Hello everyone.
This is my first pregnancy and unfortunately, we are TMFR on Thursday.
I’m 18 weeks and some change and we found some pretty significant issues when we had our early anatomy scan at 17w1d.
Our baby has a complete cleft and palate (seen at 12w and confirmed at 17w), heart problems, bowel problems, potential brain problems, and severe fetal growth restriction measuring 3rd percentile with long bones measuring 2 weeks behind.
We did the amnio at 17 weeks and still waiting on the results but decided to terminate since I’ve had about 2 other second opinion and it’s pretty grim.
My husband and I are in the medical field and he’s actually a geneticist so we didn’t come to this conclusion lightly (he’s thinking some kind of microdeletion).
Being in family medicine, I of course did my research before making up my own mind.
I have the dilator to be put in on Wednesday and D&E is on Thursday.
Those who’ve had the same surgery, how was the recovery process and when did you feel like you were ready to try again.
I’ve placed myself on high dose of folic acid to replenish my stores as well. Just prepping my body for the next one. Healthy hopefully.
Also- no issues with placenta or maternal structures. Both my husband and I are very healthy, never smoker or drinker and we started our vitamins years before we even started trying.
-Devastated mom-to-be