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post #1 of 33
6/1/08 at 1:44pm
Thread Starter 
There seem to be a few of us who were on here PAL in the thread down below, so I thought I'd start a thread for us all here.

I'm Alison, pregnant for the 8th time. I had a miscarriage at 5 weeks, chemical pregnancy, miscarriage at 9 weeks, miscarriage of twins one at 5 and one at 7 weeks, then my one and only living child, and then in the last three cycles I've had a chemical pregnancy, an early miscarriage and now here I am pregnant again.

I know the odds are against me but I feel so good about this pregnancy and I'm praying really hard I get to stay.

*hugs* for all the other PAL Mamas, come sign in here we can encourage each other through this amazing and scary time.
post #2 of 33
6/1/08 at 1:48pm
I just got a BFP last Friday. I have three awesome girls, see siggy. I lost a baby girl at 20 weeks this past Feb.
I am due with this new baby Feb 6th. I am happy and scared. I will be doing all I can to stay positive no matter how hard it is.
post #3 of 33
6/1/08 at 1:49pm

here too

I had a m/c with my first pregnancy. I have a 19 mo. old daughter and I just found out I'm pregnant. I'm nervous but so far so good! I'm really trying to stay grounded and trust my body, drinking rrl and nettles tea daily, no caffeine, easy on the exercise, considering NOT swimming for a month or two. I'm not a BIG swimmer but it really got me through this winter which was rough with an active toddler. She will stay in the childwatch room at the YMCA so it was actually a nice time to have to myself.
post #4 of 33
6/1/08 at 1:50pm
I had a miscarriage back in March.

We were going to start actively trying again next month, but I got a BPF on Thursday (and Friday).


I'm happy about this pregnancy, but I am not feeling excited. And I'm not even all that convinced I'm pregnant.
post #5 of 33
6/1/08 at 2:01pm
I had a loss in November.
post #6 of 33
6/1/08 at 2:04pm
I'm Lydia, momy of 4 and one angel we lost at 13 1/2 weeks in April.

I am still struggling to convince myself to let go and be happy for the opportunity to grow a baby, because the fear is pretty overwhelming.
post #7 of 33
6/1/08 at 2:32pm
I am Corrie. Mother of one earth baby and two angel babies (last Aug and Feb).

Praying this one sticks. I can't bear the thought of having my heart broken again.
post #8 of 33
6/1/08 at 6:04pm
I'm Ally, and this is my 4th pregnancy. My first pregnancy resulted in my now 4 year old son. My second pregnancy resulted in my son Ryland, who died seconds before birth at 41 weeks. My third pregnancy resulted in miscarriage. And now, I'm on my 4th pregnancy and I'm extremely nervous (like right now, I'm having sharp twinges in my cervix and lots of cramping and am about to give myself an anxiety attack about it...) I have something called essential thrombocythemia that developed after my 2nd birth, and it gives me about a 40-60% chance of miscarriage in the first tri, and then a large risk of pregnancy loss or IUGR, so yeah, I'm nervous.
post #9 of 33
6/1/08 at 11:31pm
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Originally Posted by DreamsInDigital View Post
I'm Lydia, momy of 4 and one angel we lost at 13 1/2 weeks in April.

I am still struggling to convince myself to let go and be happy for the opportunity to grow a baby, because the fear is pretty overwhelming.

Chiming in to give you a big congrats! I followed your story and wish you luck!
post #10 of 33
6/2/08 at 1:33am
Hi,

I have miscarried three times because of a clotting disorder. Because we also are dealing with infertility DH and I have decided that this will be my last pregnancy. We are done with the TTC rollercoaster.

I am on heparin and aspirin to treat the clotting disorder and praying that it works. I want this babe so bad.
post #11 of 33
6/2/08 at 2:21am
If you don't mind me asking, what clotting disorder do you have? I have Essential Thrombocythemia (so I could either hemmorage or clot. Makes it kind of hard to figure out what treatment to do). Right now, I'm on a baby aspirin every 2-3 days, but I have tons of bruises now. I don't know about heparin, but we were completely unprepared...me, my hemo, and my OB all thought we were done with pregnancies, so we didn't have a game plan. Now, I'm so excited and hoping they can come up with something quick...
post #12 of 33
6/2/08 at 11:15am
I miscarried last cycle. That was mid April I guess. We were going to wait a cycle too, but I was more randy than I've been in months (maybe even years). We just went for it! No I'm sweating bullets that I'll not make it past five weeks again. We'll see on Friday. I feel like every morning that I wake up pregnant is a victory.
post #13 of 33
6/2/08 at 11:57am
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Originally Posted by AllyRae View Post
If you don't mind me asking, what clotting disorder do you have? I have Essential Thrombocythemia (so I could either hemmorage or clot. Makes it kind of hard to figure out what treatment to do). Right now, I'm on a baby aspirin every 2-3 days, but I have tons of bruises now. I don't know about heparin, but we were completely unprepared...me, my hemo, and my OB all thought we were done with pregnancies, so we didn't have a game plan. Now, I'm so excited and hoping they can come up with something quick...
I have lupus anticoagulant. The shots aren't so bad, my belly looks horrible though even just after 3 days of shots, I can't imagine what it'll look like in a few months.

Wow, not knowing if you could hemorrhage or clot is scary, I wonder what they will do for you.
post #14 of 33
6/2/08 at 12:00pm
Alison, have you been tested for clotting problems or hormone deficiencies? My high risk OB said that he believes that 90% or more of women who have multiple losses have one of those problems.

I hope this is the one for you! :
post #15 of 33
6/20/08 at 3:58pm
Is this thread dead? I was kinda hoping to revive it...

I wanna hang out with the folks that BTDT, ya know?
post #16 of 33
6/20/08 at 4:57pm
It's aliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive. *insert evil laughter and creepy music*

Sorry, I'm in a strange mood today
post #17 of 33
6/20/08 at 8:21pm
I had a loss on New Years Day.
post #18 of 33
6/21/08 at 11:29am
My name is Mollee and I had a miscarriage at 8 weeks almost two years ago. I am actually pregnant in the same month and due 3 days later than I was the time that I had the loss. Kind of a weird coincidence.

I am pretty nervous but have decided that I am going to be positive and send good energy vibes to this little bean.

I will keep all of you in my thoughts and hopefully we will all be together come February!
post #19 of 33
6/21/08 at 12:24pm
I'm still around too. I'm just trying not to get too attached to the baby until we see a heartbeat (hopefully Tuesday). I just do not feel pregnant at all, except for the amount of icky (TMI) discharge. (ick.) I'm already past the point of my last miscarriage, but I'm still extremely nervous for the first tri since the last ultrasound didn't even show a fetal pole, and I was 6 weeks then...(although I could have ovulated late, so there's some hope). Well, that, and my "safe zone" is the day I take the baby home since we lost Ry during birth.

But, I'm not even looking that far ahead. Right now, I'm just worried about whether baby sprout's ok *today*... Between not feeling pregnant and having a horribly graphic miscarriage nightmare, it's all one big mindf### I think. Ah, the joys of pregnancy after loss.
post #20 of 33
6/21/08 at 1:29pm
Ally, I'm sort of in the same boat, except my 6 week u/s did show a fetal pole and tiny heartbeat, I still don't feel safe because my loss occurred at nearly 14 weeks.

I had a horrible miscarriage nightmare too and woke up the next day spotting. I was sure my baby was leaving me but so far everything seems okay.
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