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miracle pregnancy and devastation

After 9 years of trying for a child, taking fertility drugs & having tests after tests, we decided it was best to adopt. Then my husband decided, let's go on vacation; relieve the stress and enjoy ourselves. We went to Dominican Republic, said our prayers and tried every second day.

In February I felt very sure I was pregnant & alas I was. Valentines Day I tested positive. This was a miracle a dream come true, unfortunately our dreams are now shattered. I thought I was doing so well; all the ultrasounds were fine, the baby seemed to be doing well. Then our hopes and dreams were shattered when we learnt that our baby has full trisomy 13 ,a rare disorder which is age related, multiple abnormalities that involve major organs. Every chromosomal cell is abnormal.

I have never been so shocked in my whole life! We are now faced with termination of pregnancy. I cry every day praying that a miracle will happen. I have very little hope even if I took our baby to term there is slim chance of it surviving. Our baby is a boy.

I am 40 years old & I am in such despair. I cannot stop blaming myself for this I never gave up hope getting pregnant so keep trying. I just happen to be extremely unlucky.


donna

Getting Through it.

I was told a long time ago that I had an extremely slim chance of ever getting pregnant. I've had multiple surgeries on my reproductive organs because of cysts, and my ovaries hardly worked. I got my period maybe 2 times a year. My husband and I almost gave up all together on ever having a baby.

Only after my breasts started hurting, and my pants became snug, one of my friends suggested a pregnancy test. When it came back positive, I was still skeptical, and took 2 more- then went to the doctor and had them check also.

Come to find out, all our dreams had come true; I was in fact, pregnant!! And 3 months along!

The 4th month was when I finally made it to the doctor for my first prenatal checkup. I was larger than normal, and they did an ultrasound. The baby was a beautiful girl; she had long legs and was developing just right.

Above the uterus was the problem. An ovarian cyst (again!) about 7 inches across, 5 inches high... and who knows how far back. Right under my ribs, hindering any possibility of our baby growing any more.

My husband's eyes filled with sadness, and I tried not to cry. "I told you so" didn't seem like the right thing to say.

The doctor came in and said 2 things.
It needs to come out.
And it needs to come out NOW.
If the cyst is strong, it will get in the way of the growing baby. If not, the expanding uterus will put so much pressure on it, that it will explode and kill us both. Either way, it had to come out.

Surgery again, and this time 4 and a half months pregnant. I just wanted one thing, and that was my baby. The surgery had to be quick, but getting a cyst of that size out, always takes some time, and they had to make sure it wasn't cancerous. After the 2-hour surgery, the first thing I wanted to hear when I woke up, was that out baby was OK. And she was!
And the first person I wanted to see was my husband, who was the happiest I've seen since he found out we were pregnant.

The 6 1/2 inch vertical incision down my stomach was all that was left of the basketball-sized 8-pound mass. They had to remove my ovary also, but I didn't care. Moving around weeks later was very difficult, all the organs in my body had to find their places after being pushed aside for so long.

Now my beautiful daughter has room to grow.

We only have 9 more weeks to go, and this has been one heck of a ride so far... but I would go through a hundred more horrible surgeries as long as our daughter comes out happy and healthy.

We can't wait!!


Amber Spoerl

I don't know if I am pregnant for sure

On March 28 me and my boyfriend had intercourse. Now I think I am pregnant.

Tomorrow if I am I will be 2 weeks. I have pain in my stomach, I sleep a lot, eat all the time, and have to use the bathroom. I took a pregnancy test but it came out negative. I don't get sick.

I just want to know if I am pregnant


Amber

possibility of down sydrome

I just went for my 20-week sonogram...up until this point everything seemed to be fine. My 13 weeks blood work was fine. When I went for my sonogram the other day 19 weeks, everything was fine with the baby the doctor said, but it seemed his lemur bone was small in comparison to the head.

He scared me so very much and continued to say that this was just one marker for downs...everything else was fine...unfortunately, he was very rude with all my questions and just blew them off, but I do have questions...

He feels that it is no "big deal"; the odds were 1 in 683 since I am 32 years old. He did not suggest an amino...


maggie

Pre-eclampsia worries for pregnancy number 2

I recently found out I'm pregnant and although it wasn't planned, I am happy about having another baby. I have four-year-old now and he is healthy and wonderful.

I had pre-eclampsia with him as well as pregnancy induced hypertension (part of having pre-eclampsia) and gestational diabetes. I even had to take insulin. I spent months on bed rest and had severe swelling. I was induced at 36 wks due to have a severe headache and worry that I would go into Eclampsia.

My induction started on a Monday at 8:30am and I finally had him on WEDNESDAY at 2:30am by c-section. I was on Mag Sulfate IV and insulin drip, and Pitocin with Cervadil. After laboring for all that time and with the Pitocin I had only dilated to 1 1/2 cm even with the Pit and Cervadil and having my membranes ruptured by the OB/GYN.

It was extremely scary and stressful experience because I have never been sick before and it was awful to be so sick and worry about my baby’s health on top of being sick myself. I was praying to God as they wheeled me into my c-section to make sure my baby was ok and thankfully God made sure he was. He came out wonderfully and had no breathing difficulties or blood sugar problems. Despite being born early he is bright, intelligent and above average in ht and normal wt.

So, as you can see it is stressful and worrisome to be pregnant again but I am optimistic that we will be fine and not have so many problems this time. I pray that we will be and if you would like to say a prayer for us too that would be great.

I wish you a safe and happy pregnancy and just know that even when things are not going as planned, you can still have a wonderful healthy baby so hang in there!


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