We got the results from the karyotyping (please correct me if this isn't the right name for the test). I was relieved to even have results.
The baby was a boy. He had Triploidy. There was no way he would have survived out of the womb, even if he had somehow made it to term.
I feel like I have some closure, now. I'm able to get past part of the grief now that I know. Knowing the sex of the baby makes it a little more real, so I've opened up another avenue, but I feel like this is healthy.
Tim and I are even able to joke at this point. Right after the doctor told us that two sperm had fertilized the egg, causing the triploidy, I told him he had been too ambitious. A few minutes later he told me i was supposed to have two eggs ready. It was nice to laugh.
***update***
Now that I've read even more about Triploidy and the effects a longer pregnancy could have had on me, I'm thankful that the pregnancy ended as early as it did. I hate the way that sounds, that I'm thankful the pregnancy ended, but I felt the need to document this feeling.
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I'm glad you got an answer at least and some closure. Of course you never want a pregnancy to end, but if it was inevitable then earlier can be better. Hang in there.
I'm glad you got results and got some closure from them. And don't feel bad about your relief. It makes perfect since. If the pregnancy had continued, the baby still would not have survived but you would have had complications. And I'm glad you're able to joke about it
I am glad you got what you wanted. Your feelings are just that. They are yours and nobody elses. You are certainly allowed to have them, regardless of what anyone else thinks. We are certainly thinking about you all.
I'm glad you got some answers. Sometimes it is nice to know.
Thinking of you.
It's good to get answers. We had karyotyping done on us, after two miscarriages and everything came out normal. And then we miscarried again. Frustrating.
Documentation...that's what blogging is all about, right? The good, bad, and ugly...answer are good...answers are what we need.
Again, Im so sorry for the loss--but I am *glad* for closure for you all--and glad that you all got to be together for the results.
I'm so glad you have an answer. It doesn't take the pain away, but I think it does help. Especially in cases such as these - knowing how much harder it would have been further down the road. Still painful, but different.
*hugs*
I am so very sorry, but glad you have an answer. That helps, i find.
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