As you know, about 2 months ago, my brother and sister in law lost their 2nd baby to miscarriage. Both miscarriages have come between the 6th and 8th weeks of her pregnancy. After this last pregnancy, she had all the usual things done, just like the first time. The procedure to have the fetus and placenta extracted was the worst part, I'm sure.
Her body was supposed to pull itself back into non-pregnant mode. But she never started her monthly cycle back. They did blood work and her hormone levels were around 800. Which is somewhere between normal and high. They have her some medicine to try and help things along... A few weeks later with no change, they took blood work again and this time it was over 29,000.
One of three things could have happened...
1 - They didn't get all of the placenta out and her body still thought she was pregnant.
2 - Lab error.
3 - She was pregnant.
So she went for an ultrasound... and... she was 6 weeks, 3 days pregnant. Which was a total surprise.
They're hoping that with all the recent discoveries of her genetic disorders and such, that the medicines she would be on this time will help to keep this pregnancy going... we're all hoping. It's scary for them because they haven't completely healed from the last loss. My brother said he doesn't know if he can handle losing another one. :-(
In fact, they were looking into several adoption agencies when they found out she was pregnant.
Please pray for them. She has another ultrasound appointment on Friday. Right now is the most critical time. This is when she lost the other two. So please just pray.
Thanks!!
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I'll pray for them and I'll get the church here praying also if you want me to. I really, really hope that this works out for them!
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