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Hi Tia and Kim :)
Kim,
Thank you for your kind words about it, that was very sweet of you. I find myself on this site everyday even though I have achieved pregnancy (that stuck) I still know what it feels like to be so scared and alone. I know how I felt and how comforting it was to come to this site while I was ttc. I am so thankful that God led me here and I want to always pass along the kindness that women here were to me. I like to be able to talk to women ttc and let them know that it is possible and staying strong and keeping the faith is a must in not only this situation but any situation in life!
Tia,
I had 2 prior miscarriages when I became pregnant again in October of 2005. I lost the baby at about 10 weeks in December. I had a d&c and since this was my 3rd miscarriage the doctors wanted to test the fetus and also put me through all kinds of tests. We found out from the testign of the fetus that she had trisomy 13, so this was considered a genetic defect. Since no testing was done on the other pregnancies they had no idea why I miscarry within the 1st trimester. I began testing, lots of blood work, dh and I had genetic testing, all came back normal. In Feb. my ob referred me to an re (in the same office, he is the best in our area.) As soon as they got my chart they called me and said they wanted to do a blood test to test my progesterone and estrodiol on day 23 of my cycle. I had been tested before for progesterone on day 23 (it will determine if you are ovulating and I have always ovulated every month) but never the estrodiol. I went for the test and the results came back that my estodiol was low for the leutal phase. They want it over 100 and mine was in the 50s. This told them that I had some kind of hormone problem with my estodiol, probably that I was not producing quality eggs at ovulation. They wanted to do an hsg to rule out any uterus problems and once I got the green light they started me on Clomid in May. I did ok on the Clomid but only produced 1 or 2 follicles. They determined that I do not have my lh surge when my follicle and hormones are ready so again another indications of a hormone problem, probably between my brain telling my overies what to do. I had a cancelled cycle in June due to a left over follicle from the Clomid. It was a bad cycle, I actually ovulated the left over follicle naturally on day 5 so obviously we were out this month. I had an appt with the re to discuss injections later that month (June) it just so happened it was the last day I could start the injections for this cycle so we did. The main difference between the injections and the Clomid is, Clomid talks to your brain and your brain then talks to your ovaries and tells them what to do (the easiest explainiation, I know it sounds silly) and the injections go straight to your ovaries and bypass the brain. That cycle was good one but no pregnancy. The following month we did injections again but increased the dosage a bit. I was having a great cycle. They did a post colital test to make sure the little swimmers were doing well and there wasen't an issue with me rejecting them. I did an injection to bring on ovulation and we were told to bd the next 3 days. At 8 dpo I was feeling very tired, extremely tired. At 10dpo I did an hpt and it came back positive. I had bw done at 11dpo and confirmed I was preg. My levels were very high and they thought it might be twins. We confirmed that I was carrying twins at 5 weeks, at 6 weeks we heard both heartbeats but at 8 weeks we discoved that one of the twins did not develope and I lost him/her. I was devestated but I was also praying hard for this little one to stick. She did and she is quite the fighter! She is strong weighing in at 3lbs 13 oz and I am just shy of 30 weeks. She is our blessing, out gift from god. I had a great deal of trouble being able to mourn the loss of the one twin when I had another to celebrate. It was a hard time, still is at times. Someone once said to me that maybe baby b was put here to show baby a the way to go and you know I find comfort in that and I believe that could be true. We have 4 little angels total in heaven watching over us and our little Samantha (that is her name). I thank god every day for blessing us with this pregnancy and a beautiful little girl I can not wait to hold in my arms!
Now that I wrote a book, I better be going. I have housework to tend to, although I am not in the mood. ;)
Have a great weekend.
Take care
Liz
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