2008: Pregnancy #4 (or 2, depending on if you count chemicals)

October 2008 I arrived to our new province 5 months after my hubby did, after finishing the house renos and finding tenants to rent our home. 

Late November, my period didn't really show up - I had a few days of spotting but my cheap internet pregnancy tests said BFN, so I didn't think too much of it.  A week later, I thought maybe we should get this looked into.  I had a blood test and got the results - BFP!  So exciting!  On our own, BFP!  Yahoo! 

Ok, so now what...given my history I was concerned so my GP called the Recurrent Loss Clinic who told her that we should just treat this like a "normal" pregnancy.  So, we did.  I had an ultrasound in week 7 but the tech couldn't find the baby through the abdominal wall.  This US tech was male, and I guess they don't do the internal scans, as I had to move rooms and wait for a female US tech.  She found the baby, and we got to see the heartbeat.  The concern was that the baby was measuring very small for the timelines, about 1.5 weeks behind. But the HB was strong, so I was scheduled for another US in a month. 

December 23 I started spotting.  Bright red.  I called my doctors' office in a tizzy and the acting doc on call told me that it did not necessarily mean bad things but we'd just have to wait to see what happened.  I hate wait and see. 

December 24:  Merry Fu##$&*#(ing Christmas.  Spotting becomes heavier.
December 25:  Full on bleeding.  It's over
December 26:  Bleeding is very heavy, go to Emerg to make sure they can capture the "products of conception" for analysis.  ERP says he's suprised I'm not in more pain as I have products in the oss, which is typically uncomfortable.  They send away the tissue and ask if I want to see the OBGYN on call.  I decline which later I will regret.

NOW the recurrent loss clinic will see me.  I make our first appointment to meet with the RE there.  Turns out the ERP only sent the tissue off to the regular lab, not the specialized lab that would have identified any chromosonal issues with the embryo.  So all we have is yes, it was a miscarriage.  ARGH.