I recently found out I was preganant on a
Mirena IUD. I was about 9 or 10 days late
when I found out. Just a few days after a
positive pregnancy test, I started
cramping and bleeding, and the day after
that I went to get my IUD out. The doctor
took an ultasound and determined I had
miscarried. We even saw the embryo on the
IUD, (or so we thought). (They had trouble
removing the IUD, and it may have scraped
against the uterine wall). I bled mildly
for a few days. Then last week I went for
a follow up appointment and they did
another ultrasound because I was still
having some pains, and guess what?? There
is a gestational sac and an embryo
measuring 8 and a half weeks! (Would make
me 9 and a half weeks as of yesterday).
They said it's posible (but not likely)
that it may have been twins and one
miscarried but the other didn't. But what
they believe is more likely, is that maybe
it was too early before to see the
gestational sac, and what we saw on the
IUD was just tissue or a blood clot, but
not the embryo. And now that it's a little
bit further along they can see the embryo.
But I am really confused now!! First I had
a positive pregnancy test, then I started
cramping and spotting and was told I
miscarried, then I was told I didn't
miscarry and am still pregnant?! What the
heck!? I have also been cramping alot
still and this is making me nuts! I
thought that maybe I had got pregnant
after the miscarriage, but then I would
only be a few weeks. But by their
calculations I am 9 and half weeks now!
(They said DOC was around Jan 24th). I
already went through grieving over the
miscarriage, and now with this info, plus
all this cramping, I feel like I'm gonna
have to go through it all over again! Has
anyone else had something like this
happen? Any advice would really help!
Thanks!
Confused Momma
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tiamccoy819
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Posted: 03-19-08 09:49am
Did you get to see the heartbeat?? If so
then you are prolly still pregnant from
the first time before the IUD was taken
out. Also cramping in early pregnancy is
normal and unless you have bleeding with
it or its enough to double you over then
you shouldnt worry.
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chrissy721
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Posted: 03-19-08 09:53am
well, that certaintly is crazy, but I'd go
with what the doctors tell you. They'll
be able to tell you what's happening and
what to do next. Like Tia said, cramping
is normal, bleeding really isn't but not
all women are the same either. Good luck,
and keep us updated!
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confusedmomma1
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At least now I know Posted: 04-09-08 05:04am
Well, I went to docs again for another
appointment. Since I was STILL cramping
they did ANOTHER ultasound. They could see
the embryo but it didn't have a heartbeat
this time, and it didn't measure much
further along than it had before (only
measuring about 2 days further than it did
before), so they did a d&c. At least
it happened now and not when I was further
along, and I kind of knew this was coming.
Nothing about this pregnancy had been or
felt normal. Thank you for you advice
though, it was helpful.
