Bittersweet

At long last, I have a little update. Eric and I had an appointment with Dr. H today. They had done some chromosome testing on what they were able to retrieve during the D&C. He said everything was normal, and it was a baby boy! That really pulled at our heart strings a little, I don't think either one of us was prepared for that information. It was a little easier when I was only thinking of it as a blob, but not really that much. We had a little Eric Jr. *sniff* Anyway, it's nice to know that there was no genetic abnormality which kind of narrows it down to a problem with me (or just bad luck). Sweet! After I get my period again, which may not be for a couple more weeks, we are going to do a sonohysterogram to check my uterus for abnormalities. Basically a sonohysterogram is an ultrasound, but they inject fluid into the uterus so they can see a little better what's going on in there. Dr. H said that is unlikely there will be any issues because I've already had 5 ultrasounds this year and they all looked fine. He also ordered a laundry list of bloodwork which required not 2, not 3, not 5, but NINE vials of blood. One of which had to go on ice! Wow, that was a lot of blood. I didn't have time to write down every single test on the order form, but here's what I remember:

Factor V Leiden - an inherited disorder of blood clotting
ANA Prothombin 20210 - another coagulation factor
Antithrombin III - another coagulation thing
Protein C and S activity & antigen - another coagulation thing
Homocysteine - an amino acid that has been linked to recurrent miscarriages
CARD - I think this was the Anticardiolipin antibodies that I was already tested for
Lupus anticoag something or other - also been tested for that already

Whew! So anyway, from the sounds of it, we could do ALL of those tests and still find nothing wrong. Dr. H said in all of history the odds are still in my favor (better than 50% is what he said) to have a healthy pregnancy even after three losses in a row. And while we were waiting I also read in a magazine that the odds are still 72% or so after 3. Sooo, I'm anxious to hear back… it's a little strange though. It's not like I WANT there to be something wrong…. But I feel like there should be SOME explanation for me going through this hell. And obviously if there is something wrong, it better be something we can fix… easily. So keep me in your prayers. Patience is not my virtue.