"Edited to Add"....

This started as a pregnancy blog when I fell pregnant in May 2009 after four years of finding a donor, doing all the counselling / paperwork / tests and trying.

And now, thanks to a 4WD which skidded onto our side of the road, killing our baby daughter at 34w and injuring me, my partner and two of my stepdaughters on 27 December 2009, it has turned into something else. We didn't want this something else, but apparently it is all we've got to go on with.

Monday, March 28, 2011

More uncertainty

I was gearing up for a cheery post about having El Prima's family (or rather, 7 of them) stay at our place over the weekend, and how lovely it was that her sister mentioned the accident, and said she was so sorry we'd lost our baby. This was the first time I'd seen them since mid 2009 (though El Prima and the girls had visited them in Sydney a few times since we'd moved), so I was very nervous about what might happen. But it was all good.

Then I got a call from the Women's hospital this morning. The pathologist had looked at the pregnancy tissue from my miscarriage and was concerned that it may have been a molar pregnancy. It will take about 4 weeks for the pathology tests to work out whether or not it is actually molar, but during this time, they told me it is important not to get pregnant again, as this can be dangerous. No chance of that happening.

F#$k. Just when I manage to swallow one nasty reality, there's another waiting for me. It is a pretty tiny chance that this will be molar, or even if it is, that it will require serious treatment. It may just be that I have to have further testing to ensure my HCG level goes down. And even the worst case scenarios (requiring chemo etc) still have good prognoses for survival and for subsequent fertility, though you may have to wait 6-12 months to start trying again. But whatever faith I once had in statistics is pretty much gone now. An old friend contacted me via FB after we lost Z, to send her love and thoughts and to let me know that she'd just been through a molar pregnancy. I had no idea what that meant at the time. The good thing is, she's recently had a healthy baby girl. I'm holding onto that thought for the moment.

16 comments:

  1. I am so sorry Hanen. It's just not frakking fair that you should have this to deal with too. {{{Hugs}}}

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  2. Even if it is a molar pregnancy, the chances of anything happening if you get pregnant again are SO SMALL! However I'm so sorry you have to go through this stress too!! ((HUGS))

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  3. I'm so sorry. So many things you never want to deal with.

    If it reassures you any, our good friends (local here, but blog/ged at addition problems) had a partial molar with their first pregnancy. I don't know if that would help or not, but it's there.

    Much love to you. <3

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  4. I'm so sorry Hanen. I missed a few posts and had to read back to catch up. I am thinking of you and hoping that the best outcome will be your reality.

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  5. Not fair at all, sweet Hanen.

    If it's at all helpful to hear, my cousin (who is in her 40s, btw) is currently pregnant with a very healthy pregnancy after a molar pregnancy last year.

    Sending love. xo

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  6. Oh Hanen, all this worry is so unfair. I'm keeping everything crossed it was not molar. x

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  7. Oh no. I'm sorry that you are facing all these questions on top of everything else. I hope that this pregnancy was not molar and also that stories such as those of your old friend can help to keep you sane. Oh I'm just so sorry, it really isn't fair. C xo

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  8. Insult on top of injury. I'm so sorry. You certainly don't need this or deserve this. Not now, not ever.
    I'm sending you all the love and strength I have and I will say again, I am so glad I have finally found your blog. I've been thinking of you and Z so much in the last week.
    Sally
    xo

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  9. Oh. Just so effed up! I'm sorry.

    Hoping that it turns out to resolve quickly, and that you can regain your sense of momentum.

    Good thoughts across the miles...

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  10. I'm so sorry, dear. This all bites really hard.

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  11. Sending you good thoughts! I hope that is was not a molar pregnancy...and if it was that everything will be resolved quickly!

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  12. Thumps head on table.

    Where the hell is the fairness in all this?

    I'm sorry; sending you love and hoping for the least worst outcome.

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  13. Gah, you really don't need this! I am so sorry for the added stress.

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  14. As if you needed some added stress. I'm so sorry about the worrisome results and I'm praying it's all for nothing in the end. xx

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  15. Thanks for stopping by my blog to offer support, especially while in the middle of your own horrible mess. I hope that you don't have to deal with treatments on top of the loss of your little one.

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  16. There is no fairness in all of this is there? My heart is with you, dear Hanen. xxxxx

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