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What to do after TFMR

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Bellesjp · 13/09/2021 09:52

Hi everyone

Not sure if this is the right place to post but it didn’t feel right to post in the miscarriage section so hoping it’s ok in here 😔

On Friday I sadly had to have a tfmr at 12 weeks due to various serious abnormalities in our baby. They think he was a little boy 💙 I had medical management at the hospital which thankfully was over quite quickly and I got to go home that evening. I wasn’t sure if we’d strong enough to see him after delivery but we did and I’m so glad, the hospital gave us a little memory box to take home.

We’ve opted to have a post mortem done and they will test the placenta to hopefully find out the cause of abnormalities, since this wasn’t diagnosed prior to the tfmr. However they’ve said that this can take 13-14 weeks to get results back since the lab is being used for covid etc 😩

So I guess the point of this post is that I know it’s so early but I don’t feel like anything is going to make me feel better apart from knowing that I’m pregnant again 😞 but I’m terrified of trying again before we’ve found out the cause in case it’s something that’s likely to happen again. They’ve said I will have a follow up appointment at the fmu in 6-8 weeks but even that seems so far away. Has anyone else been in a similar position and did you try again relatively quickly? I feel so guilty for even thinking about it 😢

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Alwaysworried247 · 28/09/2021 13:57

@Bellesjp Thank you. I managed ok but didn't stay long. Going to try and just get up and go in tomorrow at normal time and roll with it. I think being at home is definitely starting to make me feel worse now.

How are you doing?

Bellesjp · 29/09/2021 13:30

Hi @Alwaysworried247 hope it's going ok for you today, I found once I'd been back a few days that I felt a bit better, then at the weekend when I had nothing to do I had a day where everything and anything set me off crying!

I've been doing ok this week and not crying everyday, feel like it might hit me again soon though. Someone asked me at work yesterday when we were going to start having a family which was crap, I've been avoiding him since.. people should not ask that anyway!!

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Bellesjp · 06/11/2021 20:39

@Alwaysworried247 just wondered how you're doing? Hope you're ok x

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Patientlywaiting7 · 08/10/2024 12:23

@Bellesjp hi OP hope you’re okay. I’m only just coming on to this thread after experiencing this myself recently. How did it end up for you? Did you end up trying again? Wishing you well :)

Bellesjp · 09/10/2024 12:22

Hi @Patientlywaiting7 sorry to hear that you've been through this too, it truely is heartbreaking 💔

We did end up trying again quite soon, but it took about another 7/8 months for us to conceive, in which time we had had our appointment and a diagnosis of Turner's syndrome. Which meant it was thankfully not likely to reoccur, was just sadly one of those things that happened to our little one :(

We now have a nearly 2 year old DD who is amazing so there is hope ❤️ wishing you all the best xx

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