Pregnancy #3 & Pregnancy #4

Have to make note of just one bitty thing this morning.....I am home ALONE! I have not been home alone for as long as I can remember....... I'm kind of liking this!!

As part of this blog, I did want to document all of my pregnancies. So here's what happened the third and fourth time I was pregnant:

Dave and I had been through even more testing after Jacob's death. We saw hematologists, urologists, pregnancy specialists, fertility specialists, genetic specialists, and so on.... All to come to the same conclusion that there was not an exact reason as to why I was having trouble with my pregnancies, but that it did look like a bleeding problem with me, so if I were to get pregnant again, putting me on the blood thinner -Lovenox would be the course of action. I had also coordinated my care with the specialists at Georgetown University Hospital. I was very pleased with the care and expertise that they were offering Dave and I.

So with this information, we did get pregnant again in the spring of 2003. We had moved into our new home here in Frederick and easily got pregnant. Took the pregnancy test which was positive and did make the appointment to see our specialist at Georgetown. I was told to come at 6 weeks pregnancy age because this is when a fetal heartbeat can first be seen on ultrasound. Well, I went to the appointment thinking nothing of it, but only to be told, that no heartbeat was seen and that this wasn't unusual - we might have been a week or so off in our timing. So, I was told to come back in a week. I did, and no heartbeat again. At this point it was determined I had a blyted ovum (sp?) (a pregnancy sac was formed, but no baby). The doctor gave me medication to stimulate contractions in hopes that the pregnancy would terminate on it's own. Well, it didn't. So after a week or so and more sonograms I was scheduled for a D&C. Dave stayed with Drew and my mom and I drove down to Georgetown very early for this surgical procedure. I came home to rest for the day. A fluke -my first miscarriage.

Dave and I waited a few months and found out we were pregnant again in July of 2003. So, off again to Georgetown Hospital at 6 weeks pregnancy age to find once again no heartbeat. Another blyted ovum. (sp?) This was more of a shock. Now, I am someone who has had several miscarriages as well as all of my previous troubles. I asked the doctor to just schedule the D&C. I didn't want to go through the waiting and medication again. Once again, my mom drove me down to Georgetown while Dave stayed with Drew and I had the procedure. Once again, more unanswered questions, but with all of this sadness to deal with Dave and I were led a different way to expand our family - something we desperately wanted.