Deanna's Story

I found out that I was pregnant on December 28, 2000. My husband and I were not trying to get pregnant, nor were we preventing pregnancy. We have been married for 7 years and together for 10. I have already experienced the lost of a child when I was 16--Christopher died of SIDS. I had Germaine when I was 18. My husband and I didn't have any children together but deep inside I wanted to make this possible. So when the HPT came back positive we were both very happy.

On January 4, 2001, I went to the doctor to confirm my pregancy (about 6 weeks).  I also believed that I had a bladder infection which was causing me to spot a little. My doctor confirmed both my suspicions and prescribed me antibiotics and bed rest. For the next 10 days, I was still spotting so on January 15th, I called my doctor and he advised to come in immediately. I was examined and sent for an ultrasound. The u/s confirmed that there was no pregnancy in my uterus, but a mass was either on or near my left tube. My doctor admitted me into the hospital and around 11:00 P.M. that night I was wheeled into the OR.

I later found out that when they went in to perform laporoscopic surgery that what the u/s tech saw was a large cyst on my left tube and the pregnancy in my right tube.  When my doctor tried to take just the pregnancy out, I started to bleed so my right tube was removed.  I also had adhesions on my left tube, all which were removed during surgery. In a couple of months I will be given an HSG to see if my left tube is functioning properly.

I have lost 2 little ones so far, and I have 1 bundle of joy to look at and to hold (almost 11 years old). People don't realize that the birth of a child is a miracle within it's self and to have to suffer a loss is very devastating, even when you are not trying. I know that both my loses were someone else's gain and that I have two guardian angels looking over me.