Some news

Today I had my first doctor's appointment, at almost 13 weeks along. Things didn't go as usual because my doctor couldn't find the baby's heartbeat. I had an ultrasound right away and found out I had a "blighted ovum". Which is a fancy word for miscarriage. Apparently, the fertilized egg attaches itself to the wall and either never starts to grow, or starts to and then stops. The egg is absorbed into the uterine wall, but the weird thing is that there is still a release of pregnancy hormone. So, the uterus and placenta continue to grow. I pretty much have a sack with no baby inside. My uterus measures right on at 12 weeks so it just seems so strange. I have read about it and apparently it is usually the result of abnormal chromosomes that the woman's body recognizes aren't right so it stops the development process. So crazy. This is my first miscarriage and hopefully my last. I'm not depressed about it, I'm just thinking everything happens for a reason and now is not the right time to be having a baby. We will definitely try again but probably not for at least a year. It is so strange that any baby turns out normal with all of the wacky stuff that can happen in 40 weeks time. I am just so grateful I have had 3 perfect, healthy babies. Maybe someday there will be 4.