A Happy Miscarriage Story: Believe It Or Not
Posted by JeanneSager at 8:30 AM on February 19, 2009
Who knew there could be a happy miscarriage story?
Not Claire Hunter. The British woman was six weeks into her pregnancy when she began feeling cramps in her side and was rushed to the hospital. It turned out her pregnancy was ectopic – the foetus had formed in the fallopian tube instead of the uterus.
At six weeks pregnant, Claire Hunter lost her baby, and doctors told her she may never get pregnant again. Until six weeks later.
Still experiencing pain, despite surgery on her damaged ovary, she was given another pregnancy test. She was pregnant – and had been for at least a full trimester. Somehow, in all the hullabaloo over the loss of her baby, doctors missed a twin baby boy, a foetus that developed properly inside Hunter’s womb. She gave birth in the summer to Ryan, a healthy seven pounds and change.
Why this story came out now, I’m not sure. It’s not news of a lawsuit – which I guess there would probably be grounds for (how do you miss a second baby during surgery?). But how do you sue when you have a happy ending? A chubby cheeked, smiling happy ending at that?
Nothing takes away from the loss of a child, but to see that little guy sitting there, grinning, it gives you hope!
Image: Telegraph
Ms. Hunter is not alone. We collect stories of misdiagnosed miscarriages on our site and we’ve had similar stories. We’ve had women who have actually been given the miscarriage drug Misoprostol or had a D&C for their miscarriage and they go on later to find perfectly viable babies that survived. The stories are amazing but not all that rare anymore.