mommabear
08-17-2005, 03:36 PM
Hi all! I have been lurking here for a few weeks now and am just iching to post, but I knew I would have to make an official 'announment' first :) . Anyway, you all seem so kind and sweet, and I finally feel ready to join you all in the (hopefully) nine month journey!
I am about 6 weeks along, and definately starting to feel pregnant. My journey to this point has been rather bumpy: I have a four year old son, followed by three little ones in heaven. My most recent loss happened in March of this year and was followed by medical testing and soul-searching. Anyhow, the testing resulted in a few answers, but to do anymore would be very invasive, and because I have already had a positive pregnancy outcome, it was determined that only after another loss would we (possibly) pursue more testing. So, long story short, dh and I realized that we were prepared to try again.
I am trying very hard to live in the moment and celebrate the fact that, for today, I am pregnant. Although this time we are holding off as long as possible on telling people IRL, I want to join you guys in celebrating *today*, yk?
So anyway, this pregnancy is a bit of an adjustment for me. We have always used our midwives (whom I adore!), but we will be starting off with an OB (who I have come to know through the recent m/c) until things seem well established, then I can transfer to my m/ws. Also, I will not be doing any ultrasounds unless a problem is indicated (having been through a healthy pg and pg losses, I know what my body does when things are good and not-so-good). We followed this approach (ie avoided a lot of prenatal testing) with ds and it worked well for us. With my last pg, I had an u/s done for dating, and it showed babe's little heart beating -- unfortunately she died about a week-and-a-half later, so I know there are no guarantees. I feel better about a more hands-off approach this time -- all part of 'going with the flow' I guess.
I am sorry to have rambled on so long. I guess I feel like I needed to explain where I am coming from this time. Thank you all so much for reading this far! And I really look forward to getting to chat with you all!
I am about 6 weeks along, and definately starting to feel pregnant. My journey to this point has been rather bumpy: I have a four year old son, followed by three little ones in heaven. My most recent loss happened in March of this year and was followed by medical testing and soul-searching. Anyhow, the testing resulted in a few answers, but to do anymore would be very invasive, and because I have already had a positive pregnancy outcome, it was determined that only after another loss would we (possibly) pursue more testing. So, long story short, dh and I realized that we were prepared to try again.
I am trying very hard to live in the moment and celebrate the fact that, for today, I am pregnant. Although this time we are holding off as long as possible on telling people IRL, I want to join you guys in celebrating *today*, yk?
So anyway, this pregnancy is a bit of an adjustment for me. We have always used our midwives (whom I adore!), but we will be starting off with an OB (who I have come to know through the recent m/c) until things seem well established, then I can transfer to my m/ws. Also, I will not be doing any ultrasounds unless a problem is indicated (having been through a healthy pg and pg losses, I know what my body does when things are good and not-so-good). We followed this approach (ie avoided a lot of prenatal testing) with ds and it worked well for us. With my last pg, I had an u/s done for dating, and it showed babe's little heart beating -- unfortunately she died about a week-and-a-half later, so I know there are no guarantees. I feel better about a more hands-off approach this time -- all part of 'going with the flow' I guess.
I am sorry to have rambled on so long. I guess I feel like I needed to explain where I am coming from this time. Thank you all so much for reading this far! And I really look forward to getting to chat with you all!