TTC After a Loss

Intro -tw - EP

Hi All, 

Monday morning 11/20 I was diagnosed with an EP (Ectopic Pregnancy) surgery followed Monday night. I was 9 weeks - measuring 8+2. I had gone in to the Dr office the thursday before because I thought I might have a bladder infection.  I got to take home pictures of my LO from the US and saw and heard it's heart beating.  160. I'll will never forget that sound.  Saturday I called the Dr on call because I had the worst pain in my stomach.  I felt light headed and I was lightly bleeding. The Dr assured me it was probably bladder spasms and to try and get comfortable. Monday - my labs were back,  bladder was healthy but I now faced surgery.  I can't even describe the horror I felt.  What kind of damage had been done to my body for 2 days. Was I even going to wake up? I sobbed through it all.

 I'm almost a week post op now.  Surgery was fine but they removed my left fallopian tube.  It was too damaged.  I have so many questions,  so little answers. I feel like it's all been a horrible dream I can't wake up from.  A cruel joke.  I know I'm not special and these things happen.  I don't even really want sympathy. I want encouragement. I want to try again.  It won't erase this loss but I really need hope for the future. I wanted THIS baby,  but that's not written in the stars for us.  

I'm 33, my DH is 35. I absolutely wouldn't be healing physically or emotionally as well without him.  


Re: Intro -tw - EP

  • @galactickates I’m so sorry for your loss. This is a great group that has really helped me through this hard time. I hope you can find the support you need here too. Take good care of yourself. 
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  • Welcome to the board. I'm so sorry for your loss. 
    *Signature TW*

    TTC#1 October 2014

    BFP: November 2014, DS born via c-section July 2015 


    TTC#2 December 2016

    BFP: 12/23/16- No heartbeat at 8 weeks, D&C 01/30/17 

    BFP: 03/11/17- Chemical 03/15/2017

    BFP: 04/17/17- Chemical 04/22/2017 

    05-10/2017 - RPL Testing/Septum Resection Surgery

    11/2017-03/2018 3 Natural cycles / 2 TIC w/ trigger shot 

    BFP: 03/29/18, Rainbow Baby Boy Due late November/ early December 2018  <3

  • I'm so sorry for your loss. This is a fantastic group of ladies to get that encouragement from. Welcome.
  • I’m sorry for your loss and hope your stay is short and recovery is quick
    DS born 04/22/15, Pregnant again 03/01/17 however loss due to PPROM at 20+6 weeks now TTC rainbow
  • Welcome. I am so sorry for your loss. As the other ladies have said, this is a great group of supportive ladies. Take care.
  • I'm so sorry for your loss!
    Ivy: July 2010  |  Stella: Dec 2012  |  BFP#3: MMC at 11Wk's, July 2017 | Wyatt: April 2019 | BFP#5: Twin Girls due Sept 2020

  • I'm so sorry for your loss. I know what you mean about the heartbeat. With my first loss, I got to hear her heartbeat multiple times between 6 and 9 weeks and had had a perfect ultrasound just 2 days prior. I am so happy that I got to experience a little part of her and get to have those memories. 
    Me: 35 I DH: 38
    *TW loss and children mentioned*
    DD:2006 | Dx: Unexplained Secondary Infertility | DS: 2011

    TFAS since 2012

    Oct 16: Spontaneous BFP | m/c @ 9w1d (massive SCH) | D&C
    Apr 17: IUI #1 = BFN
    May 17: IUI #2 = BFN
    Jun 17: IUI #3 = Late BFP (18 DPO) | NMC 17Jul17 @ ~6w
    Aug 17: IUI #4 = Cancelled due to premature ovulation | TI = BFN
    Sep 17: IUI #5 = Cancelled due to overstimulation (10+ follies)
    Nov 17: IVF #1 = Cancelled due to non-IF related health issue | TI = BFN
    Dec 17: IVF #1 = Puregon 200, Menopur 75, Orgalutran, Suprefact trigger due to OHSS risk | 22R, 18M, 16F, 10B frozen  
    Feb 18: FET #1 (medicated) = BFN
    Mar 18: FET #2 (natural cycle) = CP (beta 1: 54; beta 2: 0)
    Apr 18: FET #3 (natural cycle) = cancelled due to missed ovulation
    Apr 18: FET #3 (natural cycle) = BFP! Beta 1: 201  Beta 2: 585 Beta 3: 3254 Beta 4: 9715 U/S 19May - one bean measuring on track with a HB of 125!
    EDD: 07Jan2019 Team Green
    My Rainbow Baby Boy born 03Jan2019 <3 

  • Welcome, I'm so sorry for your loss. 
    Me: 39 DH: 39
    CP 1/25/16 4.5 weeks, developed Graves' disease
  • I'm so sorry. I also got to hear the heart beat a few times and see him on the ultrasound. It's so hard but wonderful that we got to experience that. *hugs*
  • @tosh24 & @fishee333 I completely agree with the two sides of hearing the heart beat. It really truly feels like such a miracle,  but it's a sound I feel like I'm going to be chasing now more then ever.  
  • So sorry for your loss 
    Me: 38, DH: 37
    Married: 8/10/13
    BFP- 12/18/15, D&E- 4/8/16 @ 21w5d- confirmed Thanatophoric Dysplasia
    BFP- 11/7/17, M/C- 11/18/17 @ 4w6d
    BFP- 8/25/18 ~ EDD- 5/9/19 ~ DD born 5/2/20 *Lillian Hazel*
    BFP- 10/9/20 ~ EDD- 6/21/21

  • ((((Hugs))))) to you.  It is so hard.  There's almost no way to make sense of it.  You wanted THIS baby... I get it.  It is an awful feeling, but I know from the other ladies, there is light and a future beyond this, even if it feels too heavy to bear right now. ❤
  • So sorry for your loss. I don’t think I will ever not want my lost LO, either, and adding an u/s and heartbeat makes it so much harder. I know each pregnancy and each woman is different, but as for reassurance and anecdotal evidence of things being ok, a friend of mine had an EP with oopherectomy and ended up conceiving again. Possibly even twice, if I’m remembering correctly when it occurred. So while that is not to say that it is a sure thing, every story of a success after loss can give hope to those who suffered. Hoping and praying for you: peace for right now, patience for the future, and success when you can start TTC again. 
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