Hi fellow ICLWers!
I'm hopping on to welcome you to my blog. I took this week off to unpack and organize our new apartment, so I don't really have the time to write something super awesome. (Actually, I could, but Hubby wouldn't be too pleased.) When I signed up to participate this month I didn't know we'd be closing on our condo and moving into a new place so close to this week.
A quick run down:
We lost a little girl in an early missed miscarriage the beginning of 2011. I was about 8w4d pregnant when I lost her and didn't find out until my 12 week appointment. I had a D&C that same night. We found out she had Monosomy X.
I got pregnant with our rainbow baby, Baby G, several months later and he will be 5 months old on Monday.
I was officially diagnosed with postpartum depression at my 6 week follow up appointment after Baby G's birth; however, I believe it really started after my miscarriage. It was just harder to diagnose because of the loss of a much wanted and much loved baby. My midwife started me on some Happy Pills which I have started weening myself off of in the hopes my hormones and emotions are back to some kind of normalcy (they never really were to begin with). I still have days that I feel like the depression is getting the best of me, but I'm hoping that I don't have to go back on the meds.
And that's pretty much it! Since having Baby G I don't get to blog as often as I'd like, but I hope to write a few posts this week so you all have something fairly new to read when you come visit.
Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by!
Just curious... if you lost her so early, how are you sure the baby was a she? Did you find out after the d&c? I lost my babies (2 pregnancies) at 5 and 10 weeks, and had a d&c with my second loss, and not knowing the genders has always bothered me. Did your hospital do a gender test afterward? Also, did she have a name?
ReplyDeleteHi! I'm sorry for your losses:(
DeleteSince I had a D&C my OB offered to send everything to a pathology lab to see if they could determine why I lost the baby. That's one of the things they found out; plus, her diagnosis only happens in females.
I haven't heard of many doctors who are willing to do that with the first miscarriage; I had read that a lot of doctors will wait until 3+, which I really think sucks, especially if the parents want an answer to "why?".
We don't have a name for her -- yet! I think we're going to wait until we are done having children to name her though.
Thank you for the support. I stumbled to your blog (I honestly can't remember how now lol) but I was looking for someone somewhere that had had a take home baby after a loss, and you were one of those that I found. Thank you for helping me have hope again.
DeleteI was told there would be pathology on my D&C too, but I never received results, and have since changed doctors. I think I'd be able to accept the loss more, and move on, if I knew the genders and would be able to name my babies.
Hi from ICLW...I hope that you are coping with the depression and you are able to ween yourself off of the medication
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