knitting.mama
04-05-08, 12:43 AM
Last June I lost my baby at 24 weeks, we're not sure why. It was very upsetting. I'm well into my second trimester, 21 weeks, got to see the baby last week on our level 2 and everything is going very well. My doctors assure me that what happened last year was a fluke, and everything will be okay, but I can't shake this fear that I will lose my baby again. Everything looked fine at the u/s with Milo but a month later, he was gone. I know I won't breathe easy until this little girl is in my arms.
Anyone gone through this? Does it get any easier once you pass "that point" in your pregnancy?
Urbanmom
04-05-08, 06:54 AM
I'm so terribly sorry for your loss. I don't think it actually gets any easier until you hold that healthy babe in your arms. I had a miscarriage, much earlier than you, between my first and second boys. I was nervous for 9 months. I think you are just so much more aware of what can go wrong, and what a miracle it seems sometimes that ANYONE makes it to birth, that you just cannot relax.
Try to find comfort in that good U/S. I'm sure they will be screening you very regularly going forward in your pregnancy.
LoveMaGirl
04-05-08, 03:11 PM
Really, having the baby will be the only thing that helps you. With my little one I had a threatened miscarriage at 6 weeks pregnant and was on egg shells for the rest of the pregnancy until the day she was born.
All you can do is look after yourself-don't overwork, eat right and so on and try not to stress too much as that in and of itself can be bad for the baby.
2coolmom
04-05-08, 08:17 PM
I believe giving birth is a very difficult part of a woman's life. But trying not to stree and worry that something could be wrong over the 9 months before giving birth is even harder!
I agree completely with the previous comment, take care of yourself and try not to stress about it. (easier said then done, I know)
sanders
04-08-08, 12:09 AM
You might be able to try some meditation routes for the stress. I can only speak from personal experience from a family member who lost her first then became pregnant right afterwards again (lost at about 3 months into the pregnancy). I felt bad for her, she was barely 20 when it happened and her 2nd pregnancy was like being on egg shells as other had mentioned. Avoid the stress or at least try to minimize it so that you can concentrate all that energy you are going to need after that sweet little one is born. :)