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Third Trimester cut short

In my third Trimester I was enjoying fully my pregnancy. My husband was working during the day and at night was studying for his College Degree. I was left alone and had the chore of the House to do. Lifting my groceries and cutting the grass...I actually ended up giving birth at 34 weeks. Our son was fine thank god, but I was feeling a bit down. I missed my big belly and I tought it was my fault of our son's premature birth. I should have taken it easy maybe?
Now November 2009, we're trying for the past five month to conceive our second child.I am a bit down as I will like for my Son to be a big brother soon. If God can bless me with an other baby.But I am also scared to give birth again to a premature baby.I just wished if I am pregnant again this time I can go to my nine month.

Sandy

Starting early

Im one of the many girls that get pregnant while still in high school. Its been really hard to deal with,especially living in such a small town and being judged by so many. But i am so ready to have this baby. He is truely a blessing to me an my family. I am one of the more fortunate girls,who still have the daddy in the picture. He is my long term boyfriend.He is 21 and im 15. my parents arent very fond of this but they have learned to deal with it because he has been so great during my pregnancy. He has been to every appointment. He buys our baby things. He rubs my back and feet and talks to my belly. And no matter how swollen my face is or how grumpy i am, he tells me that im beautiful. I have lost several things the past 8 months,friends,varsity volleyball,respect people had for me,and so much more. But at the same time ive gained so much. I still had big dreams and alot of ambition..I am due on December 13th 2009 and i am going to take my 6 weeks homebound, and return to school as soon as my doctor approves. I WILL graduate. and i do have future plans. It was a very rough start..but everything gets soo much better with time. Its a vey scary thing for me to go through so soon because i was i kid myself..But when something like this happens, you just have to turn to god for all of your answers. Ive learned that God will never put you through more than you can handle. And this is my story.. I hope that if any of you women ever have an experience of a pregnant teen, that you just bare with them and make the very best of everything. Grounding them,taking their phone,etc. Wont do a thing but make it worse, She'll still be pregnant. But i am now 33 weeks along and totally ready to meet my baby boy :)

Kallima

Pregnancy

We are in our final stretch of pregnancy, today is September 16 and our due date is Sept 20. This is my first pregnancy so everything comes as a suprise. In this last trimester I have continued to work up until yesterday. I have noticed that I feel similar to how I felt the first trimester. I can't eat as much, I get fuller faster and I am extremely fatigued. My belly has grown to its capacity, I have no idea how much more it can stretch. I am so excited and anxious to see our little girl but this pregnancy has been an interesting journey.

Holly B

35 weeks and counting

Well where do I start. I am 20 years old and i found out i was pregnant in February of 2009. I am due October 15 2009.
About 2 weeks after i found out i was pregnant, that is when it all began. I started getting the morning suckness. All day everyday for about 3 months. I was Triage (which is pregnancy emergancy room) about 2 or 3 times a week for those 3 months. I was given all different types of medication to make me keep at least water down, but needless to day nothing worked. I started having this really bad pain in my left side by my ovaries. So i automatically thought to call the doctor, they had me go to into triage once again. The doctor i had at the time told me it was just a torn ligament and I was pregnant that i would have aches and pains and sent me home.
Well if it wasn't for me and my mom being so persistant, i would not have found out what was really wrong with me. I decided to go against my first OB, because i just knew it wasn't a torn ligament. I went to the emergency room and told them my pain. By this time the pain had gone all the way down my left leg and i could barely walk. They imediately did a doppler on my leg and pelvic area(which is an ultra sound). They told me i had a massive blood clot, and were lucky to be alive. The doctors suggested to me to abort the pregnancy, but there was no chance that was happening. Yeah, it put my life at risk but this baby was my child and i was not going to abort it just because of a server complication. The blood clot ran from the top of my belly button all the way to my toes on my left leg.
I was then put in the hospital for 3 weeks. Giving me blood thinners and different medication to keep the pain away.
I am now 35 weeks pregnant. I have to take two injections in my belly two times a day, which is a blood thinner. Next week i move to three shots a day.
Needless to say this pregnancy has been quite a trip for me. The blood clot is still there, but is slowly going away. I still have that one chance of a blood clot breaking off and it hitting my heart. It doesn't scare me at much as it used to.
I have a scheduled induction on October 6th 2009, I am counting down the days until i get to meet this little girl. She has changed my world already, and i wouldn't change it for anything.

Lisa

33 weeks and hoping its over soon

im 33 weeks and although my pregnancy has been mostly ok(except the nausa in the begining along with the throwing up and having to drop out of schhol for medical reasons) yeah its been ok. im now dealing with leg cramps and contractions and iv gone into early labor once already. im so excited but id be lying if i said i wasnt scared out of my mind. see im 20 years old and this is my first child. was not planned and the dad is ....well lets just say im glad hes out of the picture. but all of a sudden im alone which i never wanted for my child being as i diddnt have a father. but its for the best. i love my baby boy and i cant wait to see him. i feel himm moving right now and im so happy.

chantel