Molar pregnancy and fear of it repeating

[Weiss]

Hi Buliej,
I'm sorry to hear about your recent miscarriage. It's difficult to deal with a miscarriage but with possible molar diagnosis as well things seem almost worse. At one hand you feel the lost of a baby but also feel the future is uncertain with a diagnosis of benign tumour. Or so I thought. When I found out this shocking news I told a friend of mine who is a gynae-oncologist, who deals with women and uterine cancers. He had some updated information about partial and complete molar pregnancies, and the that made me feel a bit better. My friend also said there is also a chance that there has been a mis-diagnosis, so it was suggested that the pathology be reviewed immediately and the genetics be sent for testing. As it turned out I was misdiagnosed but infact had a hydropic abortion which can look similiar under the microscope to a molar but is a relatively ordinary miscarriage. My genetics turned out to be fine. I am due to see my gynaecologist this Friday and he'll give me more information on this diagnosis. So as it turned out it pays to have the pathology reviewed. Having a molar pregnancy you may have some reprocussions for future pregnancies, it does put you at a higher risk of another but it may not mean that you have to wait 6 to 12 months to try again. But I urge you to find out as much as you can especially hcg levels and were they are at now and what do they mean. Its a difficult time and my thoughts of strength go out to you.
Take care of you and until next time.

[buliej]

Weiss - thank you so much for your reply. I received the initial pathology report yesterday and it was good news (not molar). I have a face-to-face appt with my dr tomorrow so will find out more, but she said the lab report was definitive. I was so relieved.

I too spoke to a Dr friend (not a gyno, but still up on this stuff) and she too told me that it wasn't as bad as everything I was reading made it sound.

Good luck to you!

[izzy4real]

Hi girls.

I too suffered a partial molar in Nov08, it took 2 D&C's and 4 months to reach 0. It's a scary time, and do feel your anxiety regarding it happening again. I think we all have to remember, they are considered quite rare and the chances of it happening again, are the same chances of it happening in the first place. Dr's are quite good at understanding the anxiety and in future pregnancies, they do offer scans every 2 weeks until 12 weeks to help ease your mind. There are so many success stories of healthy pregnancies after a molar, I know a great website if you pm me.
Take care.

[ash_m]

Hi girls.

I too suffered a partial molar in Nov08, it took 2 D&C's and 4 months to reach 0. It's a scary time, and do feel your anxiety regarding it happening again. I think we all have to remember, they are considered quite rare and the chances of it happening again, are the same chances of it happening in the first place. Dr's are quite good at understanding the anxiety and in future pregnancies, they do offer scans every 2 weeks until 12 weeks to help ease your mind. There are so many success stories of healthy pregnancies after a molar, I know a great website if you pm me.
Take care.

Izzy - It seems I can't pm you, maybe because I just signed up for this website this evening? Anyways, could you send me that awesome website of yours?

[luna moth]

ash the websites izzy is talking about are "my molar pregnancy" and "molar pregnancy uk"

Google those terms and you'll find them...

Good luck!