Re: a question i've been afraid to ask

[Guest guest]

Wow , that is a difficult question. Even though none of us

are " guilty " about anything here, I can understand your distress at

this. I guess sometimes too much knowledge can be a bad thing in the

sense that it has our minds running in quadruple overtime. I know

that saying " whats done is done, and to let go of it " would seem like

the " smart or right " thing to do, but unfortuneately we have this

thing called a heart that is blocking this input to our brains. I

hope you can find peace about this within yourself. You are in my

prayers.

Karin

[Guest guest]

OH mary i am not sure if i have your answers.. i just wnat to say

that i am so very sorry this has been hanging over you for so long..

you are not at fault ( none of us are ) as we listen and trust our

doctors ( even though a lot of us now have found out we should not

have done so.. ughhh)..

i do not know a lot about blighted ovums,, i had a chemical preg once

where the hcg levels just did not rise,, but if they did not see the

fetal pole and hcg was that high, i suspect that blighted ovums are a

miuch different case.. as chem preg's just do not progress ( attach

to lining) at all..

good luck in your findings adn no matter what you find, you are not

to blame!!!!

janet

[Guest guest]

,

My story was quite similar to yours. My hcg levels rose normally, at

my last pregnant blood test topping 40,000. But ultrasound didn't

show a growing fetus. Blighted ovum was diagnosed. Eventually,

ultrasound showed my sac (which had grown to be quite large) beginning

to disintegrate. This was at approx 10 weeks.

I was perplexed by the fact that my hcg levels, when they were being

monitored, always seemed right in range for a healthy pregnancy. In

my case, however, having seen the sac begin to disintegrate and never

hearing a heartbeat ... I believe it really was not a viable

pregnancy.

Don't know if this offers comfort, but if 2 ultrasounds in a row

showed a problem, they were probably correct.

[Guest guest]

- at 11 weeks it would be impossible to miss a baby- by 12 (when I had my first US's) everything was there- a tiny baby- with arms and feet and all!!-

Tough to believe but true- I'm sure there was no mistake there- don't worry yourself needlessly!

"I know God won't give me anything I can't handle, I just wish he didn't trust me so much"

-Mother

, Mike, Brenna (VSD, PS- open heart surgery 1/29/98--- typical 3 1/2YO- YIPES!), Baby Angel born too early 11/7/00, and Riley and Snoozer the dogs

Join us again next year in remembering the millions of people affected by CHD on 2/14/2002: "A Day for Hearts: Congenital Heart Defects Awareness Day!"