May 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Vanessa

Mom to M. R. S.
Born into Heaven February 2011

and

J. Q. S.
Born into Heaven February 2012

Bowling Green, Kentucky

When I had my third child, I had only been not-pregnant for 16 months before getting pregnant with her. Unfortunately, in our humanness, we are broken people, and I was pretty resistant to having a baby so soon after having my second child. Her pregnancy was not a pleasant one, and neither was my attitude towards it. When she arrived though, and spent 7 days in the NICU, my attitude changed drastically. This sets the premise for the story of my first miscarriage. [Read more...]

Filed Under: 11 weeks, 2011, 2012, 6 weeks, Early Miscarriage, Kentucky, Multiple loss
March 20, 2012 By 3 Comments

Carissa 
Angel #1 lost at six weeks on October 23rd, 2011
Angel #2 lost at six weeks and four days on February 11th, 2012

 

I should begin by telling you, admittedly, that up until this point in my life, I was a pretty lucky girl.

I came from a happy, nuclear family. I always had a small circle of great friends. I was fortunate to attend college, graduate in four (largely) uneventful years, and immediately find a teaching job while some of my peers were scrambling. I met my soul mate in college (although we knew one another in high school, but we hated each other then–another story for another blog post) and we had a nice, June wedding. During this time, I had misfortune in only one area–my health. Being overweight had been an attribute of mine for as long as I could remember. I went on diet after diet, but I would always lose a few pounds and then simply give up. I made excuses such as “It’s too close to the holidays”, or “I’m just too busy right now,” but the simple fact of the matter was that I simply lacked the desire to do it. It just wasn’t there. I liked to eat, and I hated to exercise–I knew I needed to do something, but I simply did nothing. It kind of pains me to admit that. [Read more...]

Filed Under: 2011, 2012, 6 weeks, Early Miscarriage, first trimester loss, first trimester miscarriage, miscarriage, Multiple loss, PCOS
March 1, 2012 By 2 Comments

Laura

  Mom to Guarionex A. Guzman (May 30, 2007)
Baby Guzman (August 23, 2007)
Baby Guzman (June 14, 2009)

 Corpus Christi, Texas

 

When I found out I was pregnant, I was shocked.  Not because it wasn’t a possibility but I had taken test after test and all had been negative.  My heart started to panic but more than that I felt joy.  [Read more...]

Filed Under: 2007, 2009, 8 weeks, 9 weeks, miscarriage, Multiple loss, Texas
February 25, 2012 By 2 Comments

Karen

Mom to Tobin Robert & Miles Edward

Delivered at 16 weeks on November 16, 2011

Colorado Springs, Colorado

After a 2 ½ year struggle with infertility, we were blessed with our first pregnancy. We found out on August 22, 2011 that the IUI we did was a success! We went for our first ultrasound on September 8, 2011, our 4th wedding anniversary. My fertility specialist was surprised that it was identical twins! We were thrilled! [Read more...]

Filed Under: 16 weeks, 2011, Colorado, Infection, Infertility, Multiple loss, Second trimester loss, Twins
February 10, 2012 By 7 Comments

Teneal

Mama to Kamryn Avery, bornstill March 11, 2006
and
Oliver Cullen, bornstill January 17, 2012

Raleigh, North Carolina

My husband and I have 5 beautiful children, Lauren is 13, Hailey is 11, Kaleb is 8, Bodie is 3, & Lilah is 1.  After Kaleb, in 2005, we decided to try and conceive again and were so excited to find out very soon after starting that we were pregnant again.
Filed Under: 18 weeks, 2006, 2011, 37 weeks, Early Miscarriage, Multiple loss, North Carolina, Second trimester loss, Stillbirth
February 4, 2012 By 3 Comments

Miranda

Mom to two angel babies

Natural miscarriage 7 weeks 5 days on October 13, 2011
(EDD May 28, 2012)

Misoprostal-assisted miscarriage 9 weeks 3 day on January 16, 2012
(EDD August 17, 2012)

Washington, Illinois

My husband and I were married in January 2009. He came with three children from previous relationships and we had planned on having one of our own and working on that within the first year of marriage. Because of some things going on in my life at that time, we pushed it back a couple of years and in November 2010, I went off the pill and we were just going to stop preventing to see what happened. By August of 2011, nothing had happened, so we tried OPKs and got our first positive pregnancy test on September 15. We were elated. Our EDD was 5/28/12, which we thought would be perfect. The baby would be here before summer got too hot and it would be nice enough that birthday parties could be held outside, etc. On October 4, at 6 weeks, 2 days, we had our first prenatal appointment and all we could see on the ultrasound was a gestational sac and yolk sac measuring less than five weeks. They took a beta draw which confirmed the pregnancy was not viable. I was given the choice of having a D&C, taking Cytotec/Misoprostol, or waiting for a natural miscarriage. I chose to wait and see and within a few days I began spotting. The spotting was very off and on for about five days. Once things really started happening, it lasted 14 hours and was over. Our first angel left us on 10/13/11 when it should have been 7w5d. [Read more...]

