Thanks for sharing. I have never heard about moral pregnancy.

I got diagnoised with a complete molar pregnancy in July last year and it was a bit of a rollercoaster ride.  My levels got monitored and they had gone up in the Sep 09 last year and i was told that i  would need to start chemo as the cells were still growing.  So i when down to London my levels had took a jump down so they said that they would monitor me to see if they would come down themself.  But by Nov 09 my levels had gone back up so i had to take another trip down to London to start chemo,  Started methotrexate to bring my levels back down,  the methotrexate wasnt has bad has i thought but it did make my eyes really dry and always had a cold like symptoms also near the end of the week i woul be very tired.  It took til March 10 for my levels to go down to 22 and just when i thought that it was coming to an end i got the phone call to tell me that they were going back up so basically what had happened is that my body had become resistant to the methotrexate so i had to go back down to London to start a stronger chemo called actinomycin D.  I was on it until the end of April and the chemo took its toll on my body with my hair thinning, sickness and really bad mouth ulcers on the weeks that i was of my chemo.  So bad that i couldnt talk or eat much apart from soup and ice cream. Never had much energy and never ever felt like eating but it has been 2 months now since it all happened and now i have just started back at work and i feel that i am starting to get my life back to normal.  I have to wait a year from when i stopped my chemo before i can start to try for a baby again and just now it feels as if it is never going to happen.

For anyone going through it it is a rollercoaster of a journey but you do eventually get there and there is eventually light at the end of the tunnel.  I couldnt have got through it if it wasnt for my husband being a rock and cheering me up on the days when you couldnt even lift my head from my pillow.  Also my mum who has been my best friend through it all and made me see sense when my head wasnt in the right place. 

This is written so well, it would help anyone.  I am so sorry you had this to go through. Very sad and heart breaking but I am glad you are the light to show you can get through.

Thanks so much for sharing this experience with us, it certainly opened my eyes a lot. Thanks God I'm not suffering from molar pregnancy, however one of my closest friends does and in the country I'm currently living (Guatemala) there's little to none information about it! It's indeed a very "dramatic" condition because of the heavy bleedings...

I just translated your article to her,  and she found it very encouraging and full of hope, as she just told me if God made her to stay with one child then she's decided to make that child the happiest ever.

Thanks!

WOW!!! thanks for sharing your experince! I sure did learn something new today!!! I like learning new things each day! God Bless You!!!

I have never heard of this before   Very interesting.

Wow, thats so much more informative than the websites I found. I learn't something today!

Raven!

 Helps allotttt :)

I have been this myself, i had never heard of a molar pregancy untill i had one. I think the worst thing for me was the waiting game after it was all over and not being able to get pregnant again untill my levels were at 0 . The month i got the all clear from the doctors (8 months later) i was lucky enought to get pregant again the first month of TTC.

Thanks for sharing your story, its not easy going thur something like this.

 Thankyou for sharing this personal and heartfelt story....I have never heard of a Molar Pregnancy and  you explained it very well....must have been a scary time for you.

I'm certain this information will help others.

Cheers Janice

I have never heard of Molar Pregnancy, what is it exactly? You grow a mole instead of a foetus, or as well as a foetus?

grannyjack

Wow!  What a terrible time you went through - I had no idea.  Thank you so much for sharing such a personal story - if there are other mums who have this out there I am sure this will help.

wow thanks for sharing your story, sounds like you went through a very tough time, but as you are im lucky to have a very supportive partner and great friends and family. 

your story has opened my eyes and mind as i never really knew about molar pregnancy. thanks again for telling your story

I'm glad that it is all over with.  Thank you for sharing with us all. 

I was diagnosed with a molar pregnancy in May of 2005. I had sever bleeding and extreme pain and puking. My local doctor thought that it was my gall bladder. She ran urine and blood test. When the test came back I was told I had to go to the hospital immediately. Once I got to the hospital I had an ultrasound done. It showed a whole bunch of grapes or cherries for lack of a better analogy. I had never heard of a molar pregancy and since have heard very little about them. My levels were the highest that the hospital had ever seen. It took almost two months for them to go to normal. Blood test every week. About two weeks after my D&C to take care of the molar pregancy I was back up to the hospital in severe pain. I was sent home. I returned and my doctor agreed to do an ultrasound. They found a cyst on my left ovary. The said that it was small and they would go ahead and take it out. When they did the surgery I found out that the cyst had wrapped itself two and a half times around my left ovary and had cut off blood supply to it. So they did an oopherectomy. I was informed to wait a year before trying to have kids. I was put on the patch as birth control.  A year to the date of my molar pregancy I learned that I was pregnant. My pregancy went the same as my prior two except at six months I started having contractions. The doctors finally did a FFNT fetal fibran nectin test. And it was positive. My son Joseph was born six weeks early. October 7, 2006 - 7lbs, 6oz.  The doctors have no idea as to why he was born early but I like to blame it on the molar pregnancy. My last child Mathew was born almost a year later four weeks early. 6lbs 4oz.  They are both extremely healthy. The only thing is that everyone thinks they are twins and the communicate between each other like twins tend to do. To date there is only 3 inches and 5 lbs difference between my boys! Thank you for sharing your story it is good to know that I am not the only one.

