Hi ladies! Yesterday I saw my doctor for a follow up after my D&C (which was 7/12). He said everything looks good and my uterus is back down to where it was before. The chromosome analysis has not come back yet, but he said I won't have any more increased risk of another miscarriage than I would have before.
Maybe I should back up and tell a little more of my story...
I have 2 sons, ages 7 and 2. I had pre-eclampsia with my first, but a completely normal pregnancy with my second. When we decided to try for our third, I went to have my mirena removed (in January). It had been in for two years and I had a lot of problems with it from the very beginning. And it wasn't my first Mirena so I knew all the pain and bleeding I was having was not normal. Anyway, they could still see it in my uterus 2 weeks after it was placed, just twisted up in a weird position. I suffered the pain and bleeding for about a year. Then the pain started to subside, but my periods never stopped. When I went to have it removed this January, my doc couldn't find it. After an xray, doc called and said my mirena had perforated my uterus and was up under my liver. I had laproscopic surgery 2 days later.
After the post op pelvic rest, we started TTC right away. We were very excited to learn at the end of May that we were pregnant! At my first ultrasound they found the sac but didn't see anything in it. He said since I was only about 5 weeks that it wasn't entirely unusual and we would follow up in 3 weeks. He called me that weekend to inform me that my progesterone was lower than he liked it so he started me on oral progesterone twice a day. When I went back for my 3 week follow up, the tech informed us that our baby did not have a heartbeat and had stopped growing about a week earlier. She brought the doctor in who confirmed that there was no blood flow. My D&C was scheduled the next day. My other children also took this news very hard. When my 7 year old sees other babies he asks why they got to keep thier babies and we couldn't. He's hopeful that we can have another baby and get to keep it.
Nobody in my family has ever experienced a loss like this before so it was a very new hurt for all of us.
Yesterday, doc said we can start trying again as soon as I have another period. Then to call him as soon as I miss a period so that we can start lab work and monitoring right away. I am very excited to start trying for my Rainbow Baby, but terrified all at the same time! Looking forward to supporting each other through this journey! I've been so thankful to have all the ladies I've communicated on this website!
Maybe I should back up and tell a little more of my story...
I have 2 sons, ages 7 and 2. I had pre-eclampsia with my first, but a completely normal pregnancy with my second. When we decided to try for our third, I went to have my mirena removed (in January). It had been in for two years and I had a lot of problems with it from the very beginning. And it wasn't my first Mirena so I knew all the pain and bleeding I was having was not normal. Anyway, they could still see it in my uterus 2 weeks after it was placed, just twisted up in a weird position. I suffered the pain and bleeding for about a year. Then the pain started to subside, but my periods never stopped. When I went to have it removed this January, my doc couldn't find it. After an xray, doc called and said my mirena had perforated my uterus and was up under my liver. I had laproscopic surgery 2 days later.
After the post op pelvic rest, we started TTC right away. We were very excited to learn at the end of May that we were pregnant! At my first ultrasound they found the sac but didn't see anything in it. He said since I was only about 5 weeks that it wasn't entirely unusual and we would follow up in 3 weeks. He called me that weekend to inform me that my progesterone was lower than he liked it so he started me on oral progesterone twice a day. When I went back for my 3 week follow up, the tech informed us that our baby did not have a heartbeat and had stopped growing about a week earlier. She brought the doctor in who confirmed that there was no blood flow. My D&C was scheduled the next day. My other children also took this news very hard. When my 7 year old sees other babies he asks why they got to keep thier babies and we couldn't. He's hopeful that we can have another baby and get to keep it.
Nobody in my family has ever experienced a loss like this before so it was a very new hurt for all of us.
Yesterday, doc said we can start trying again as soon as I have another period. Then to call him as soon as I miss a period so that we can start lab work and monitoring right away. I am very excited to start trying for my Rainbow Baby, but terrified all at the same time! Looking forward to supporting each other through this journey! I've been so thankful to have all the ladies I've communicated on this website!
