June 30, 2012 By 1 Comment

Melissa

Mom to twins

Lost June 28, 2012, between 7 and 9 weeks’ gestation

Hickory, North Carolina

I want to start with my good things. Between me and my spouse, we have 7 healthy , happy (for the most part) children, 3 each from previous marriages and 1 together, ranging from age 22 down to 3. He has a set of identical twins that will be 16 this year. We are blessed. Therefore…it was shocking to us while being on the pill to get a positive home test on June 5, 2012. Two more positive tests at home to follow, but I was bleeding and spotting so I went to the doctor. June 6, they did a vaginal exam and drew blood for hCG. I was pregnant. But a follow up hCG on June 8 was next. When I went in, they did another vaginal exam and decided based on info I did not know yet – my hCG was high – to do an ultrasound. [Read more...]

Filed Under: 2012, 9 weeks, Early Miscarriage, North Carolina, Spotting, Twins
June 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Malissa

Miscarried November 26, 2011

11/23/2011

I was at work. When I went on break, I went to the washroom and there was a little blood in my underwear. Then I wiped and there was a little clot. So I called my doc’s office and told them to call my work number. At this time they were calling me down.

When I got down I saw one of my bosses, and I told her what was going on. She told me to sit down. Then my boss came up to me and said my doc was on the phone. I told my doc what was going on and she told me to go to the ER. So I clocked out. [Read more...]

Filed Under: 13 weeks, 2011, Late Miscarriage, Second trimester loss, Spotting
February 18, 2012 By 3 Comments

Yvonne

Mom to a baby lost January 20, 2012
(EDD September 7, 2012)

Connecticut

My husband and I had been trying for six months to get pregnant. I couldn’t believe it when I (finally) got a positive pregnancy test! I took eight tests to make sure. We were so excited! We’d been together nine years, married for one year, and were ready to start our family. We kept the news to ourselves for two weeks told our immediate family about the pregnancy at six weeks. We wanted to wait until the start of the second trimester to tell everyone else. [Read more...]

Filed Under: 2012, 7 weeks, Connecticut, first trimester loss, miscarriage, Spotting
December 30, 2011 By 7 Comments

Cristina

Mom to Lorelei

Born sleeping November 5, 2011 at 10:08 p.m.

California

I am really not sure where to begin…but I will start by saying that my life and those of my husband and our families has been changed forever. [Read more...]

Filed Under: 2011, 39 weeks, California, Fullterm, Spotting, Stillbirth, Umbilical cord accident
November 23, 2011 By 5 Comments

Lindsey

Mom to Lily Sarah Ellen

Lost on August 31, 2011

Mountain View, CA

 

“There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart.” ~Mahatma Gandhi

My daughter Lily went from living in my womb to residing forever in my heart on August 31, 2011. I was 14 weeks and 4 days pregnant. At the time I am writing these words, it has been nearly three months since I lost my baby girl, just about the length of time I carried her in my body. Many of these lines were lifted straight from the journal I started while I was hospitalized following her death. If it seems disjointed, it’s because it was written over a period of many days, during many different moods. It has been a difficult process, putting them to type, but one done in loving memory of the baby who will always be, to me, my first child. Not a “miscarried fetus” or a “hope of a baby that never was,” but my first child: a true, unique and beloved individual. My story is a tribute to her memory, and is written in the hope that it may bring both comfort to other mothers who have lost their precious unborn babies, and awareness to those who, having never experienced such a tragedy themselves, are struggling to understand the experience.  [Read more...]

Filed Under: 14 weeks, 2011, Antidepressants During Pregnancy, California, D and E, Grief and loss, Infant loss, miscarriage, MTHFR, pPROM, Second trimester loss, Spotting, Suicidal, Unexplained loss, Unknown reason
September 3, 2011 By 4 Comments

Hansi

Mom to Baby Asha

Lost at 11 weeks, 5 days on August 25th, 2011

Seattle, Washington

This is the chronicle of the brief life of a little person. As her mother, I feel like it is my duty to chronicle it. Without me, she has no voice., Already, I can feel that time has this way of chiseling away at memories, and I don’t want to lose anymore. Even though we only knew of her ended life a few days ago, it already feels like an eternity of sorrow. We have been to the inner reaches of hell, and we are trying to crawl back. Here is our story: [Read more...]

Filed Under: 12 weeks, 2011, 9 weeks, Choosing life, D and C, Early Miscarriage, first trimester miscarriage, friends and family, Late First Trimester Miscarriage, Living child, midwife, miscarriage, misoprostol, Missed Miscarriage, Mother's Intuition, No heartbeat, Old blood, Second child, second pregnancy, Spotting
September 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Hollie

Mom to an Angel

Miscarried through Ectopic Pregnancy on July 8th, 2011

Aurora, Colorado

I would be 15 weeks pregnant today.  I’m not sure how I feel about this.  I keep looking at my belly expecting to feel flutters, but I know that this will not happen. [Read more...]

Filed Under: 2011, Choosing life, Clomid, Colorado, Early Miscarriage, Ectopic pregnancy, first trimester miscarriage, Infant loss, Living child, miscarriage, Mother's Intuition, Spotting, tubal ligation, Unplanned pregnancy
September 1, 2011 By 4 Comments

Kasey

Mommy to Brandon Thomas

Stillborn on December 29th, 1997

Bowling Green, KY

At 18 years old, I found out I was pregnant. I was a month out of high school and supposed to start college in the fall. My pregnancy went forward like something out of a textbook: very healthy, no complications. I gained an acceptable amount of weight. I was four days overdue and had to be induced because my amniotic fluid started leaking. The delivery of my 1st child was completely normal. The only thing that was surprising was my son’s weight – he weighed in at a whopping 10 lbs 6.5 oz and was 23.5 inches long! His blood sugar and temp were low at birth, but after a few hours he was fine. My midwife told me that I “was born to have babies.” [Read more...]

Filed Under: 1997, 28 weeks, Carried to term, Decreased movement, Forgiveness, Fullterm, Grief and loss, Hope, Infant loss, Kentucky, Living child, miscarriage, Mother's Intuition, Multiple loss, No heartbeat, Old blood, Rainbow baby, recurrent miscarriage, Second child, second pregnancy, Single Parent, Spotting, Stillbirth, third trimester loss, Unexpected loss, Unexplained loss, Unknown reason

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