In my last post, I wrote about a friend who recently went in for an ultrasound and they couldn't find the heartbeat. I will forever be haunted by the look on her face and the pure devastation in her voice when she told me. I went home that night and just cried and cried.
However, the story does not end there. She went in for a D&C on Wednesday. She called me around 2:00 and said she had some interesting news. She was all ready to go....was dressed in the hospital gown and had her IV in, when she felt like she needed to have another ultrasound to confirm that there wasn't a heartbeat. They did the ultrasound and sure enough, there was a strong heartbeat.
When she told me this, my jaw dropped. To think what could have happened had she not insisted on that ultrasound. It makes me sick, but also so incredibly happy for her that she still has her baby.
What I don't understand is why it isn't just common practice to do a confirmation ultrasound before a D&C. It makes me angry what COULD HAVE happened and things need to be done so that this doesn't happen to other people.
But regardless of all that, I'm just so incredibly happy for my friend.
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