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I was approaching week 17 of pregnancy and I thought all had been going well, when a few days ago I received the results of my quad scan and they revealed high chances of problems with the fetus. I followed that up with a level 2 ultrasound and was devastated when they told me my baby would not survive because of severe chromosomal abnormalities. I just returned from the hospital where I basically had to go through a labor and delivery, and a follow-up d&c procedure. I was there 2 days. My husband and I chose to look at the baby after it came out, and we are glad that we did.

I can still hardly believe all of this happened and that I am no longer pregnant. I am physically ok, surrounded by love, flowers from friends and have plenty in my life to be grateful for, but I am just sad deep inside. I had a great medical team and the doctors say this was just the creativity of mother nature and not likely to happen to us again, but my husband and I are worried. Losing a pregnancy unexpectedly feels like a sudden redirection of your life, your goals and dreams. Even if a temporary redirection, it is so hard to go through. I sympathize with anyone that has experienced this.

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