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My name is Dianne and my story began in 1997 when I had my first miscarriage at 11 weeks possibly due to a blighted ovum. The pregnancy appeared to have stopped growing at around 7 weeks. I had some retained placenta and needed a suction D&C. I had a full recovery and then in 1998 had another miscarriage at 5 weeks. I had no complications and made a complete recovery physically but emotionally it took its toll on me. In 2000, I became pregnant again and although my pregnancy had complications, I delivered a healthy baby at 40 weeks.

In July of 2001, I found out I was pregnant again after only 1 month of trying and my husband and I were so excited. We thought the fertility nightmare was behind us. My first trimester was very easy and uncomplicated. At my 18 week ultrasound, it was discovered that I was dilated and my membranes were already coming down into my vaginal area. I had an emergency surgery that day and the doctor was able to push the amniotic sac back up into my uterus and then put in a cerclage. I was sent home on complete bed rest and antibiotics. One week later, I went into labor and delivered a very tiny baby girl who we named Kelly She lived for about 10 minutes and we were able to hold her and have her baptized. My regular OB was on vacation and the on-call doctor who delivered her was terrible. He pulled my placenta out in pieces.

Thirteen days later, I hemorrhaged and had to have an emergency D&C in the middle of the night and as luck would have it the same awful doctor was on call. I was told that I wouldn’t need a full D&C and that he would be able to use forceps to remove the retained placenta. My surgery report states that he did 2 very thorough scrapings of my uterus. I noticed that I had a had a lot of abdominal tenderness and also that I just didn’t feel “right’ after the procedure. After 4 months went by and I still hadn’t had a period, I went to my OB and he mentioned Asherman’s Syndrome. After some testing and trying the wait and see method, I was diagnosed in September 2002 with severe Asherman’s Syndrome.

I had my first surgery to try to correct my AS in October but due to a uterine puncture, the doctor wasn’t able to finish the surgery. My husband I decided to wait until after the holidays to schedule another surgery as this has been very difficult for both of us. I am now scheduled to have surgery in March but know that the odds are against us having another child.

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