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Old 10-15-2008, 09:45 AM   #1
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Infertility Overcome - Interesting Story

I had an unpleasant unfill appointment yesterday, but the fill nurse did share an interesting story.

She had a banded patient who was in for a fill. While she was locating the port, she said she told her she could feel her fundus . . . could she be pregnant? Well the women told her no, it isn't possible . . . she had been suffering from fertility problems for many years, and after pursuing a multitude of unsuccessful treatment options, she had adopted 2 children with the thought that she would never be able to conceive.

The fill nurse said she was pretty sure that she was pregnant, so she took a pregnancy test . . . and lo and behold it was positive. She got an unfill that day. She called back a couple of days later to say, not only is she pregnant, but she is 4 1/2 months pregnant.

She had no idea she was pregnant through half of her pregnancy. Her cycles were so irregular, it was not uncommon not to have them at all. She was also going through banding so some of the unusual feelings and sickness she attributed to life with the band.

The baby was born later healthy after a successful and uneventful pregnancy, albeit brief since she didn't know for half the pregnancy, lol.

Anyways, I enjoyed this story because it goes to show that there is still hope for some of us who have given up. Just one more of the many reasons to love our bands.
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Old 10-15-2008, 02:47 PM   #2
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Re: Infertility Overcome - Interesting Story

That's a wonderful story, Heather!

I can understand her giving up. After tons of testing, procedures, and lots of money, we decided to adopt and now have a wonderful daughter! She's 2 now and I can't imagine her not being a part of our lives. We were married 18 years when we brought our daughter home from the hospital (we'll be celebrating our 21st next month!) after never thinking we'd be parents. I'm now 40 and DH is 44, since we both have issues, I'd be knocked over by a feather if I came up pregnant now! LOL! I am on Depo shots though to stop my cycle (so very DONE with that!).

If I remember right, you're preggers now. How are things going? Is that the reason for the un-fill? How far along are you? I'm excited for you! I love that part of this journey with the band is that some of us who've had trouble and/or couldn't get pregnant before, are able to do so now! It's so exciting!!

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