I found out at my 12 week scan that my
baby hadn't developed properly and had
been absorbed into my body! Has anyone
had a similar experience? I'm really
concerned it might happen next time I
become pregnant :(
i know miscarriage is fairly common (more
so than most would think) but how likely
is it that it will happen again?
Any comments would be appriciated.
Angel x
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askara
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 May 2005 Posts: 229 Location: South East England
Posted: 05-23-05 06:04am
I am sorry to hear that.
I can tell you from my experiance the fear
never leaves, I lost my baby at 7.5 weeks,
2 months ago I thought I was pregnant
again and I could not feel happy because I
was so scared that I would loose another
and I would have to deal with a pain that
I had not yet come to terms with.
If your baby was not developing propperly
then it was not your fault, in 99.99999%
of cases it is never your fault, and it
was probaly a chromozone thing going on..
And the chances of that happening again
are slim.
But talk to your dr if you are woried, the
minuite you find out you are pregnant
again go to your dr, have scans as often
as possible.
Best of luck and if you need a sholder to
e-mail to give me a holler. When I lost
mine I had no one to talk to and it tore
me up inside.. I cried for abotu 2 months
and became severly depressed.
It does get better, just look forward to
the future.
Georgina
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angel505
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 22 May 2005 Posts: 5 Location: Glasgow
Thanks For Replying... Posted: 05-23-05 13:49pm
Thanks so much for your reply. It has
made me feel a lot better knowing that it
wasn't my fault. I know that I must talk
to someone about how i'm feeling but i'm
not sure I can, maybe because i'm confused
about how I feel or maybe I just don't
know who to turn to.
I wasn't sure by your message if you're
pregnant or not at the moment. Are you
trying for another baby? How do you feel
right now and how long has it been?
I really want to deal with this as quickly
as possible so that I don't become
depressed or upset during my next
pregnancy, but i'm not sure what to do.
Any suggestions?
Its only been 3 days for me so I suppose
my feelings are still raw.
My partner is supportive and is definately
there for me, but he doesn't really know
what to say or when to say it. He seems
to keep asking me whats wrong and I feel
like shouting - what do you think is wrong
with me?
Again, thanks for answering my post,
you've really helped a lot.
Angel x
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vikki22
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 May 2005 Posts: 8 Location: herts
Hi, I'm New!!! Posted: 05-23-05 15:15pm
Hi, I have been reading these forumsand as
nasty as it sounds it helps knowing that
there are people in the same boat as
myself and in strange ways it is
comforting.
I had a still born little babcy boy a few
years ago at 38 weeks, it was apparently
"fate" as he got a blood clot in the
umbilical cord and the oxygen was stopped
from getting to him,he was beautiful andi
still cry about him sometimes and will
never "get over it", then a year later
(2002) I had a beautiful healthy baby boy
and he is now nearly 3 and fantastic,
there were no problems with the pregnancy
at all, I was prescribed 1 asprin per day
during pregnancy to thin my blood and
hopefully prevent clotting (which it
clearly did) and for safety measures I was
induced at 38 weeks as he was big and
ready to enter the world!!
Then last year we were trying for another
child and I had a miscarriage at around
6-7 weeks,after a blood spotting, I was
completely devestated and thoughtthat
seeing as I now had a stillborn baby and a
misscarriageunder mybelt I never had a
chance at getting my son a brother or
sister
i am now nearly 8 weeks pregnant, and I am
acomplete wreck,i find mysefgoing to the
toilet 100% morethan usual not becausei
want a wee but because I want to check for
blood spotting, its a nightmare. I went
to the doctors today and have my first
antenatal appointment tomorrow,i am
petrified as I have been experiencing
sickness as I have in allmy pregnancysbut
today I havehad abosolutely no feelings of
nausea or anything and of coursethe worst
is going through my mind. Idont want to
but cant help thinking that tomorrow at my
appointment the midwifewont be able to
hear a heartbeat and I am going to have
the whole thing happen again same as it
did last year, fingers crossed that wont
happen, i'll let you know tomorrow!!!!
Sorry thiswas a bit of an essay but its
good to talk!!!
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rp
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 21 Location: wales
Posted: 05-23-05 15:51pm
I had a miscarriage on the 28th of april
05, it is nerve racking falling pregnant
again but after whats happened im a firm
believer in whats meant to be is meant to
be, to all of you if you are meant to have
your baby you will, just cause u had a
micarriage before doesnt mean you will
have one again you have as good a chance
as any pregnancy. Most people miscarry
without even knowing it and go on to have
healthy pregnancies thinking its there 1st
time theyve been preggars. Try not to
worry.
I hope it works out for u all. Good luck
xx
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angel505
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 22 May 2005 Posts: 5 Location: Glasgow
Posted: 05-23-05 16:26pm
Dear vikki22,
its good to post! And I know what you
mean about other people going through the
same thing. Its strangely comforting.
It sounds like you've been through an
awful lot and what a rollercoaster of
emotions you must have felt. I really
feel for you.
I just wanted to say that although i'm
desperately upset about losing my own baby
I do believe that what will be will be
(trying to give myself advice at the same
time). Your scan is tomorrow so you don't
have much longer to wait and worry and i'm
sure it will be fine.
Even though it hurts like crazy losing
something so dear, it makes us stronger
and more understanding to others going
through the same thing. Small consolation
maybe but a definate one nonetheless.
Good luck tomorrow and please let me know
how you get on.
Angel x
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askara
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 May 2005 Posts: 229 Location: South East England
Posted: 05-24-05 05:58am
^^
no I am not pregnant now, 2 months ago I
was showing all the signs, and came late,
had blood work and they said that they can
take it further as they had no dea why I
was thowing up for a week+ but I asked not
to as what I dont knwo cant hurt me.
Our financial situation has changed so its
on hold for a while now.
It makes me sad that we are apparently
free people yet every thing we do is
goverened by some other factor.
When I lost my first one I was a wreck and
my partner was frankly useless. He had no
idea what to say or do and I came so
close to just throwig in the towel with
him because I needed more than a pat on
teh back sayign it wil be ok.
Talk to your husband, I am sure hes
greiving also, because even if the idea of
being a dad scared him he would have
started to think about things like what he
she would have looked like, who it woudl
take after and when you lost him/her he
lost all of that too.
But I cant stress enough it was not your
fault, I blamed my self because I got sick
and ran a fever of 103.4 for 2 days, I
only took teh paracetamol becasue I could
no longer take it, and I was no aware I
was pregnant at this point, when I
realised I was late I id a test and it was
negative, did another hte next day,
negative, did another the next day and it
was a faint positive. Then 3 days later I
eveidently was no longer pregnant.
Talk about it, misscarriage is something
that people shun away but there are
feelings that need to be addressed, you
need to greive for your baby for your self
and when you are ok with it, I laugh abotu
it now because thats the only way I knwo
how to deal with it, I tell my self mother
nature put her foot down and said nope..
One of you is bad enough! And come on
here! We are all a ncie bunch! I foudn
so much of my support online with people
telling me what ia m telling you, it put
me at ease a little.
If you and your husband are trying, wait
about till you have a normal cycle first,
your next one after the miscarriage may be
early or late and probaly will not be a
normal flow.
Lastly, never thinkyou are alone!
<3
george
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vikki22
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 May 2005 Posts: 8 Location: herts
to Angel505 Posted: 05-24-05 15:31pm
Dear angel505,
thanks so much for the reply,
i went to the midwifes at the local clinic
today and all she did was fill in loads of
notes!! I am booked in for a scan at the
hospital on thursday at 8.45, I will let
you know how it goes!!