how i found myself on this board

I have been with my husband since we met at basic training, in October 2000. From the moment we saw each other, we knew we would be together. Of course, while in basic training relationships are off limits, we really were not a ‘couple’ until Dec 2000 when we graduated. I am 30 (Aug 75) and he is 25 (June 80). I know, I am such a cradle robber. :wink:

We did the long distance relationship thing for about 6 months and then he moved from Wisconsin, where he grew up, to Ohio where I was, and we still live. We lived in sin… :twisted: …until we married in Sept 2004. I wanted to graduate college and he wanted to get a couple of promotions under his belt before we married.

So, I stopped taking the bcp in June 05 and we thought, ‘if it happens it happens.’ We did not start ‘actively’ ttc until Feb 06. Well, by March 1st I was having menstural cramping and very sore and tender breasts. That is not normal for me. I never get cramps or sore boobs. I took a hpt March 3rd and it was neg. I thought I was going to have one hell of a period start at any minute. It never came. I took 6 hpts between March 3 and March 14th…when I finally got my BFP. My husband and I were so excited!!

Well, March 20th around 8pm I doubled over with the most severe pain I have ever had. I knew something was wrong. My husband was out to the store to get me Gas-X, I had been having crazy gas pains all day long…so I thought. I called him on the cell and he came and took me to the ER. While I was waiting for him to come to get me…I looked up ep on the internet and thought, ‘i hope that is not what this is’ and then dismissed it because I was not having shoulder pains. I also got in the bath tub and shaved my legs…it had been two days since I last shaved and I did not want anyone to see me like that. All that pain, and I was in the tub shaving when DH walked in. :?: He took one look at me and screamed some obscenities and practically yanked me out of the tub.

I had 3 different Dr.s do an ultrasound and then they sent me for an intravaginal ultrasound and the next thing I knew, they were saying things like …“hemodynamically unstable”, “internal bleeding”, and “emergency surgery”. Everything seemed to go so fast. I had been crying since I walked into the ER and by now I was a blubbering mess. My poor husband started crying and I was lying on the table thinking “holy crap, I don’t have enough life insurance…he is going to be so screwed!” Can you believe that was my thought at that moment!

Anyway, they had to remove my left tube and while they were in there looking about they found that my right tube has some sort of malformation, like a pouch. The Dr. said it could just be excess tissue on the outside of the tube and everything could be just fine…or it could actually be a pouch…like a diverticulum inside the tube. He does not want to do an HSG, but if I want one he would do it. He feels that it would not give me any real benefit. We will see, for now I am alright with waiting on that. The Dr. also told me that I was actually around 9 weeks pregnant, not 6 weeks as I had thought. I had a normal af in Feb and all those hpts I took that were neg!!! That still upsets me.

We can ttc again after my next cycle! I am terrified, but excited. We want and would be very happy with one child. For now we have our two dogs. :slight_smile: DH says that if we can’t have a baby, we will just get more dogs. UGH!! Help me!