Stories of hope

[londongirl]

Hi

I want to start a thread where people share stories of hope. Pretty simply, you write what *seemed* to be going wrong and then share the good outcome.

I want it to be there for other people who are in the fearful stage of the unknown.

To start with:

- my successful pregnancy (he is now almost 2 &#128525 I had NO symptoms with. No sore boobs, no nausea, no cramps. All that happened is my belly got bigger then he arrived. So no symptoms doesn't mean bad news.

- my sister had awful AWFUL hemorrhages throughout her first trimester. It ended up being because of some cyst in her womb. Her baby boy was born last week perfect. So bleeding, even haemorrhaging, doesn't necessarily mean bad news

Other stories?

 

[maryanne1987]

I've had a lot pregnancies and a lot of losses but my healthy pregnancies have seemed the ones that were least likely to make it.

In my three healthy pregnancies I've spotted from day one, even had huge bleeds and babies are fine. I'm still spotting now at 24 weeks. It's scary but sometimes it really is just one of those things and doesn't mean the worst is happening.

In all three of my healthy pregnancies I've never had a bfp before af. My hcg has always been below what is considered normal levels and almost always takes longer than 48 hours to double. Lower levels aren't always cause for concern.

In all my other pregnancies I've had hg. Really really badly. Yet this pregnancy nothing. I forgot I was pregnant most of first tri and I felt so good. So no symptoms doesn't mean bad news. And it can vary between pregnancy.

 

[MoBaby]

We've done several ivf cycles. We had one little boy after 6 ivf transfers (3 cycles with 3 fresh and 3 frozen). We decided to ttc #2 using ivf again. We did 1 cycle and 4 transfers with my dr and nine took (I had 2 mc and 2 chems). Finally we had enough and changed clinics. The cycle was messed up and we ended up with just 3 embryos with really one being good quality. We transferred all 3 and one took! But the beginning was scary. My initial hcg levels were great but after 72 hours we were not close to doubling. We rechecked it 48 hours after that and it was close to doubling but it did not. I had spotting for 4-5 days during that time also. I continued meds and we had 1 baby at it ultrasound! Baby is coming in 23 days.

 

[Tryingagain3]

With this pregnancy I had bleeding for a week at 6weeks I was sure I was losing my baby.. Just had my 12 week scan and my baby is perfect xxx

 

[floridamomma]

You could read my whole story in my journal but my husband and I have been through 6 consecutive miscarriages. We went to specialists, had laparoscopy done, took so much blood I'm surprised I still have any and got not one answer. Not one. Not one reason why only one baby made it to 8 weeks and the rest barely got to 5. Not one reason why our hopes and dreams kept being shattered. We even went to a reproductive specialist/recurrent miscarriage specialist, acupuncturist, chiropractor, I lost weight went vegan. I was so discouraged. Dealing with anxiety, depression, barely present. I took a year off to heal. I was angry, I yelled, I traveled, I fell in love with my husband again, I loved my children who are here, above all I kept praying to God that this miracle works happen. I knew there was no other way bevAusr no one knew what was happening. Well Friday I turned 12 weeks for the first time in years of trying. I spend most days in shock but every day grateful knowing anything is possible with faith. I hope you all experience the same and don't feel alone, there are so many wonderful women here to be here for you even if no one else is.

 

[xQuinnx]

When I found out I was pregnant with my daughter I was told it was a molar pregnancy (I was about 4 weeks 4 days pregnant) and would need a D&C, monitoring and everything else that comes with the diagnosis.
I was told they found cysts in my uterus and this would never be a viable pregnancy. Blood tests showed normal levels however and after another scan we saw the start of a baby and these cysts but they then thought it was a partial molar and baby was not likely to make it.
Fast forward a few more weeks, the cysts disappeared and I'm now sat with my healthy nearly 2 year old

 

[Rymel12]

To those with low progesterone, mine was low to start at 9, then dipped down to 7. I was preparing for a misscarriage. My Dr refused to give me the supplements, said if the pregnancy is bad, it's bad. went to another Dr who also refused to give them to me. Somehow, it rose up over time, though never very high as they kept doing bloods. Think the highest I heard it at was 13. That baby just wanted to live and she's two and a half now. Of course get the supplements if you can, but know if you are unable to, there's hope.

 

[Jencocoa]

Thank you for this thread!!! I am waiting anxiously for Tuesday when we see if baby is ok or passed away. Glad to hear good stories.

 

[ttc126]

Thank you for this thread. Pregnant after 2 miscarriages and I'm so nervous.
Hg with healthy babies but hardly slight nausea with this one. Spotting and cramping but saw baby on ultrasound with a strong heartbeat on Friday at the emergency room. Hope this baby continues surprising me.