Thank You for sharing your story. I had never heard of a molar pregnancy before, so your article has really shed some light. My two "normal" miscarriages were scary and gutting enough, but to go thru what you went thru... OMG. It is fantastic, tho, to hear that many have gone on to have successful pregnancies after the trauma, just as I have.

Caite xoxo

I didn't find out about my molar pregnancy until my 12week scan.  The ultrasound doctor saw that the baby was only at 8 weeks with no heartbeat and called my Obgyn immediately.  My obgyn talked to me on the phone at the office and asked me to come to his office as soon as possible.  It was very quick.  The ultrasound and my doctors office are one floor away from each other at the hospital so I went upstairs to my Obgyn.  The next day I was booked in for a D & C.  My husband was with me at the scan so it made it a lot easier.  I am in private health so everything was very well orchestrated and organised and I was kept well informed.  I agree that the loss was very hard and because everything went so quickly it took a while for everything to sink in.  It was my third pregnancy,  I have since had another child and have one due in March to make 4 children, but I still think of that pregnancy.  Thankyou for your story.

What great advice im sure you will help some people feel they are not alone

wow great advice!!! this will help others that have gone through this....

naomi xx

This has to be one of the best articles I have ever read!  I had a blighted ovum  I "miscarried" on my own. It is hard no matter what to think you are pregnant, then have it snatched away.  I was 16 weeks, so I thought I was safe.  My midwife explained alittle about Molar pregnancy to me when this was happening, but nowhere near as well as your article did!!!  Glad you were able to have a baby after this awful ordeal. 

Hi Kathryn, thank you for sharing your article, it's nice to think that someone else has gone through this and knows how I feel.

I was in hospital last week for a d & c after having been diagnosed with a molar pregnancy. I found took a pregnancy test on a saturday, started spotting on sunday so, to be on the safe side, went to a&e on monday after work to see whether I was miscarrying. A&E told me to come back the following morning for a scan. After waiting 4 hours for an internal scan, the doctor immediately told me that I have a molar pregnancy, she wasn't sure as it is a rare occurance so a senior consultant was brought in to have a look at my scan as well. He immediately told me that I've had a miscarraige and that he was very sorry and what I have is suspected hydatiform mole measuring 6cm x 4cm x 4cm ( that was at 7 weeks +1 day gestation).

I was booked in the same day for the d&c but had to wait in a windowless room without food or water for 12 hours before a hospital bed was available to me. I ended up having my breakfast at 11pm that day, which was also my birthday! DH was at home looking after my 2 young children, although he very much wanted to be with me for the preceedure. At 10am the next morning, I was taken into theatre and had the proceedure done. I was told by the consultant that she had taken all the tissue out which was sent to histology to see what type of mole I had (a complete mole or a partial mole) and also a lot of the endometrium too so there shouldn't be much bleeding. So the next step is to have weekly blood test to check my bHCG levels which I am hoping will be near zero level soon!

I don't know if this is true with molar pregnancies, but I feel completely and utterly drained. I feel zapped of energy. After the proceedure, I needed 6 hours sleep to get over the anesthetic, my blood pressure became very low (77/58) and I haven't been able to return to work yet (I've taken 5 days off work) but am contemplating my return tomorrow.

Did you feel the same? How long did it take for you to feel 'better'?

Anyway, congratulations on your new baby, I'm just sorry you had to go through a molar pregnancy to get there.

PS I forgot to mentioned that I had a miscarraige 9 months previously, and this may have increased the risk of having a molar pregnancy.

Take care,

Mimeo xx

Thanks so much for sharing this story - my heart goes out to you and your family. Thanks so much for sharing and raising awareness of this - I'm glad I now know about it. All the best.

Wow, what an emotional roller coaster that was...and a stressful day at the doctor, especially with a toddler in tow.

So glad your hubby was there for you and a some good friends.

Thankyou for sharing your trials. I had never heard of a Molar Pregnancy, thankyou for the insight. It must have been hard for you.

Luv.Winnie.x