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I recently suffered two miscarriages 10 weeks apart. The first was on October 25th, 2007, the second on January 8, 2008. We had been trying for a second child since May 2007, just 2 months after our daughter was born, and we were unsuccessful. It turned out that I had a cyst on my left ovary. I had it removed on September 11, 2007, and on October 4, 2007, just feeling I was pregnant, I took a pregnancy test. It was a faint positive. My clinic test came back negative, but I had that happen with my daughter as well, so I asked for a blood test. It came back with a level of 80. On October 14, 2007, I went to emerge with severe pain in my right side. My doctor feared it was an ectopic pregnancy, especially since my levels were so low. He did an ultrasound, but did not see a sac in the uterus. He also ordered bloodwork. Sadly, my levels did not double. They did 80 to 112 in 5 days, 112 to 163 in 2 days, 163 to 206 in 7 days, and 206 to 90 in 2 days. I passed tissue on October 25th, 2007. I am still suffering through that pain today. Since I still have that pain, my doctor scheduled a diagnostic laparoscopy for January 7th, 2008 to figure out why I was still in pain. He advised me to try and avoid becoming pregnant, so any time we did the duty, we used protection. My first period after miscarriage came 10 days earlier than I had expected it. It arrived on November 13, 2007 instead of November 23, 2007. Based on the cycle I had, my next period was due December 10, 2007, but based on the period I had expected, it was due December 20, 2007.
I knew something wasn't right when on December 10, 2007, I still hasn't received my 2nd post-miscarriage period, so I called my doctor who ordered a blood test. Negative. But he told me to come back in a week if I still didn't have it. December 17th, I was sent for another blood test. Negative..but still no sign of my period. My doctor told me to wait, that they'd do a pregnancy test again right before my surgery, because he won't do that type of surgery on a pregnant woman. Well, on December 19, 2007, I went in for a pre-op and I guess it's mandatory to do a blood pregnancy test on a woman. I received a call the next afternoon from my doctor's nurse, telling me that my bloodwork had come back slightly positive, with a level of 23. I was barely pregnant. My doctor proceeded to cancel my surgery, but scheduled an ultrasound to determine how far along I was.
This time, my levels doubled. 23 to 219 in 5 days, 219 to 512 in 2 days, but then they started to drop off. My levels went from 512 to 1018 in two days..just 6 points short of where they should have been, so my doctor wasn't too concerned. My ultrasound on January 2, 2008 showed a small sac measuring about 3mm. I had more bloodwork done on January 4, 2008, and on January 7, 2008, my fiance ended up in the hospital with the flu. My daughter and I went to join him at 5:00am, and around noon, I felt wet. I went to the washroom thinking it was just cervical fluid, and there was blood. I immediately registered, and the nurse told me it would be an 8 hour wait. I called my doctor's to see if he could get me bumped, and also asked for my last levels. On January 4, 2008, they should have been at least 4000, but they were only 1128. I knew then I was miscarrying. When my fiance was released, I left too, explaining that I'd be back when I passed tissue. Later that afternoon, my bleeding slowed, and I thought that maybe it was just because I was stressed about Mike being in the hospital, but around 9:00am the next morning, it picked up again, and I went to the hospital. An internal exam showed that my cervix was still closed, and an ultrasound showed the sac still in the uterus, but it only grew to 5mm. The technician's report claimed there was no evidence of a gestational sac or a yolk sac and said it was probably a blighted ovum, but could not successfully determine that. My doctor told me that if it was a blighted ovum, I would not pass fetal tissue, and I was sent home. Around 2:00pm that afternoon, I passed two large clots of fetal tissue. I saved them both and took them to my doctor who confirmed that it was fetal tissue. My second miscarriage was on January 8th, 2008. I had them both tested. They were both boys, and Rice, the first, died of infection. I had 3 infections when I miscarried him. Bean, the second, was unexplained.
My pain had disappeared when I was pregnant with Bean, but came back after I miscarried, and my periods are extremely painful, so my doctor is leaning towards endometriosis. My surgery has been rescheduled for February 11, 2008. My doctor has advised me again to avoid getting pregnant, so I had started birth control and we used condoms. I had another pre-op on February 5, 2008, and the blood test was negative, but I have not yet had a period since my miscarriage. It's been 31 or 32 days, whereas, with the last one, I had it after 19 days. I stopped the birth control pills because I know it takes a while to get out of your system, and we'd like to start trying again on our honeymoon in April, and should it not happen then, we'd wait until December 2008 before trying again. We have used condoms again.
So, that's my story. I'm so desperate to try again right away, but know I have to wait, and it pains me. However, I am thankful every day for the beautiful little girl I already have. If I shouldn't be here, let me know, and I will go somewhere else.
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