We found out yesterday through ultrasound looking for other problems that we're 3 months pregnant and due on 9/21.
We already have a 5yo bio son and a 4mo adoptive daughter. The babies would be less than a year apart. Actually, that's not freaking us out completely--we've had two babies at once before as foster parents.
But usually we lose the babies somewhere between now and the next 4 weeks and this one is already flagged for some problems. So part of me doesn't want to think about being pregnant and the other part of me is looking for support and positive thinking to hopefully nurture my body into working. I'm a high risk pregnancy but after the NIGHTMARE of my son's pregnancy (u/s's every 2 weeks--yes, you heard me--to see if he was alive and growing enough to avoid blood thinners for me and ending with wicked pre-eclampsia and a preemie c/s) I found a new doctor who is beyond awesome. In fact, he's totally fine with VBAC and said that if we were truly forced to c/s and the baby to the NICU (like with my son) that there's no way I wouldn't see him for 24 hours--he'd be sure of that. "There's things we can do" he said.
So I feel like I'm with the right doctor. But after the baby was placed with us, I truly felt at peace and "done" with having more children. AND we were being careful (pending the decision of how to permanently deal with birth control even though we'd been trying for 2 years with no success
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But I'm here for at least the next 1-4 weeks if not the duration.
Glad to have a birth club with a holistic group this time!
But usually we lose the babies somewhere between now and the next 4 weeks and this one is already flagged for some problems. So part of me doesn't want to think about being pregnant and the other part of me is looking for support and positive thinking to hopefully nurture my body into working. I'm a high risk pregnancy but after the NIGHTMARE of my son's pregnancy (u/s's every 2 weeks--yes, you heard me--to see if he was alive and growing enough to avoid blood thinners for me and ending with wicked pre-eclampsia and a preemie c/s) I found a new doctor who is beyond awesome. In fact, he's totally fine with VBAC and said that if we were truly forced to c/s and the baby to the NICU (like with my son) that there's no way I wouldn't see him for 24 hours--he'd be sure of that. "There's things we can do" he said.
So I feel like I'm with the right doctor. But after the baby was placed with us, I truly felt at peace and "done" with having more children. AND we were being careful (pending the decision of how to permanently deal with birth control even though we'd been trying for 2 years with no success
But I'm here for at least the next 1-4 weeks if not the duration.