poppy
Mum of Three
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The first one was in March last year and was a blighted ovum. I had had positive pregnancy tests but they were taking ages getting darker (very light at 15 days p.o. which is unusual for me), so I thought it would end up as a chemical pregnancy. The pregnancy continued up until 7 weeks when I started spotting (I had lost symptoms about a week before that). When they scanned me, they found the pregnancy sac which had grown but no foetus or yolk sac. They could tell from the shape of the sac (very misshapen) that my body had finally recognized things had ended. The miscarriage naturally completed at home about a few days later and was pretty straightforward. I had come to terms with it because I had had a feeling from the start that things weren't right. No explanation given, just 'One of those things.'
My second miscarriage happened in July as I was 9 weeks. I had had a bit of bleeding at 7 weeks, was scanned and saw the baby and was told a strong heartbeat. The weekend before I turned 9 weeks, I lost symptoms and had a touch of spotting. I was scanned on the Tuesday and was told there was no heartbeat and the baby had stopped growing around 8 weeks and 2 days. I had medical management (the suppository) in hospital, I was much more upset that time. Again, no real explanation given - I was told two in a row is fairly common.
I do think age maybe played a bit of a part as I was 36 and a half at the time (am now 37) and you have a higher amount of non viable eggs than the young 'uns but at that age you still have quite a good chance of eventually catching a good one.
We waited till October to try again to give me time to heal (more emotionally than physically), to pluck up the courage. We were very lucky and fell pregnant first try. I was very nervous about it and did not allow myself to get too excited in the first trimester and I decided against getting extra scans and hcg blood draws as they made no difference to the outcome in July. I decided that what would be would be. Luckily my symptoms remained string throughout the first trimester and hearing the baby's heartbeat at 10 weeks on my doppler was amazing. I was still nervous up till the 13 week scan which was great, seeing the baby kick and stretch was amazing. I still feel nervous at times, which if you have experienced loss I think you do to some extent the whole pregnancy. Before my eldest son was born I had a chemical pregnancy and I don't think I really relaxed the whole pregnancy, I was always googling something medical on the internet and worrying myself! It did get a bit better the last 16 weeks though.
That's my 'journey' story!!!! Sorry for the long winded ramblings.
How are you doing?
My second miscarriage happened in July as I was 9 weeks. I had had a bit of bleeding at 7 weeks, was scanned and saw the baby and was told a strong heartbeat. The weekend before I turned 9 weeks, I lost symptoms and had a touch of spotting. I was scanned on the Tuesday and was told there was no heartbeat and the baby had stopped growing around 8 weeks and 2 days. I had medical management (the suppository) in hospital, I was much more upset that time. Again, no real explanation given - I was told two in a row is fairly common.
I do think age maybe played a bit of a part as I was 36 and a half at the time (am now 37) and you have a higher amount of non viable eggs than the young 'uns but at that age you still have quite a good chance of eventually catching a good one.
We waited till October to try again to give me time to heal (more emotionally than physically), to pluck up the courage. We were very lucky and fell pregnant first try. I was very nervous about it and did not allow myself to get too excited in the first trimester and I decided against getting extra scans and hcg blood draws as they made no difference to the outcome in July. I decided that what would be would be. Luckily my symptoms remained string throughout the first trimester and hearing the baby's heartbeat at 10 weeks on my doppler was amazing. I was still nervous up till the 13 week scan which was great, seeing the baby kick and stretch was amazing. I still feel nervous at times, which if you have experienced loss I think you do to some extent the whole pregnancy. Before my eldest son was born I had a chemical pregnancy and I don't think I really relaxed the whole pregnancy, I was always googling something medical on the internet and worrying myself! It did get a bit better the last 16 weeks though.
That's my 'journey' story!!!! Sorry for the long winded ramblings.
How are you doing?