2013. The Beginning

Missed Abortion: It is a nonviable intrauterine pregnancy that has remained within the uterus and has yet to start the process of spontaneous abortion. Doctors often describe it has 'blighted ovum' in very early pregnancy, 'empty sac' or sometimes says to patient 'I am sorry, your fetal heart beats have stopped'

Typically, the patient misses her period and found herself pregnant because she tested her urine pregnancy positive. She then finds out that her pregnancy fails when the fetal heartbeats are not seen or heard at the appropriate time. An ultrasound usually confirms the diagnosis. She may not experience vaginal bleeding or abdominal pain and thus cannot accept the misfortune. About 805 of miscarriages occur within the first trimester, meaning first 12 weeks of gestation. - Foong Clinic For Women


Lips and I felt ready to start a family in 2013 and so we started actively trying. As young excited newbies, I bought a couple pregnancy test kits, read up all kinds of ways to get pregnant. Finally, after a couple of failed attempts, we hit jackpot! Being so noob, we did not know who to turn to, I suggested that we go back to the gynae that delivered Lips - Dr Lim Teck Chye from Tow Yung Clinic.

I went through an ultrasound scan on 23/08/2013 but nothing was detected so a HCG blood test was done. A few days later, the results was out. My HCG level was 416 - I was 4 to 5 weeks pregnant. According to Dr Lim, at 4-5 weeks, an embryo with heartbeat should be detected but to no avail. It was just an empty sac. He was very concerned that I might be having an ectopic pregnancy so he recommended that I do another HCG blood test 1 - 2 weeks later 4/09/13. If the HCG jumps by double it is normal, however, if it jumps to above 10,000 it is very abnormal. My result came out and I was at 50,420. It was very abnormal so snother scan was done, it was not ectopic but something else - a missed abortion.

Empty Yolk Sac at 8 weeks

It was a pretty confusing time for all of us and we decided to seek a second opinion Dr Foong.
He did the same thing with us and our fears were confirmed. A missed abortion, and a DNC was necessary. At 8.5 weeks, Dr Foong did a clean up in my womb and washed out the sac. 

Both Dr Lim and Dr Foong concluded that multiple fibroids at the cavity of my womb were the main cause of this missed abortion.

Through this whole ordeal, I saw how the Lord protected me. Looking back, if I had a full embryo and if it grew to a size of a baby, I probably will not be able to carry the baby to full term because of the multiply fibroids. I would most likely have a miscarriage instead of a missed abortion. I would have been very devastated.

Also, without having a missed abortion, I would not have realised the fibroids were returning to my womb and they were multiplying. Prior to that I had a key-hole surgery done in 2010 to remove fibroids too.

I saw light in the midst of a difficult time. Thank You Jesus.