I recently found out that I was pregnant when I was in the hospital to have surgery to treat an issue with cervical cancer. When the test came back positive (7 weeks pregnant at the time), surgery had to be postponed indefinitely due to the risk it could have on the pregnancy. I am almost 13 weeks along now.
I am in my upper-30's with two children, my son is going to college this year and my daughter will be 2 years old in a few months. I have been on birth control for 15-20 years and I take it like clock work. It has never failed me in all those years. My husband and I are still in shock. I can say that after so many years of taking the same pill and dosage daily at the same time every day, no antibiotics, non-smoker, healthy weight, etc . . . it really seems like a failure. I know the chances are less than 1%, but I really never thought it would happen to me. This is especially true since the fear of cancer has been at the top of my mind and I certainly was not even thinking about potential pregnancy.
I even told them in the hospital that I didn't need a pregnancy test (but they said it was their policy to test every women 52 years old or younger). When they told me I was pregnant, I know I blushed down to my toes . . . I felt like such a fool - how could a woman of my age not know she was pregnant? It reminded me of that show, I think on Discovery Health, about women not knowing they were pregnant until they are giving birth in a campground bathroom, or at work, etc. I remember watching those programs thinking, there is no way I could ever be pregnant and not know it. I even spotted which I thought was my period but perhaps was implantation. Thank goodness they tested me because I am not sure that I could carry a child to term even with cerclage if I lost part of my cervix after already being pregnant since there is not enough time to heal.
Has anything like this ever happened to you? Unexpectedly pregnant when you were doing your utmost to prevent it . . .
I am in my upper-30's with two children, my son is going to college this year and my daughter will be 2 years old in a few months. I have been on birth control for 15-20 years and I take it like clock work. It has never failed me in all those years. My husband and I are still in shock. I can say that after so many years of taking the same pill and dosage daily at the same time every day, no antibiotics, non-smoker, healthy weight, etc . . . it really seems like a failure. I know the chances are less than 1%, but I really never thought it would happen to me. This is especially true since the fear of cancer has been at the top of my mind and I certainly was not even thinking about potential pregnancy.
I even told them in the hospital that I didn't need a pregnancy test (but they said it was their policy to test every women 52 years old or younger). When they told me I was pregnant, I know I blushed down to my toes . . . I felt like such a fool - how could a woman of my age not know she was pregnant? It reminded me of that show, I think on Discovery Health, about women not knowing they were pregnant until they are giving birth in a campground bathroom, or at work, etc. I remember watching those programs thinking, there is no way I could ever be pregnant and not know it. I even spotted which I thought was my period but perhaps was implantation. Thank goodness they tested me because I am not sure that I could carry a child to term even with cerclage if I lost part of my cervix after already being pregnant since there is not enough time to heal.
Has anything like this ever happened to you? Unexpectedly pregnant when you were doing your utmost to prevent it . . .
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