March is Pregnancy After Loss Awareness Month, and while I consider myself truly blessed to be pregnant again after two miscarriages, this pregnancy has definitely taken its toll on me emotionally. Whenever someone has asked me how my emotions have been during my pregnancy, I say it’s like a rollercoaster. Experiencing pregnancy after loss (especially… Read more »
I should have a one-year-old today. Heck, I should have a two-year-old. As I get closer to Thanksgiving, I look at the calendar and am reminded of my losses. I can’t help it. Not only did I lose my first pregnancy the day before Thanksgiving in 2016 but today would have been the due date… Read more »
One year ago I went in to what was suppose to be my 20 week anatomy appointment and instead walked out with the devastating news I had a missed miscarriage. I can say with all certainty that today has been the worst day of my life. 💔 — Cristina Robinson (@LovelyGeek) July 4, 2017 A… Read more »
When I started seeing my wonderful nutritionist, Dawna, back in August, my goals were to heal from my loss, get my body healthy for a future pregnancy, and manage my PCOS. While I’ve been doing really well with those goals, I haven’t really dropped any weight; I’ve been going back and forth between the same… Read more »
After a couple months of waiting, I finally heard from my RE on Monday. I last met with her mid-November in which she sent me out for more testing, and she wanted to get copies of all the lab results from my PCP, my OBGYN from my last two pregnancies, my new OBGYN, and the… Read more »
Today I would have been welcoming my baby girl into the world. Except I miscarried at 20 weeks. Four months and a TON of testing later, I still don’t know why I lost my baby. I guess I am in that 50% to 75% range of couples where no explanation is found even after all… Read more »
Today is a day that I never thought would be applicable to me. Today is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. In the past year I have lost two pregnancies. While on family vacation last month I got the idea of getting a tattoo to remember my two miscarriages. Something about the physical pain coupled… Read more »
It’s hard to believe two months have already passed since my loss. I feel like I have done so much in that time in hopes of trying to figure out what went wrong and how to prevent it from happening again. Slowly, I’m getting closer to some answers. Here’s what I’ve accomplished since my last… Read more »
I’ve wanted to write an update for awhile now, but I’ve found myself holding off “until I have more information” or “until the next appointment.” I realized that’s going to be my life the next couple of months, so I figured I’d pop in for an update on where I’m at. TL;DR Pathology report came… Read more »
TRIGGER WARNING: This post deals with an account of a miscarriage and a D&E and may be triggering to some people.