2.1mm baby! (resected SU, mult. m/c)

November 21, 2003

Went to the OB yesterday and confirmed the preganacy -- I'm about 6

weeks along now.

Brief history: I'm SU, with the septum removed by laser a few

months ago. And, this was all discovered after my uterus ruptured

at 20wks of pregnancy last December. It's hard to believe I can

talk about it so " clinically " now. That was such a devestating

time -- losing that baby and almost losing me (lost over half my

blood volume before they discovered what was going on).

Anyway, the doctor is going to take care of me until January, when

the new insurance kicks in and I can go to the high risk OB in town

(there's just the one high risk group in ton SC). If I can

get through this first trimester, then I'll likely be spending the

second trimester in a real panic, and the last trimester will be

flat on my back in a hospital bed for a few months. While I'll do

whatever it takes to have this wonderful baby, the thought of all

that bedrest is a little daunting. Thank goodness I have a good

disability plan at work.

I'm going to post the ultrasound in the photos page, in case you're

interested. As it says, the baby is 2.1mm, and the pregnancy is

5wks, 5days. This is a closeup of the baby and gestational sac, but

I saw the heart-shaped part of my uterus on the screen, and we saw

that the baby appears to be implanted on my left side (no where near

any scarring or edges of the former septum) -- yay! They were also

able to detect the heartbeat (couldn't hear it, but it was visible

on the screen -- about 98 b/m. I wonder what a " normal " heart rate

is for a 2.1mm baby? ;-)

So, I'm very excited, and quite nervous. My husband is starting to

realize there's a baby now, and not only just a risk of death for

me, so he's starting to feel a little bit happy about all of this.

Does anyone else have husbands/partners who struggle with getting as

excited about pregnancy as you do, because they've seen the trauma

from previous m/c and don't want you going through that again?

And, is anyone else like me and can't keep this kind of secret from

family or even coworkers, even knowing it could end with m/c?

Thanks for listening! I sure do appreciate having a group like this

who knows how I'm feeling.

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