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March 2020 Moms
LittleSEZ
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TW - Loss
LittleSEZ
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I woke Wednesday morning to head to the gym and was spotting. I knew at that moment that it was over.
I had my "intake" appointment scheduled for that day... MH took our son to school and then came home and we went together. The hardest part was the nurse asking me all the questions that should be exciting for me to answer knowing that I was miscarrying... literally as we spoke. I had told her right away about the bleeding, which at the time I would have called spotting. She said she would tell my Dr.
Seeing as how I miscarried in February, when she caught my Dr when she was getting something off the printer, my Dr came flying into the room and assured me that we were going to get on this right away to see what was going on. She ordered a stat ultrasound. I got my bloodwork done and then had an internal. I thought (based on dates) that I was 7w/3 days.
She called a few hours later. At that point I knew it was a loss from the bleeding at home. She said as long as I was not hemorrhaging (a pad an hour) or having severe cramping, I could stay at home and to just take it easy. She said the ultrasound and my HGC levels both showed I was in fact only 5 weeks 3 days.... and if you line that up with when I last had sex and would have conceived, that is 100% possible that I was on track.
Finally she asked me if I have ever had a thyroid issue. Apparently in my blood work, my thyroid number came back extremely high, its close to 6. They want it to be 2 or 3. I have not... so, I am now diagnosed with hypothyroidism... which apparently can cause early miscarriage and infertility. So, there is that. Im not sure if we will try again. Im not really in a place to decide that right now. I had my levels checked today and she will more than likely want me to go again Monday to make sure they are returning to normal. I take a prescription now for the next 8 weeks and then have to have my thyroid checked again to see if that lowers...
Anyway, I didnt want to just ghost.
I wish you all the best and hope everything goes well for you and your families.
I had my "intake" appointment scheduled for that day... MH took our son to school and then came home and we went together. The hardest part was the nurse asking me all the questions that should be exciting for me to answer knowing that I was miscarrying... literally as we spoke. I had told her right away about the bleeding, which at the time I would have called spotting. She said she would tell my Dr.
Seeing as how I miscarried in February, when she caught my Dr when she was getting something off the printer, my Dr came flying into the room and assured me that we were going to get on this right away to see what was going on. She ordered a stat ultrasound. I got my bloodwork done and then had an internal. I thought (based on dates) that I was 7w/3 days.
She called a few hours later. At that point I knew it was a loss from the bleeding at home. She said as long as I was not hemorrhaging (a pad an hour) or having severe cramping, I could stay at home and to just take it easy. She said the ultrasound and my HGC levels both showed I was in fact only 5 weeks 3 days.... and if you line that up with when I last had sex and would have conceived, that is 100% possible that I was on track.
Finally she asked me if I have ever had a thyroid issue. Apparently in my blood work, my thyroid number came back extremely high, its close to 6. They want it to be 2 or 3. I have not... so, I am now diagnosed with hypothyroidism... which apparently can cause early miscarriage and infertility. So, there is that. Im not sure if we will try again. Im not really in a place to decide that right now. I had my levels checked today and she will more than likely want me to go again Monday to make sure they are returning to normal. I take a prescription now for the next 8 weeks and then have to have my thyroid checked again to see if that lowers...
Anyway, I didnt want to just ghost.
I wish you all the best and hope everything goes well for you and your families.
Re: TW - Loss
Married: October, 19, 2015
EDD 2/22/17
EDD 3/8/20
EDD 11/24/23
(Formerly Marriedhamstermom Feb ‘17)
I am so sorry, and hope that you are able to rest your body, mind, and soul.
EDD: 3/19/20
Married: 8/22/15
BFP #1: 8/22/17 | DS: 4/20/18
BFP #2: 7/14/19 | EDD: 3/18/20
DD1 EDD 9/29/2015, Born 9/24/2015
DS1 EDD 1/3/2018, Born 12/26/2017
BFP #3 3/21/2019, EDD 11/29/2019, MMC/D&C 5/7/2019
BFP #4 6/28/2019, EDD 3/12/2020
@projectalice - I didnt get far enough along in my last pregnancy to have any blood work done. When I knew I was miscarrying all they did was check the HGC level to make sure it was trending down. When I had the ultrasound at the ER, there was nothing, not even a sac so my Dr said I basically didnt even get far enough along for anything to show (even internally). I am not fan of medication or having any "unnecessary" testing so we just left it at that. I also didnt tell her we were trying right away... because until we were... we werent really "planning" it. It just happened really fast.
@lusineg - I have zero symptoms of hypothyroidism. It caught me totally off guard. My level was almost 6. I started levothyroxine the day after the miscarriage started. Im hopeful that the meds get it under control and I can stop taking it. I do not want to be on medication for the rest of my life.
Sending healing thoughts!