The fight never stops – Joanne’s Story

Sourced from The Hysterectomy Association: Hysterectomy Association - Hysterectomy Association - hysterectomy, menopause and hormone replacement therapy (hrt) information and support for women. I had a long history of gynae problems and therefore am very lucky to have three beautiful daughters. My husband and I decided we wouldn’t have anymore children, as we didn’t want our existing children to be put on or not have everything we could give them. Then, when our youngest was 6 and I’d had the mirena coil fitted for four years, I had an ectopic pregnancy. I was so shocked and obviously all the weeks following that, I was a nightmare. Emotions all over the place. I decided throwing myself straight into work thinking it would help, to pretend nothing had happened. My relationship with my husband and children was distance, as I felt like a failure. From then on, I felt that having a baby would be the only way to deal with my pain ( pure sadness). A long story short, I talked my husband into trying for a baby, obviously I was up against lots of problems, ovarian tube removed, endometriosis, lack of ovulation etc, but I fell pregnant a year later. By 9 weeks I had a miscarriage, after many tests to ensure all was well. My husband by this point was keen to have a baby. We left natural to take its course and a year later, I fell pregnant. Yet again I had a miscarriage, at 11 weeks this time. During the course of all this heart ache, my husband and I talked and tried...
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