Hello!!! Im am new here, I just had my rainbow baby March 8th of this year!

I wanted to share a little bit of my story, in hopes to spread awareness and to see if anyone else has been through similar!

When I was 21 in August of 2018, my husband and I found out we were pregnant. We were so beyond excited to finally be parents! We waited 3 long weeks for our first ultrasound at 8 weeks, for them to tell me they did not see a fetus. We were heartbroken. I couldn't even comprehend what happened. My gyno at the time gave me some pills to pass everything, and told me to come back in a year. The next 2 months followed with extreme nausea, extreme bleeding, and extreme pain. I was in and out of the hospital several times with no answers. Just that my HCG levels were going down.

Cut to end of December, I finally go to a different hospital, and they find out that my HCG levels were actually rising, and that my uterus was filled with tumors. I had to go in for immediate surgery to remove all of the tissue. The tissue they tested came back as a Molar Pregnancy. I was devastated. Not only did I loose my chance of becoming a mother, I get filled with tumors.

After my surgery, my HCG levels went down quite a lot! Unfortunately, at the end of feburary of 2019, my HCG levels started to go back up, which meant I was now diagnosed with gestational trophoblastic disease, which is a type of cancer. We went over treatment options, while they checked my lungs because most of the time, it spreads to the lungs which can cause Choriocarcinoma, which is a fast acting blood cancer. After checking my lungs, they found a tumor. I immediately started chemo 5 days a week every other week. Very quickly it took a toll on my health. By early June, my liver started failing from the chemo. I was hospitalized for 2 weeks and had to get a Pic Line put in for a more intense chemo. After 2 rounds of that, July 18th of 2018 I was FINALLY cancer free! But my battle was not over. For 6 months after that, the chemo caused a blood clot to take up my whole lower left lung, so I was on blood thinner shots 2 times a day for 6 months. It was such a rough battle, and no one could tell me if I could get pregnant again after everything.

Cut to July 16th, 2021, we had another positive test. My feelings were all over the place. We were so excited but so scared to go through what we went through again. Besides getting covid and wrecking my car at the end of my pregnancy, it was perfect. She was above average the whole pregnancy and never gave me any problems. March 8th, was also the day of my first chemo shot. I believe my little angel sent my beautiful Kairah Rose to me 💖

I cant wait to meet some of you and be apart of this loving community! I know this was very long, so if you took the time to read it, thank you!! I'd love to hear your birth stories!

Rainbow baby