As most of you know, at this point, I suffered a miscarriage a few weeks ago. For those of you that didn't, this is just my way of venting and making a record of my feelings at this point.
I had made it to 10 weeks, but the baby had stopped growing at 6 weeks. The doctor's here were very supportive and helped me through everything. The first ultrasound was normal. The baby looked small, but was there and the doctor wanted me to come back in a week to monitor the growth. The following week, I went back to her and she said there had been no growth and could not hear a heartbeat. She told me it was most likely a "missed miscarriage." So, she sent me to radiology for a "better" ultrasound than the equipment she had in her office. Radiology found a heartbeat! I was beyond excited. I was crying and told Brian that my doctor was crazy because I had just heard the heartbeat. My joy was shortlived. I returned to my doctor after the heartbeat news and she informed me that it was most likely my heartbeat reflecting off of the gestational sac. My roller coaster continued. She told me to come back in yet another week. I waited, very impatiently, but I made it. We went back, but this time we went straight to radiology where she told me there was definitely no heartbeat and I had indeed miscarried. In all honesty, I had prepared myself for the worst, so I wasn't a bucket of tears this time. My doctor gave me my options to either wait and let the miscarriage happen naturally or perform a D&C. She urged me to have the D&C since it had been three weeks with no miscarriage symptoms. So we scheduled it for two days later.
The D&C was painless. I was asleep the entire time and Brian stayed in the hospital with me all day. Brian has been my rock. He didn't know what to do at first, but he's been so strong and held my hand through it all. I could not have done this without him (literally). :) That was a joke - trying to lighten the mood here, folks.
I have also had many friends to talk to here who have been through the pain and have continued to have healthy children. I'm keeping my hopes up and taking care of myself. Hopefully we will have good news for you soon!
XOXO
I had made it to 10 weeks, but the baby had stopped growing at 6 weeks. The doctor's here were very supportive and helped me through everything. The first ultrasound was normal. The baby looked small, but was there and the doctor wanted me to come back in a week to monitor the growth. The following week, I went back to her and she said there had been no growth and could not hear a heartbeat. She told me it was most likely a "missed miscarriage." So, she sent me to radiology for a "better" ultrasound than the equipment she had in her office. Radiology found a heartbeat! I was beyond excited. I was crying and told Brian that my doctor was crazy because I had just heard the heartbeat. My joy was shortlived. I returned to my doctor after the heartbeat news and she informed me that it was most likely my heartbeat reflecting off of the gestational sac. My roller coaster continued. She told me to come back in yet another week. I waited, very impatiently, but I made it. We went back, but this time we went straight to radiology where she told me there was definitely no heartbeat and I had indeed miscarried. In all honesty, I had prepared myself for the worst, so I wasn't a bucket of tears this time. My doctor gave me my options to either wait and let the miscarriage happen naturally or perform a D&C. She urged me to have the D&C since it had been three weeks with no miscarriage symptoms. So we scheduled it for two days later.
The D&C was painless. I was asleep the entire time and Brian stayed in the hospital with me all day. Brian has been my rock. He didn't know what to do at first, but he's been so strong and held my hand through it all. I could not have done this without him (literally). :) That was a joke - trying to lighten the mood here, folks.
I have also had many friends to talk to here who have been through the pain and have continued to have healthy children. I'm keeping my hopes up and taking care of myself. Hopefully we will have good news for you soon!
XOXO
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