oneandtwo
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I'll start by introducing myself, I am a 24yo SAHM, I have two very lovely toddlers they will be three and five in NOV. My husband is 23 and we have been currently trying to TTC #3 for 18 months now, I wanted to post my story in hopes that someone could offer some advice, or basically anything really possibly someone who had similar situations? Anyways on with my story!
I'll start with the first time DH and I got pregnant I was 17, we were still in highschool that pregnancy ended in miscarriage before I was even 6 weeks pregnant, I sought no medical care for it as I was, well 17 and a bit ignorant. We started TTC our first three months after we got married, which was about a year and a half I believe after our first miscarriage. We got pregnant the first month trying!
The pregnancy went well till about 21 weeks I was contracting very regularly, was bedrested and put on Nifedipine(sp?) until 35 weeks was told I had an irritable uterus. at 35 weeks the contractions got stronger and closer together but I never dialated, i ended up being induced at 39 weeks, My son was born after a long 21 hours of labor in 04, there were decelerations of his heart rate after a while, after about 30 minutes of pushnig a nurse literally got on top of me and shoved him out of me, I got a 3rd degree tear and what they didnt know was that the cord was wrapped around his neck, the sudden push on him tightened he was born unresponsive and blue. He didnt breath for I dont know how long becaue they rushed him out, his apgars were 2 and 8. I saw him later that day about 9 hours after giving birth, he was in the NICU for 5 days...
I got pregnant again AUG 06, that pregnancy ended in miscarriage at 7 weeks, we werent trying but werent preventing either. After that pregnancy we began actively trying, 5 months later we were pregnant for the 4th time. This pregnancy went well up until 15 weeks when the same thing happened with my first son. I was bedrested and put back on the same medication until 35 weeks, This delivery went amazingly I was induced at 39 weeks again and from induction to birth it was a 6 hour labor and he was born screaming and hungry! had no tears or lasting issues.
Now on to when the issues really started, I had an IUD put in at my 6 week postpartum for son #2 They had issues getting it in place, and I was in ALOT of pain upon insertion, I was on lortab for nearly a week and couldnt get up without being in pain for that amount of time. I experience mood swings with the Mirena, but never missed my periods they were completely regular. When my son was 15 months old we decided to have the IUD removed, When I went in for removal they said it wasnt there, they did an ultrasound to "confirm". Needless to say I was quite perplexed as to how it fell out without my noticing. Anyway we started trying immediatly as we found out. 9 months later we still werent pregnant, I went back to the doctor who inserted the IUD. He immediatly did an xray and found the IUD it as completely at the top of my uterus he thought. He scheduled my surgery for OCT of last year. We went in, and they foudn that the IUD had in fact preforated my uterus, more than likely upon insertion. They found it floating in my abdominal caivty underneath my uterus, they did a hysterscopy and the dye test to check for scar tissue, the doctor who performed the surgery said that there was minimal scaring but it could still cause complications...
This brings me to my next pregnancy, which was JAN of this year, I was only 4 weeks and 4 days when i lost this embie. We kept trying I got pregnant again APR of this year, I lost that baby at 4 weeks 5 days, on my birthday no less. I managed to get pregnant yet again in JUN I made it to 5 weeks and 2 days this time and lost that baby as well.
We decided to go back to the doctor that performed my surgery, and told him that we are still having issues getting pregnant, he totally blew off my past with my irritable uterus and that I had an IUD puncture my uterus and proceded to tell me i had a luteal phase defect, which is not so I have always had spot on menstrual cycles and ovulate at the "average" time. Then he said I had lupus, also not so because I have had blood testing my whole life because of other possible medical problems. After I told him that those couldnt be the cause he told me there was a less than 20% chance of finding what is wrong and even less of a chance of fixing the issue. He then suggested that my last three pregnancies were just false preganncy tests...I tested DAILY to make sure my lines were getting stronger, they always did except the pregnancy in APR went from faint, darker than faint to nothing in a few days. and in JUN they were stil positive after I started bleeding.
Anyway, that is basically my past, my husband and I are extremelly put off about this as we never had trouble like this before hand and now we are having issues. I try to explain to other doctors and a midwife about our issues and they all want to do the random work ups that have already been done or are not needed instead of dealing with the issue of my punctured and irritable uterus.