Filed Under: 2011, 2012, 7 weeks, 9 weeks, Early Miscarriage, Illinois, misoprostol, Missed Miscarriage, Multiple loss
January 14, 2012 By 2 Comments

Hannah

Mom to baby lost at 6 weeks August 2007

Benjamin Jason and Naomi Makenzie (twins), lost at 17 weeks
Born sleeping January 2, 2010

Albuquerque, New Mexico

In 2007 I found out I was unexpectedly pregnant. It definitely wasn’t planned, but I was immediately very excited from the time I saw those two pink lines! I was on cloud 9 because all I ever wanted was to be a mommy. My boyfriend at the time was living out of town so he decided he would move to where I live and we would get an apartment and start our little family. We started thinking of names for our baby. My boyfriend thought of Doroteo for a little boy, named after his grandfather, who was his main father figure and who he actually called dad rather than grandpa. I agreed that if we have a boy he would be named Doroteo and I decided I liked Imalda for a girl. I started being very cautious of everything I ate, drank, I didn’t lift heavy things, I took my prenatal vitamins every day. I made sure to take care of my baby so I could have a healthy little boy or girl. [Read more...]

Filed Under: 17 weeks, 2007, 2010, 6 weeks, Multiple loss, New Mexico, Second trimester loss, Sepsis, Twin Loss, Unplanned pregnancy
January 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Augie

Mom to Dominic McDylan, Feb 2, 2007 (EDD: Oct 10, 2007)
Gwendolyn Elizabeth, Jan 30, 2008 (EDD: July 8, 2008)
Aiden Alexander, Nov 10, 2008 (EDD: July 20, 2009)
Jillian Evelyn, Jan 19, 2010 (EDD: Sept 28, 2010)
Katherine Anne and Samuel Kenneth, Dec 31, 2011 (EDD: Aug 19, 2012)

Winchester, VA

Our journey started unexpectedly in January 2007 when we conceived our first son. We hadn’t been trying and in fact had just started birth control. We lost our little boy before we even knew of his existence. For the longest time, I didn’t even tell Chris (or anyone else for that matter). I just dealt with it on my own and reminded myself that we were nowhere near ready to have a child together. [Read more...]

Filed Under: 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, Ectopic pregnancy, heterotopic pregnancy, Multiple loss, recurrent miscarriage, Twins, Virginia
December 30, 2011 By 3 Comments

Cindra Fox
Cadence Harper Fox (due May 18, 2009 and lost September 18, 2008)
Riley Arden Fox (due June 20, 2010 and lost November 23, 2010)
Orange, CA

In the summer of 2008, I found myself locked in a bathroom stall, staring at three positive pregnancy tests.  [Read more...]

Filed Under: 2008, 2009, California, Early Miscarriage, miscarriage, Multiple loss
December 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Emma

Mom to Lily Natalie Anne, miscarried at 10 weeks August 10th, 2006

and “Little Speck”, miscarried at 6 weeks October 13, 2009

Australia

Lily Natalie’s story:

Ever since I knew the meaning of being a mother, I knew that was what I wanted to be. Even my chosen career path as a teacher involves me utilising my maternal feelings in guiding students through their education. As cousins, friends’ babies and other family members were born, I knew that, even at the age of 11, the feeling of a newborn baby in my arms was just…right. I dreamed, imagined, visualised myself holding a baby, mothering a baby, raising a tiny life. [Read more...]

Filed Under: 10 weeks, 2006, 2009, 6 weeks, Australia, Early Miscarriage, Multiple loss, Teen pregnancy
November 16, 2011 By 4 Comments

Sarah

Mommy to Eli Michael McCoy

September 8

Calgary, Alberta

Even as a child, I’ve felt very close to my parents and related in so many ways to my mother early on.  We (my brothers and I) were loved unconditionally and confidently knew we were everything to them.  Innocently, we believed their lives began when we entered and that there were only 3 of us they could love like they do. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Factor V Leiden Disorder, miscarriage, Multiple loss
November 3, 2011 By 1 Comment

Diane

Mom to William and Nathaniel Feb 1 1995

Emma and Elizabeth June 30th 1997
Baby “P” June 1999
Edan William August 16 2000
Esik Nathaniel March 15 2002
Ellanor November 22 2003
British Columbia, CA

I was 15 when I found out I was pregnant for the first time. I didn’t believe it when my doctor told me, I even  told her it was impossible.  I had suffered ovarian cysts for some time and I honestly didn’t think I would ever be able to conceive.  I was also bleeding while my Dr told me from what I believed to be my period. My Dr ordered another urine sample pregnancy test and it came back positive again.  My boyfriend was 21, we were scared. My Dr gave me the advice to have an abortion and I refused. I went home and took it easy waiting for the bleeding to stop. The bleeding would calm when I was laying  down but once I sat up I would bleed again. At 10 weeks I had a huge bleeding spell and went to the ER. I had a very hard time getting the staff to stop suggesting a D&C. I had an ultrasound that showed I had a very tilted uterus and surprise I had TWINS. Shock set it very quickly. I had always dreamed of having twins but how on earth could I have two babies at my age?

[Read more...]

