PAL (Pregancy After Loss) support thread - Page 2

[babycatcher01]

After 2 normal healthy babys, my first third was a miss, last March. It was a blighted ovum. It was just really weird. Being a mw my self I knew all the reasons and have helped mother go through their misses, but when it happens to you, words cant say how I still feel about it. I just keep praying that this one sticks, and growns.

[wanderinggypsy]

I had a tiny bit of spotting last night, but nothing since then, so I'm still optimistic. My HCG is a lot better than it was in the pregnancy that I lost, so thats a good thing. And today there has been no sign of anything abnormal, but I did get my first real bout of morning sickness, so WOOHOO!!

[mother_sunshine]

I'm back mamas! I thought I miscarried last week but it turned out to be a subchorionic hematoma. The baby is fine. I can't believe it. When I started bleeding last week I automatically assumed it was a m/c like last time. I ended up going to an OB to find out what's wrong with me (with 2 m/c in 3 months) so she gave me a blood test and it came back in the 20,000's. I went to the hospital for an u/s today and I saw the heartbeat of the baby!! As tiny as it was, I started crying because I thought it was a blighted ovum, but then the tech said "there's the heartbeat" and I bawled like a baby. What a whirlwind of a week. I can't believe I'm back. I know it's still really early. I'm only 6+ weeks and I lost my last baby at 10 weeks (they said the baby was 7 weeks gestation but he/she was way too developed to be only 7 weeks, there were fingers and toes and a beautiful tiny face....) so I'm just hanging on and hoping everything turns out right. I decided to try progesterone cream (Emerita) from the HFS so hopefully that'll help.

Anyway, glad to be back!!!

[St. Margaret]

Okay, everyone be praying and keeping their fingers crossed for me... today I go for an early u/s (never thought I'd be getting one of those!) to see what's going on with this pregnancy... I've been bleeding since I got pregnant, for two weeks strong now, so who knows if it's a total repeat of last month or if this pregnancy is totally different and there will still be a baby in there (my numbers were going up even as I was bleeding, at least early on-- WHY didn't I insist on blood checks to continue on?). But I don't have a lot of hope. I have been swinging between being VERY sad and angry and frustrated and then having a little bit of hope... but I'm afraid I'm just going to get slammed this afternoon. DH offered to come to the appt with me, so I think that'll be nice. Just gotta make it through and then we'll KNOW (oh please I hope we know something indicating something after this!) and knowing will be so much better.... fingers crossed!!!!

[koofie]

Good luck, and keep us updated!

[St. Margaret]

I AM pregnant! He saw a yolk sac! He said it looked good. So in two weeks (Sept 6) I'll go back and we'll see if we can see a spinal pole. I am still having a hard time relaxing or appreciating this, but for now I am trying to ease into the idea that I am in fact pregnant! He had no explanation for the bleeding, just said it happened in such and such %, and we weren't out of the woods yet... the heartbeat would be a very good sign. yada yada yada, y'all know all this. DH came with me, which was very nice. Aaaahhh I am rambling. OB actually said to keep fingers crossed. So who knows what the next few weeks will bring, but at least now we know the bleeding of the last two weeks hasn't already resulted in a m/c. He showed us the egg sac and the spot near it that he said could be "just bleeding," implantation bleeding. He said it was two "clear" areas on the u/s, the yolk sac and then the bleeding. SOOOOO fingers crossed, and YAAAAYYY. I felt silly having to buy more pads when I just had my pregnancy confirmed, but ah well. For now, DH is insisting we enjoy this early pregnancy

[mother_sunshine]

Yay! Congrats!

I wonder if you have a subchorionic hematoma too...? It's a little pocket of blood in the uterus that can cause bleeding. Mine's 4x2x3cm.

[St. Margaret]

I was totally wondering the same thing, even mentioned it to the nurse, when we were discussing the bleeding beforehand, and she mentioned there can be "pockets of blood" and then I used the word hematoma, but later I asked the doc if he knew what was up with the bleeding, and he didn't mention a hematoma.

Anyway, I told my mom and DH and I are going to get crazy-happy and just enjoy it as long as it lasts (hopefully 35 weeks or so more!)