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my miscarriage experience

I had occassional spotting beginning one month into my pregnancy. The nurses told me it was normal which I have read that it was especially after intercourse and wiping after using the toilet. When I was 9 weeks I began bleeding and it did not stop. It was light but flowing. I went in for an u/s and the doctor called me the next night advising that the u/s showed a pregnancy that was 5 weeks not 9. The next day I underwent a blood test. When I spoke the doctor the following day, he advised that the levels were not where they should be and after reviewing the images from my u/s he found that the gestational sac was deformed and not that of a healthy pregnancy. He told me that I was indeed going to miscarry. It happened naturally 5 days after I began bleeding. My husband and I already have a 17 month old daughter made this experience a lot easier to take. We intended on trying again as soon as we are able.

April

r.j.

Hi my name is selina.This is my story. I'm 27 years old I have 3 beautiful children one is 11, 6, and 5. I got pregnant in oct. of 2007. I have an 11 year old son from a previous relationship and 2 girls with my now husband. So when i came out preg. we hoped for a boy. Well the day we went to find out what we were having we found out it was a boy. My husband was so exited. Well on June 22 2008 I woke up that morning bleeding not thinking anything bad I called my husband and told him it was time to go to the hosp. All the way to the hospital i was getting contractions so i thought everything was fine. Well I got to the room and they could'nt find the heartbeat. they came in with the machine and couldnt find a heartbeat. the nurse then told me my baby had died. I then chose to deliver naturally so i waited 6 hours to deliver my son. He was born at 3:45pm on a sunday afternoon.I miss him everday. I long to feel a baby right now so bad.I had 3 friends preg. at the same time and all of them have thier baby but me. dont get me wrong i'm happy for them but why did this have to happen.i want to try agin but i'm so scared how do you go 9 months not knowing if it is going to happen agin.

selinam

losing Karista

I noticed at around 23 weeks that i did not feel my daughter moving. I then noticed that my stomache looked softer and had dropped. I went to my regular 25 week checkup and the dr could not hear a heart beat. I got a sonagrahm and found out she had passed away. The dr. was surprised since I had an amnio and she had no problems. After she was born me and my husband got to hold her and take pictures which helped alot. We got an tests done and found out her cord was twisted so she could not get nutrients. The dr. said that it was rare for something like this to happen and that we could try again. It really helped to have a small gathering of my family on her due date to remember her and to answer questions my family wanted to ask. I will never forget her but it is try that it gets better every day!

kathie kiang

No heartbeat

On Monday I went for my ultrasound; I was going into my 13th week; I knew when I looked at the monitor something was wrong. No heartbeat. the baby had died at 10 weeks. I hen had a D&E in the afternoon. I'm 38 and we got pregnant our first try....it's almost like it was too good to be true. We are going to start after my first cycle..but I just can't get the picture of the tiny baby out of my head. It's hard to cope and I feel very isolated even though this has happened to so many women. I just hope that wasn't my only chance!

Angelique

Baby Greg

Our story.
I became pregnant on the first try! It all seemed so meant to be. I suppose it was meant to be, just not how I meant it to be.

My husband and I already had one child who was one year old when I got pregnant with baby Greg. She is very spirited, so this was a big decision. But, I really wanted her to have a sibling close in age. So we decided to go for it. Because I had already endured one pregnancy with no complications, it seemed like smooth sailing. I did not have all the fears that I experienced Olivia with baby Greg. I call him baby Greg because my husband is Gregory P. Samano II and he was to be Gregory Paul Samano III.

With Olivia, I gained 70 pounds. I was more careful with my second pregnancy. I didn't gain as much wieght. People would say, "Wow, I have never seen someone carry two babies so differently!' I was small, and so was my belly. Up until 35 weeks gestation, when baby Greg died, I was small. I mentioned this to my obgyn, and she said that I measured correctly. I also mentioned that I didn't feel the baby move as much as I had been. She said, " As long as you feel him in the morning and at night, he's fine." This could not have been farther from the truth. Baby Greg was not fine, and had not been for some time. His placenta was on 25% the size it should have been. He was only 3 pounds, when he should have been 5 pounds. These are things we learned after the fact. I still struggle with anger toward my doctor for having over looked this. Who else is to blame? God I suppose, but it is too painful to hate God.

The horrifying day.

It was the night before our wedding anniversary. Two whole years of marriage! But it was strange, I didn't feel the baby move all day. I was sure I had just not been paying attention. I pushed on my belly to wake him up. Nothing. I get the doppler out and search for the heart beat. Nothing. I was sure that I just couldn't find it. I ask my husband to help me find it. He can't find it. He's a doctor, but not an ob. I think, he must not really know how to find it. Although, he has always found it before. He thinks we should go to the hospital. Silence all the way there. There was a knowing that we could not discuss. At the hospital, no heart beat, fetal demise. Baby Greg died. Then the news about having to deliver. What a painful and horrifying experience. So very sad. I still cannot believe this happened to me. This happened 6 months ago. I am now pregnant again, with a baby girl. She gives me hope and strength. I will never forget baby Greg, I miss him terribly.

Alexia