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I've been reading all of these threads and haven't seen one mention of the fact you can miscarry and still be pregnant. I think it is very important to make sure you aren't before you go through a D&C.
I am a mother of 12 year old boy-girl twins. I never thought I would have more kids because of the trauma I went through with the birth of my twins. My son is severely disabled, as they were born at 30 weeks gestation. Anyway, I remarried a year and a half ago to a very sweet nice man with no kids. We talked about if we would have children together but I always told him I didn't know if that's what I wanted, so I took birth control pills.
I felt strange, my period was only late by 2 days, but I took a pregnancy test anyway and it showed I was pregnant. I took another the next day and same thing. I had trouble believing I was pregnant for some reason.
My husband and I went off on a trip for our first anniversary and during this trip I started a period. I knew that test was wrong, but... I still felt strange. I continued to have a period for about a week, and then I woke one night just gushing blood and clots everywhere. OK, I told my husband, this must be a miscarriage.
The bleeding slowed down after a day but was still heavy, and I started to not feel well, dizzy, heavy cramping. Finally after another week my husband took me to the emergency room when I started throwing up and could barely walk.
The doctor said yes, this is a misscarriage and since you want mother nature to take it's course, we will send you home. At the last second, he decided to check with an ob/gyn on call first though.
Suddenly I turned toward my husband and said, "I'm still pregnant." He replied, "I know."
The whole thing felt bizaar.
The doctor came back and told us the ob/gyn said to take an ultrasound, just to be sure. I told the doctor I go into a mental and physical shock when poked and prodded since my twins' birth. He said he'd be easy on me.
The nurse came in when the doc left and told me I had to have a cathetor. I said no, I couldn't do that. She became irritated with me and said then no ultrasound, I knew I needed one and said Fine, go ahead then and she put the tube in. I immediately started to panic, sweat profusely, went cold and shaky. She was surprised, looked at the monitors and said I was going into shock. My husband told me to focus on him and I listened to him talk me and we worked through it. The symptoms of shock stopped. Whatever, that's off subject.
A woman came to take blood, she said I was blessed. I asked why, she said she could never get pregnant and here I was with a blessed child. I told her I was having a miscarriage. She looked at me and said, you'll see, it's a miracle.
We went to get the ultrasound and the ultrasound woman was cranky from being woken up to come in. She started the ultrasound and said she saw a heartbeat. I asked if it was a baby, she said yes. And an extra sac.
She didn't seem so irritable then.
The doctor came and told my husband and me, you have a viable fetus. You had twins but miscarried one. I continued to bleed (reabsorbing the one that died) for 7 more weeks. I am now 6.5 months pregnant with a supposedly healthy baby, and I worry everyday I will give birth early.
I found out this kind of miscarriage is uncommon but does happen. More than people might think. Be careful before you have a d&c done. Make sure the doctors have done an ultrasound first.
I am a mother of 12 year old boy-girl twins. I never thought I would have more kids because of the trauma I went through with the birth of my twins. My son is severely disabled, as they were born at 30 weeks gestation. Anyway, I remarried a year and a half ago to a very sweet nice man with no kids. We talked about if we would have children together but I always told him I didn't know if that's what I wanted, so I took birth control pills.
I felt strange, my period was only late by 2 days, but I took a pregnancy test anyway and it showed I was pregnant. I took another the next day and same thing. I had trouble believing I was pregnant for some reason.
My husband and I went off on a trip for our first anniversary and during this trip I started a period. I knew that test was wrong, but... I still felt strange. I continued to have a period for about a week, and then I woke one night just gushing blood and clots everywhere. OK, I told my husband, this must be a miscarriage.
The bleeding slowed down after a day but was still heavy, and I started to not feel well, dizzy, heavy cramping. Finally after another week my husband took me to the emergency room when I started throwing up and could barely walk.
The doctor said yes, this is a misscarriage and since you want mother nature to take it's course, we will send you home. At the last second, he decided to check with an ob/gyn on call first though.
Suddenly I turned toward my husband and said, "I'm still pregnant." He replied, "I know."
The whole thing felt bizaar.
The doctor came back and told us the ob/gyn said to take an ultrasound, just to be sure. I told the doctor I go into a mental and physical shock when poked and prodded since my twins' birth. He said he'd be easy on me.
The nurse came in when the doc left and told me I had to have a cathetor. I said no, I couldn't do that. She became irritated with me and said then no ultrasound, I knew I needed one and said Fine, go ahead then and she put the tube in. I immediately started to panic, sweat profusely, went cold and shaky. She was surprised, looked at the monitors and said I was going into shock. My husband told me to focus on him and I listened to him talk me and we worked through it. The symptoms of shock stopped. Whatever, that's off subject.
A woman came to take blood, she said I was blessed. I asked why, she said she could never get pregnant and here I was with a blessed child. I told her I was having a miscarriage. She looked at me and said, you'll see, it's a miracle.
We went to get the ultrasound and the ultrasound woman was cranky from being woken up to come in. She started the ultrasound and said she saw a heartbeat. I asked if it was a baby, she said yes. And an extra sac.
She didn't seem so irritable then.
The doctor came and told my husband and me, you have a viable fetus. You had twins but miscarried one. I continued to bleed (reabsorbing the one that died) for 7 more weeks. I am now 6.5 months pregnant with a supposedly healthy baby, and I worry everyday I will give birth early.
I found out this kind of miscarriage is uncommon but does happen. More than people might think. Be careful before you have a d&c done. Make sure the doctors have done an ultrasound first.
