Just want to put this out there as I really need to get it off my chest and not really ready to talk with friends about it. The other internet forum I use knows me a bit too well to throw this out there.
My wife had a biochemical pregancy some months ago and, I'm sure like others here, we didn't understand the term. Now I do - it felt very cold and clinical. We now realise it was "just" an early loss - it still feels sad. Her system had binned the embryo within a couple of days after the positive test. High to Low!!
We have been undergoing fertility treatment by the NHS in Bristol (BCRM, and we're very early stage treatment). My wife was scanned and a polyp was found in her womb - which the consultant explained, could be causing embryos to be rejected as the womb needs to be a "perfect place" for the embryo to continue through development. She went for a laparoscopy and hysteroscopy where they checked the abdominal area for symptoms of endometriosis and then found and removed the polyp from her womb.
At our next appointment, she was scanned again and the consultant saw what she thought might be another polyp - but doubted this very much as that would have been three weeks after removal of the first one. She thinks (and we hope) it might just have been a fold in the womb lining - that is showing up as a polyp shaped shadow. We had already had one "go" of trying for another natural conception (after the L&H) and we're about to go for IUI (I'm 40, sperm are within normal parameters and wife has plenty of eggs and is 37). Anyway, she's due for another scan this week to check if there's a polyp.
Then, Saturday morning I get whacked on the head at 5.30am - with a test stick held in front of quite bleary eyes - "I'm pregnant!!".
So, now I'm just really worried - afraid to be happy. She appears to be experiencing early pregnancy symptoms different to those the last time - ie. she says she feels much different - much more tired, a bit more hormonal, a bit more nauseous, etc. I dunno, maybe we're hoping for too much.
What should we do about the scan - wait till Friday and then tell the person doing the scan (our present consultant is on annual leave, so she got a colleague to squeeze us in) that we've had a positive test or ring them and tell them now?
Sorry to ramble on a bit, but I'm sure you all know how these early days feel - it's hard to keep it all in - especially as we've been on the rollercoaster of trying for the last few years without any success - while seeing friends, relatives, etc popping them out (of course, I realise that they may have all experienced difficulties too without anyone else knowing) - but you know the feeling.
Just looking for anyone out there that's been in the same boat.