Trying Again: A Journey of Love

Creating a family isn't always easy. We had years of unexplained infertility, went through fertility treatments, had a beautiful daughter, conceived naturally, had an early miscarriage, conceived naturally again, had a second trimester miscarriage, conceived naturally again only to lose the baby at 9 weeks. We moved on to fertility treatments again and got pregnant but miscarried due to a blighted ovum. Pregnant again with fertility treatments and blessed with our rainbow baby boy in May 2012.

Monday, April 11, 2011

D&C Scheduled

The second round of misoprostol and a weekend filled with lots of walking to help move things along did not quite do the trick. I went in for another ultrasound today and still have tissue or clots in my uterus. My doctor scheduled a D&C for noon tomorrow. I have so much anxiety when it comes to medical procedures, especially surgery. She reassured me that this will be minimally invasive. She will only use suction, no scraping so that there will be no scar tissue. I won't have to be intibated and it will be a short procedure. Hopefully it will go smoothly and once the procedure is finished I'll be finished physically with this miscarriage.

2 comments:

meggola said...: Oh Michele, I'm so sorry. I know you didn't want it to come to this. I hope it all goes smoothly so that you can finally start to recover. More hugs being sent your way.; April 11, 2011 at 8:04 PM
Pepper said...: Good luck Michele. I know it can really be scary, but actually looking back I am very happy with my decision to go with a D&C. It was over quick and I don't remember a thing from the actual procedure. I will thinking of you!; April 13, 2011 at 5:55 PM

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A Short Summary

Had our first daughter in 2008 after 8 years TTC. Clomid/HCG Trigger shot/IUI. Diagnosis: Irregular ovulation, possible PCOS.
Got pregnant and lost the baby in January 2010, no fertility treatment. Ended quickly as a chemical pregnancy.
Got pregnant the following cycle, in March 2010, no fertility treatment. All seemed to be going well until we got a 1 in 10 chance for Down syndrome with the quad screen. At an ultrasound at 17 weeks, we found out our son had died in utero. We lost him in July 2010, most likely due to confirmed Down syndrome.
Got pregnant again without fertility treatment in September 2010. Things were going well, great betas, strong heartbeat. Then at 9week5days we found out we lost that baby too. After testing, it was confirmed she was a girl with Turners syndrome.
Lots of testing revealed I have PAI-1 4G/4G with normal levels, a blood clotting disorder. Alone it shouldn't cause any problems, but paired with another blood clotting disorder it could be a problem.
Back to my RE and started Clomid, I got pregnant right away in February 2011. Things didn't look good from the beginning, and in April at around 10 weeks I needed a D&C for a blighted ovum.
We got pregnant again on Clomid/HCG Trigger shot, and added our beautiful son to our family in May 2012.