I worry that its not even possible for me to carry ever again? If you go through all this I thank you SO much, this got really long
Im very desperate for advice or other experiences at this moment! Thank you in advance for any replies! 
I'll also be glad to answer any questions that any one has about all this 
I'll start with the first time DH and I got pregnant I was 17, we were still in highschool that pregnancy ended in miscarriage before I was even 6 weeks pregnant, I sought no medical care for it as I was, well 17 and a bit ignorant. We started TTC our first three months after we got married, which was about a year and a half I believe after our first miscarriage. We got pregnant the first month trying!
The pregnancy went well till about 21 weeks I was contracting very regularly, was bedrested and put on Nifedipine(sp?) until 35 weeks was told I had an irritable uterus. at 35 weeks the contractions got stronger and closer together but I never dialated, i ended up being induced at 39 weeks, My son was born after a long 21 hours of labor in 04, there were decelerations of his heart rate after a while, after about 30 minutes of pushnig a nurse literally got on top of me and shoved him out of me, I got a 3rd degree tear and what they didnt know was that the cord was wrapped around his neck, the sudden push on him tightened he was born unresponsive and blue. He didnt breath for I dont know how long becaue they rushed him out, his apgars were 2 and 8. I saw him later that day about 9 hours after giving birth, he was in the NICU for 5 days...I got pregnant again AUG 06, that pregnancy ended in miscarriage at 7 weeks, we werent trying but werent preventing either. After that pregnancy we began actively trying, 5 months later we were pregnant for the 4th time. This pregnancy went well up until 15 weeks when the same thing happened with my first son. I was bedrested and put back on the same medication until 35 weeks, This delivery went amazingly I was induced at 39 weeks again and from induction to birth it was a 6 hour labor and he was born screaming and hungry! had no tears or lasting issues.
Now on to when the issues really started, I had an IUD put in at my 6 week postpartum for son #2 They had issues getting it in place, and I was in ALOT of pain upon insertion, I was on lortab for nearly a week and couldnt get up without being in pain for that amount of time. I experience mood swings with the Mirena, but never missed my periods they were completely regular. When my son was 15 months old we decided to have the IUD removed, When I went in for removal they said it wasnt there, they did an ultrasound to "confirm". Needless to say I was quite perplexed as to how it fell out without my noticing. Anyway we started trying immediatly as we found out. 9 months later we still werent pregnant, I went back to the doctor who inserted the IUD. He immediatly did an xray and found the IUD it as completely at the top of my uterus he thought. He scheduled my surgery for OCT of last year. We went in, and they foudn that the IUD had in fact preforated my uterus, more than likely upon insertion. They found it floating in my abdominal caivty underneath my uterus, they did a hysterscopy and the dye test to check for scar tissue, the doctor who performed the surgery said that there was minimal scaring but it could still cause complications...
This brings me to my next pregnancy, which was JAN of this year, I was only 4 weeks and 4 days when i lost this embie. We kept trying I got pregnant again APR of this year, I lost that baby at 4 weeks 5 days, on my birthday no less. I managed to get pregnant yet again in JUN I made it to 5 weeks and 2 days this time and lost that baby as well.
We decided to go back to the doctor that performed my surgery, and told him that we are still having issues getting pregnant, he totally blew off my past with my irritable uterus and that I had an IUD puncture my uterus and proceded to tell me i had a luteal phase defect, which is not so I have always had spot on menstrual cycles and ovulate at the "average" time. Then he said I had lupus, also not so because I have had blood testing my whole life because of other possible medical problems. After I told him that those couldnt be the cause he told me there was a less than 20% chance of finding what is wrong and even less of a chance of fixing the issue. He then suggested that my last three pregnancies were just false preganncy tests...I tested DAILY to make sure my lines were getting stronger, they always did except the pregnancy in APR went from faint, darker than faint to nothing in a few days. and in JUN they were stil positive after I started bleeding.
Anyway, that is basically my past, my husband and I are extremelly put off about this as we never had trouble like this before hand and now we are having issues. I try to explain to other doctors and a midwife about our issues and they all want to do the random work ups that have already been done or are not needed instead of dealing with the issue of my punctured and irritable uterus.
I worry that its not even possible for me to carry ever again? If you go through all this I thank you SO much, this got really long
Im very desperate for advice or other experiences at this moment! Thank you in advance for any replies! I'll also be glad to answer any questions that any one has about all this 
