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Success Stories Tereza's Success Story
Nov 2003 I miscarried @8 weeks. I had a D&C and after that stopped menstruating. It was a bit complicated in my case because I was trying to get pregnant and for me a "normal" cycle could easily be 35-45 days long. But for nearly 2 years my gyn kept telling me it was normal and ok not to have a period even though I had pain and every month was at the office. He finally discussed my case with a fertility specialist and she immediately suspected Asherman's (he'd never heard of it) and suggested we try hormones first, and if after a few months I still had no lining and no period, I came to see her. We did this and in May 05 she performed the first hysteroscopy....the cavity was closed/sealed together and I was scarred in about 3/4 of my uterus and one tube. Over the summer I had an additional 2 hysteroscopy procedures and continued with hormones and an IUD and to our intense surprise when I went back for a scheduled check-up a month after the last one I had an egg about to ovulate and a lining at the bear minimum for pregnancy. He sent me home to my husband and we conceived. For the first trimester I needed extra hormones and at 8 weeks, just like so many AS patients, I started bleeding. More blood than I'd seen since my last pre-AS period and there was a blood clot between the baby and the lining of the uterus. I spent 3 days in hospital and needed to take it easy for the entire first trimester but the pregnancy continued normally after that. I gave birth in June 2006 to a daughter. We were concerned about my increased risk of placenta accreta (basically the placenta growing into the uterus) and it took nearly 50 minutes before the placenta was delivered, but when it came it was complete and caused no problems.
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