I am 12 weeks pregnant. But I know my good fortune can be a bitter pill for others. So I waited and waited, not quite knowing what to say, how to say it. An unimaginable number of my real world friends are in the TTC cue, and I know how much it hurts to hear someone cut in front of you. So while, of course we are happy, we've pretty much kept it to ourselves.
It also wouldn't be me if there was not drama. I had a lot of bleeding early on. Once that subsided I enjoyed a long stretch of non-barfing nausea. But superior to last time around where I wretched for weeks on end.
I had my cerclage placed 2 days ago. Bleeding and cramping has subsided, but I am just now getting a headache, I think from the spinal. Hopeful I am back to normal and up and about by tomorrow.
Chances are high I have a long stretch of bedrest in my future, complicated by a frisky toddler and a husband who will be spending a large part of the summer and fall in Europe. So me and the little dude will camp out with various family members and beg for their help and patience.
I don't know if anyone even comes here to read anymore. Nor can I predict how much I will be writing. But I like the idea of sharing my experience again -- especially since my IC is known and will be treated with a cerclage and P17 shots this time around. If my experience can be a resource for anyone with similar issues - then that something...
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Miscarriage, Uterine Anomalies, Preterm Labor, Incompetent Cervix, lots of Bedrest and finally a Baby.
History
- March 2007 - Start TTC
- May 20 - BFP
- June 1 - m/c naturally. Diagnosed with Bicornuate Uterus.
- July 31 - BFP
- August 28 - m/c (Fetal Demise - no heartbeat)
- September 7 - D&E
- September 13 - d/x "recurrent loss"
- October 16 - MRI
- October 23 - MRI report reveals correct dignosis of a Uternine Septum!!
- November 14 - Septum resected via Lap/Hyst
- November 27 - "Habitual Aborter" tag slapped on me!
- December-January 2008 cycle - Standard IF work-up complete (hormones, ovulation, endo biopsy and bloodwork) All Clear.
- Clear to TTC again
- Feb. 25, 2008 - BFP
- Preterm Labor and Incompetent Cervic at 23.5 weeks
- 14 weeks Bedrest
- Dec.1, 2008 - Healthy Baby Boy!
- And now, figuring out how to be a parent
- BFP - March 2010
- May 2010 - Vaginal Cerclage placed
- June 18, 2010 - Start P17 shots
- It's a girl!
Blogs
- I find myself a mother
- Gas Passer aka UU'er
- What Makes Us Stronger
- Bedrest and Bologna Sandwiches
- Sacred and Scarred
- Jenn-e-fursoasis
- Here we go again
- The Young and the Infertile
- New Year New Ute
- Flotsam
- On the Worng Side of the Statistics
- Our Second Chance
- Lifes Little Surprises
- One Out of Six
- Life In a Holding Pattern
- My Face Tube
- Where's my belly?
- Coming 2 Terms
- We are what we repeatedly do
- The Trial of Labor
- Stirrup Queens and Sperm Palace Jesters
- Love Will Tear Us Apart
- Lost and Found
- Scarred Bellybutton
- Stop the World I want to get off (SU)
- Maybe Baby
- The Road Less Traveled
- Hell and Highwater
- Are we there yet?
- The Liminal Universe
- the Stirrup Queen's Completely Anal List of Blogs That Proves That She Really Missed Her Calling as a Personal Organizer
Links
- MA Clearinghouse developed by women with MA's
- Mullerian Anomalies Support
- MA's Explained
- Mourning My Miscarriage by Peggy Orenstein
- Peggy Oenstein talks on NPR
- Compassion lacking for women who miscarry
- Bicornuate or Septate?
- Uterine Anomalies Affecting Fertility
- Frequency of Uterine Malformations in a Restricted Gene Pool Community
- (PDF) Clinical Implications of Uterine Malformations and Hysteroscopic treatment results
- Images of Bicornuate Uteri
- The Danger of Flying Crockery (about pregancy announcements)
10 comments:
Holy crap! Congratulations!!! You are still on my reader & I was just thinking about you the other day- wondering how you were doing. I know it's going to be a tough road ahead & I am here if you need!
I am glad everything is going relatively well now- and that knowing your particular issues beforehand hopefully makes this easier!
Congratulations! It always gives hope to us IFers when there is a BFP!!
Hope the bedrest is not for a while and everything goes well.
You're still on my reader too, & it's always nice to have a post pop up! Congratulations!
Hooray!!!
I hope there is much less bedrest this time around!
Oh sweetie!!! This is awesomely amazing news! Sorry it took til now for me to pass the congrats along - crappy work schedule the last few days :-) When I heard I was drinking coffee with a friend and I swear I snorted coffee out my nose. But what a great thing to snort coffee about! You are going to totally rock out this pregnancy and as you know - I'm always here to listen each step of the way. Where are you guys located at now? Did you move? If you were close to the great old city of Detroit I would totally help you with that frisky toddler. Brynn and D could destroy houses together!
On a more serious note...I know I'm far away - but I am always here for you if you need anyone. We'll do this together again...and Brynn said she'd help you kick some butt too :-)
HOORAY! Congrats girl! So very happy for you! I'll be thinking of you and the babe a ton! Also, extended bedrest is tough with a frisky toddler but it can be done. Mine went to daycare during the day but it was AMAZING the time I got to spend w/him one on one. We read a shit ton of books! XOXO.
Yay! Lots of love and good wishes. xoxoxoxoxo
Congratulations on the new fetus! I loved reading your blog during your pregnancy with D.
I got to this blog because I just had my NT scan today and got a measurement of 2.1 mm. I was searching for similar results, and google came up with a blog entry of yours from about two years ago when you had exactly the same NT measurement I just had today. Then I looked at your most recent entry and found that you are 12 weeks pregnant now - I am also exactly 12 weeks pregnant (and pretty scared), so I just wanted to wish you luck!
OMG I just checked in and read this. AWESOME. So happy for you!
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