Hi 🙂
I am currently roughly 15 weeks pregnant. I have a little boy at 2.5 years and I sadly lost a little boy last year at 20 weeks. It was discovered last year at my 12 week scan that the NT measurement was extremely high, babys bowels and stomach where both outside the baby, I had a CVS test done which came back clear for chromosome abnormalities and our consultant believed the high NT was due to structural issues. We had weekly scans however sadly at my 20 week scan our baby was gone.
I was been for my 12 week scan and there was no appointment anvailable until I would have been over 13 weeks. On the lead up to the scan my anxiety has been so bad I have been ill. At my scan the sonographer struggled with poor visibility due to a lot of scarring inside my womb which the ultrasound could not get through. No measurements could be taken and no date given and also no scan picture. My scan was rebooked for 2 weeks later and I am
really struggling mentally to get through these two weeks.
I asked what difference two weeks would make as the scarring would still be there and she said we will get a date from the measurements of the baby’s head. Does this mean there is a potential to miss if there are any other issues ? Like the issues that were discovered in my previous pregnancy ? I explained to the sonographer about my previous loss but she seemed very uninterested.
If you have been through a pregnancy after a loss how did you cope mentally ? Did you find anything helped get you through it ? Did anything make you feel more at ease during/before scans? The scan I had was not the most pleasant as there was alot of “I just can’t see very well due to your scarring” which to be honest was making my anxiety a lot worse. The thought of going for scans is making me feel physically sick at the moment 🥺 I feel a lot of guilt for this little one that I am carrying as all I feel is worry and anxiety when I should be happy and excited.
TIA for any responses ❤️