Filed Under: 1997, 1999, 20 weeks, 2000, 2002, 2003, 23 weeks, 6 weeks, British Columbia, Infection, miscarriage, Multiple loss, Neonatal death, premature birth, Preterm labor
November 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Tabitha

Mom to Baby #1, lost at 8 weeks on April 19th, 2010

and Baby #2, lost at 10 weeks on April 15th, 2011

Bethlehem, GA

Our first baby was a shock and totally unexpected. At our first appointment we found out our baby didn’t have a heartbeat -a blighted ovum is what they called it.
Filed Under: 10 weeks, 2010, 2011, 8 weeks, blighted ovum, Georgia, Infertility, miscarriage, Multiple loss
November 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment

 

 Laura

Mom to Michael James, miscarried March 20th, 2011

and Cale Rogan, September 4th, 2011

Morristown, TN

My husband and I embarked on our journey to have children thinking it would nothing but excitement and the next step in our marriage. We had been trying for about a year when in February of 2011 I found out I was pregnant. Ecstatic doesn’t begin to describe what we were.
Filed Under: 20 weeks, 2011, 8 weeks, miscarriage, Multiple loss, premature birth, Preterm labor, Tennessee
October 14, 2011 By 2 Comments

Kari

Mom to Zachary Nathan

June 24th, 2011

and Multiple Miscarriages

August 2006

May 2007

June 2007

October 2009

Marshall, Minnesota

On June 23, 2011 we received one of the most devastating news in our lives. Our baby I had been carrying for 16 weeks no longer had a heartbeat. [Read more...]

Filed Under: 16 weeks, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, Minnesota, miscarriage, Multiple loss, Second trimester loss
October 13, 2011 By 1 Comment

Jenne

Mom to Baby L

Miscarried December 16th, 2007

Baby Christmas

Miscarried June 14th, 2008

and Baby Thanksgiving

Miscarried April 7th, 2011

Brunswick, Georgia

Baby L’s Story

My husband and I had decided to go off of the pill and start trying for a baby. My best friend had gotten pregnant so quickly and easily that I just assumed it would happen that way for me as well. I mean, all you have to do is have sex right? We tried for about 6 months before we started to think maybe we should start tracking things and counting days…well, before we knew it, we were pregnant. I was scared and nervous and excited all at the same time. I was 29 at that time and had always thought I’d be a mom before 30…finally it was happening! [Read more...]

Filed Under: 2007, 2008, 2011, Georgia, miscarriage, Multiple loss
October 13, 2011 By 2 Comments

Kristal

Mom to Graham Lee

March 18th, 2010

and Slade Douglas

October 11th, 2010

Weatherford, Texas

My angels in Heaven…

I’ve never wanted anything more than to be a wife and mommy all of my life. My amazing husband and I were married in November of 2007, and following that December 1, 2009 was the another happy day of our lives. We were surprised to find out we were expecting our first bundle of joy. [Read more...]

Filed Under: 2010, 21 weeks, 25 weeks, Cystic Hygroma, hydrops, Multiple loss, pPROM, Second trimester loss, Texas
October 13, 2011 By 2 Comments

Charlene

Mom to Saddie Marie – Lost May 9th, 2007

Jeremy Thomas -  Lost March 11th, 2009

and Bella Raine – Lost May 13th, 2011

Norwich, Connecticut

I am 25 and have had three early miscarriages. I am also the mother to a beautiful, healthy three year old boy. My first miscarriage was the most devastating event to ever occur in my life. [Read more...]

Filed Under: 2007, 2009, 2011, Connecticut, Early Miscarriage, Multiple loss
October 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Kristin

Loss #1 at 9 weeks – July 2008

Loss #2 at 5 weeks -  September 2008

Loss #3 at 4 weeks – July 2011

Loss #4 at almost 4 weeks – September 2011

Oklahoma

Loss #1: (First Trimester Loss)

In July 2008 I found out we were pregnant with our 2nd child. It was a surprise but we were excited nonetheless. That excitement quickly ended after only a couple weeks when I started bleeding. I called my husband who was at work..I was crying so hard I’m surprised even understood me. I called my doctor and explained that I was bleeding and worried. She told me if it was brown or light pinkish blood it was most likely old blood and I was fine. However, if it is red blood that means it is fresh and could mean a miscarriage. Mine was bright red. I freaked out and we headed straight for the ER. [Read more...]

Filed Under: 2008, 2011, chemical pregnancy, Early Miscarriage, first trimester loss, Multiple loss, Oklahoma
October 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Cryssi

Second Trimester Miscarriage at 19 weeks

February 13th, 2010

Miscarriage September 3rd, 2011

9 other Miscarriages over the last several years

Logan, UT

Oh where to begin… probably with a little bit of background on me. I am 30 yrs old, I have one 8 yr old son, and 11 miscarried angels. My husband and I have been married for just over 5 years now. We have been trying for a second baby since day one! We have had 6 miscarriages in the last 5 years. [Read more...]

Filed Under: 19 weeks, 2010, 2011, Early Miscarriage, Multiple loss, Second trimester loss, Utah
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