Marlena Stell:

I found out I had my first ultrasound early September and everything looked great. I was about seven and a half weeks. A couple of weeks later, I asked for another ultrasound because I am a high risk mom, I'm a bit older, I'm 42 now, and I came in a couple weeks later and the baby was not viable, was not a viable pregnancy.

I was devastated because this is obviously a baby that my husband I've been trying for, we want a sibling for my daughter. And as soon as I found out the news, I asked for a D&C because I had a miscarriage in the past before I had my daughter. I wasn't able to expel. And so I had a D&C back then. And it went well. And I was able to have my daughter after that. So I figured it would be the same this time, having a D&C I thought wouldn't be a problem because it was very obvious from the ultrasound, that the pregnancy was no longer, there was no longer a fetus or baby in there.

So the doctor had told me, no. And before she could even give me any intervention at all, I had to go to get another ultrasound at another place. And so that's what I did, is I called around and got an ultrasound somewhere else and came back to the doctor, was still told no, eventually was given the pill as an option. And I personally felt unsafe doing that because I knew my past history of not being able to expel. I didn't want to be at home alone. I felt safer being in a hospital that was the best option for me personally with my past experiences.

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