctor that hmmm, maybe it was her. If you do indeed have one of these deficiencies, you definitely got it from one of your parents. The way it was explained to me is, that doesn't mean they suffer from clots or problems, but you still inherited the gene from one of them. I have a brother and sister who as far as we know are just fine, but I'm not. My kids are fine, too, but my daughter refuses to take birth control pills because they think that's what trigged mine. It's very confusing and any good, honest hemotologist will tell you they're just as confused and don't really understand how it all works, but at least they can find these disorders now and treat them. They didn't have this type of testing when my mom was young but I have always been told that it's genetic and I inherited it from one of my parents, and the fact that my mom miscarried so many times told them it was her. I too had one miscarriage between my two kids, which is not uncommon, many many women miscarry for whatever reason. It's repeated miscarriages without any explanation that should send up a red flag and will initiate the testing of a blood disorder. If I had continued to try and have more children instead of stopping after my second, then maybe I would have continued to miscarry too, but my miscarriage was twins, which in itself is risky, and my mom miscarried twins, too, so the coincidence was a little hard to ignore.

If you have any more questions, please feel free to ask.