Today is beta day and the blood has been drawn. I thought I knew what the results would be, but now I'm getting mixed signals and have NO idea what to expect. Waiting for the phone call is excruciating ...
I kept checking your blog all day yesterday thinking that for sure by now you would have POAS! How can you resist? Fingers crossed for nothing but good news.
WARNING: This blog contains adult situations and psychological nudity.
The purpose of this blog is to create a place specifically about losing babies due to recurrent umbilical cord problems. I hope it will benefit others who find themselves in a similar situation.
The medical community appears to have very little interest in this problem. Often it is just dismissed as random "bad luck", though there is research that shows otherwise. We don't believe it is random. I will list the very limited information I've found on the subject, including case studies, research, useful websites and organizations, and other information.
My interest in this topic is personal. Many years of marriage have brought husband Q and I four cradles (David 2003, Tania 2005, Anastasia 2011, & Nadia 2015) and two graves (Jeremiah 1/5/2007 and Miles 7/17/2007). Jeremiah and Miles both died of cord problems - hypercoiling and stricture, respectively. Nadia also had cord stricture.
After our losses I was diagnosed with endometriosis and secondary infertility. Blood clotting issues are an unconfirmed possibility.
Here's a brief history of our journey. After several years of infertility, we finally got our rainbow baby in 2011. Anastasia brought us the happy ending we'd hoped for and we were perfectly happy to leave it at that, but then in early 2015 I found out I was unexpectedly pregnant. We feel very lucky that this baby lived despite cord stricture.
4 comments:
I kept checking your blog all day yesterday thinking that for sure by now you would have POAS! How can you resist? Fingers crossed for nothing but good news.
I'm praying SO hard for you right now!!!!
OH.MY.GOSH! I am so excited for you! Please update ASAP when you get the results!
(Weird, but I totally feel like our cycles are tied together.)
Annie,
Hang in there while you wait for more info on Monday!
Jeanne
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