The Good News is that I did manage to get pregnant naturally and would have been 6 weeks gone yesterday. This was absolutely huge news for us and we just couldnt believe it. I got pregnant on the first month after we decided that we would not be going back for more IVF treatment, I still have weekly acupuncture appointments with Gordon, but apart from that... no other assistance.
The Bad News is that I 'would have been' six weeks gone yesterday... unfortunately this pregnancy was also ectopic and I had to have emergency surgery yesterday.
The Answers.... FINALLY....... The surgeon was finally able to offer us some answers as to why I keep either miscarrying or having ectopic pregnancies. My left fallopian tube was swollen from the ectopic but was also twisted which would have caused the ectopic pregnancy, the surgeon was able to untwist the tube and save it and hopefully the swelling will go down by itself.
He also found out what is causing the recurring miscarriages..... both of my ovaries were covered in hundreds of tiny little cysts... too small to be detected on a scan, and the pain and 'popping' sensation I was experiencing was due to the cysts bursting. He was able to blast the cysts and burnt them at the roots so as to prevent them from coming back for at least 6 months, and has informed me that if I was to get pregnant in the coming months, I would have a much better chance of carrying to full term as my ovaries are now cyst-free. He has also put me on a 3 month course of medication to help regulate my ovaries and to help them to heal from the presence of all the cysts.
So... a mixture of hope and heartbreak but mostly relief that we finally have some answers.
I just got home from hospital this evening and am very sore and stiff, I have four incisions in my abdomen but hopefully they wont take too long to heal.
I guess we've not really got past the shock of finding out that I actually got pregnant naturally... never mind everything that has followed in the past few days, its all happened so fast so I guess it will take some time for it all to sink in.......
