Last night ended up being the longest night of my life.
As we reported on here a couple of weeks ago, Jenn got pregnant. We were both a little scared after the last pregnancy ended in a miscarriage and by the basic fact that we were about to be parents.
Jenn was going to the doctors regularly to get blood drawn to see if everything was going right. Last Monday the doctors told us that it was looking like we were having another miscarriage. That news just about devastated both of us and we kept it to ourselves for awhile.
Yesterday, after even more rounds of blood tests, the doctor called Jenn and said she wanted to see her right away because there was an abnormality with the results. Apparently when women have miscarriages their hormone levels drop at a predictable rate. Jenn's weren't doing that and they wanted to do an ultrasound to see what was going on. The ultrasound showed a mass in one of her fallopian tubes and the doctor diagnosed it as an ectopic pregnancy.
An ectopic pregnancy like a normal pregnancy only the fetus attaches itself to the wall of the fallopian tube. If unchecked this can be a very dangerous event that could lead to internal bleeding and other complications. We were immediately sent for emergency surgery to investigate what the mass was and remove it if need be.
After several frantic hours, Jenn was finally taken to the surgical room at 11:00pm last night and I waited to hear what was going on. About an hour and a half later the doctor told me that it was an ectopic pregnancy and she was able to remove it without much damage to Jennifer. According to the doctor, the egg was rather large and she wondered if it was from the first miscarriage that we had back in February. Also she was quite surprised that she wasn't in any pain.
Jenn is recovering at home right now. They only kept her in the hospital overnight and she is able to walk without to much trouble. I was able to stay the night at the hospital but I only got about 3-4 hours of sleep. Jennifer's mom gets back from vacation tomorrow and maybe I'll be given some rest but for now I'm burning the midnight oil and trying to do everything I can.
If you have a chance, please keep Jenn in your prayers. I realized last night just how much worse my life would be without her and I really hate seeing her in pain. And thanks to everyone that has been calling and e-mailing us. We will try to keep putting updates on this site so it will be easier for everyone to know our status.