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Pregnancy after Endometrial Ablation

I am looking for more info on pregnancy after an endometrial ablation.  I had an ablation in May 2002.  January 2003 I was not feeling well and went to the family doctor.  She thought it may be an ectopic pregnancy since I was told I was sterile.  I had an ultrasound to discover it was an interuterine pregnancy and I was about 9 weeks.  I am now 17 weeks and for the past month trying to decide to terminate or continue.  I am having a very hard time finding any info on any one with this happening to them and the risks to me or my unborn child.  I have seen several doctors and none of them have ever heard of this happening and 2 have suggested termination.  I have an appointment with a high risk specialist on Thursday (02/27/03).  Please tell me where I can find more info or who to contact.  Thanks.
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Sono and appt was cancelled due to weather. Ugh. Now it's another waiting game.... Looking for input on those of you with multiples!!
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Good luck to you!
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Hello all!

Anyone have multiple pregnancies after their ablation. I just found out im pregnant again. I spent 3 months in the hospital  last time and had my baby girl at 34 weeks. She is wonderful!  I don't know how far along I am because I don't get my period and I am on birth control. I'm feeling very terrified!  I go for a sonogram tomorrow!
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Hello all!

Anyone have multiple pregnancies after their ablation. I just found out im pregnant again. I spent 3 months in the hospital  last time and had my baby girl at 34 weeks. She is wonderful!  I don't know how far along I am because I don't get my period and I am on birth control. I'm feeling very terrified!  I go for a sonogram tomorrow!
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I love reading all these stories, it gives me some hope! I will try to keep this short and simple as possible lol.

I had an ablation done in 2011, long story, but I was made to believe that this procedure was the only thing that could help me and if not then I was going to hemorrhage so unfortunately I did it and was the biggest regret of my life. My periods never stopped, they went from 7 days heavy flow to 4 days medium flow, but have been coming since the procedure, every month like clock work, until recently.

In January I had a light period and other symptoms started popping up, the first of april I felt movement in lower abdomen for around 4 hours, no pain, but movement that felt identical to fetal movement when I had my son. I could push and it would push back or move away! this went on for a week, with the movement becoming less frequent and less intense. The following week I started cramping so bad and having sharp pains in my stomach, I started a VERY heavy period. I was in bed for the week and bled for 7 days with clots and grey tissue as well as grey stringy and slimy stuff. I figured it was bc it had been so long without a period, but wondered if it was a miscarriage. I was sick to my stomach the week of period and had horrible back pain as well.

Skip ahead to the beginning of august, I still have not had a period since April and I once again started feeling that movement down lower in abdomen, it was not anywhere close to being as strong as the time in April, but it was a rolling sensation from side to side. I took gas pills for 3 weeks thinking maybe it was gas and a weird stomach problem. It changed nothing, then for about 2 weeks I barely had anything so I assumed yep stomach problems. My bowel habits were perfectly normal through all of this. Now for the past  week or a little over the movement has come back way more intense than the beginning of august. It is no longer down low, I am getting rolling up around belly button and higher on right side. I will also get what feels like a kick or a jump high right side and middle left side.

I am not sure what to think, I have taken tests and they are negative, both in and out of clinic. I have gotten a couple faint positives here and there at home, but subsequent tests are negative so I have wrote it off. I have all of the pregnancy symptoms and I have gained a massive amount of weight. I have an ultrasound set up for tomorrow afternoon, but I just don't know what to think or do.

I never thought it would be possible to have a child after the ablation and that I had ruined my life forever, now i feel like I could possible be pregnant, but the tests say otherwise and I don't know what to think or do. I was told I had PCOS which is what caused my periods to become so out of control and caused me to have the novasure done. I feel like the dr messed it up and didn't get anything, everyone looks at me funny when I say I have had the novasure done, yet had normal periods from directly after the surgery. They NEVER stopped, they slowed down in intensity, but never went away until now.

Could the surgery not take effect until 3 years later? Have I missed my opportunity to have a baby bc I didn't get pregnant or try in that 3 years? Some questions have been raised on if I really did have PCOS, but who knows. I am hoping for some answers tomorrow, but all doctors of course say no pregnancy no pregnancy no pregnancy.

Could the scar tissue I do have in my uterus interfere with an ultrasound or feeling movement? I'm sorry my post got long, I just don't know what else to do or think at this point :(

thanks,
Nicole
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I have had the essure and ablation several yrs ago. I have recently remarried. My husband and I are wanting to have a baby. What are the steps to expect, risks (both mother and baby), and what are the chances or percentage of a pregnancy?
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