At 7pm (your local time), light a candle and let it glow for one hour. Leave your headlights on in remembrance of the babies we have lost. You can read more about this day in this post.
Karina
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Showing posts with label pregnancy. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day
At 7pm (your local time), light a candle and let it glow for one hour. Leave your headlights on in remembrance of the babies we have lost. You can read more about this day in this post.
Monday, July 29, 2013
Extra! Extra! Read All About It! Announcement
For the last few months, I have slowly or almost instantly been posting less and less. I had started having some odd symptoms. I had several suspicions, but was not really sure. I scheduled an appointment with a primary care physician, but the appointment was two months away. Quite frankly, I was not in a hurry to find out what was wrong. None of my theories included life-threatening illnesses so I figured I would be fine until then.
After some time, though, one symptom turned into two and then three. I no longer wanted to wait. I scheduled an appointment with my midwife because she is also a Nurse Practitioner and I knew that she could schedule blood tests that would give us some insight as to what could be causing these symptoms. Needless to say, what we found out was not something that we were expecting.
Yes, we are expecting our third baby. You might wonder why we were not expecting it and I'll let you know. We lost our previous two pregnancies last year. After a lot of soul-searching and going through the stages of grief, we came to the acceptance that we may not have any more children. It took a long time, but we were finally ok with that. Three weeks after my husband and I had that conversation, our pregnancy test came back positive.
The issue that I am now facing is depression and, as a result, losing interest in some of the things that I enjoy doing, one of which includes writing this blog. Apparently, this pregnancy has stirred up some old fears of loss. I figured it was hormonal, but a friend of mine who is a licensed counselor suggested I get help so this does not snowball into post-partum depression. She said to nip this in the bud so we can all enjoy the rest of the pregnancy.
Our baby has a strong heartbeat and is moving around. Our midwife has an ultrasound machine in her office and so we were able to meet our baby. She has been so sympathetic to the fact that we did suffer previous losses. Meeting our baby on screen was priceless to us. We were able to actually see a heartbeat, see our baby move, see our baby be our baby. I can't begin to express how important that moment was to my husband and me and also to our girls.
For those of you who continue to visit this blog, thank you. I appreciate your patience. If you have any stories, please share them by leaving a comment. Sometimes our stories are not as isolated as we may think and sometimes it is necessary to talk about them. I would never want someone to feel this way, especially during a joyous time such as a pregnancy.
Karina
After some time, though, one symptom turned into two and then three. I no longer wanted to wait. I scheduled an appointment with my midwife because she is also a Nurse Practitioner and I knew that she could schedule blood tests that would give us some insight as to what could be causing these symptoms. Needless to say, what we found out was not something that we were expecting.
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Yes, we are expecting our third baby. You might wonder why we were not expecting it and I'll let you know. We lost our previous two pregnancies last year. After a lot of soul-searching and going through the stages of grief, we came to the acceptance that we may not have any more children. It took a long time, but we were finally ok with that. Three weeks after my husband and I had that conversation, our pregnancy test came back positive.
The issue that I am now facing is depression and, as a result, losing interest in some of the things that I enjoy doing, one of which includes writing this blog. Apparently, this pregnancy has stirred up some old fears of loss. I figured it was hormonal, but a friend of mine who is a licensed counselor suggested I get help so this does not snowball into post-partum depression. She said to nip this in the bud so we can all enjoy the rest of the pregnancy.
Our baby has a strong heartbeat and is moving around. Our midwife has an ultrasound machine in her office and so we were able to meet our baby. She has been so sympathetic to the fact that we did suffer previous losses. Meeting our baby on screen was priceless to us. We were able to actually see a heartbeat, see our baby move, see our baby be our baby. I can't begin to express how important that moment was to my husband and me and also to our girls.
For those of you who continue to visit this blog, thank you. I appreciate your patience. If you have any stories, please share them by leaving a comment. Sometimes our stories are not as isolated as we may think and sometimes it is necessary to talk about them. I would never want someone to feel this way, especially during a joyous time such as a pregnancy.
Karina
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Miss Me?
To those of you who have checked in with the blog, thank you. I have not blogged in a while. My apologies. I had this wonderful post about how we were expecting our third baby. I began to establish a baby registry with a list of products that are Made in the USA. As it turned out, we lost the pregnancy. Words cannot begin to describe the feeling of losing a baby - in-utero or otherwise. Our faith has given us strength throughout the process and we try to think that there is a reason that God took our baby before we could meet. That gives me great comfort. I also look at my two girls and feel grateful that I was blessed to have them. If any of you have lost a baby, please feel free to share your stories. (Send me an email if you don't want it to be public.)
That being said, for those of us that have babies or for those of you that are expecting, joy surrounds our homes. It is my most sincere privilege to be able to share that with you. I will continue to create the baby registry. I pray that you are able to benefit from it.
If you make a product in the USA and would like to be added to the list, please let me know. We are a community so let's celebrate each other's creative works.
I would love to hear (or read) your stories. What did I miss?
That being said, for those of us that have babies or for those of you that are expecting, joy surrounds our homes. It is my most sincere privilege to be able to share that with you. I will continue to create the baby registry. I pray that you are able to benefit from it.
If you make a product in the USA and would like to be added to the list, please let me know. We are a community so let's celebrate each other's creative works.
I would love to hear (or read) your stories. What did I miss?
Karina
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