What did you do on your EDD

NicoleD54

My loss was on September 2nd. I was 23 weeks and 3 days pregnant. I know September 2nd will always be a big day in remembering my son. My EDD is 2 days after Christmas. I know my husband will be working, so I will be alone. I don't know what I should do to remember the significance of the day. I think I will regret it if I try to stay busy or mope. What did everyone else do that had earlier losses? Do you "celebrate" both the birthday and edd?

magdalina.h

On Aidan's EDD I worked. It was hard, but I had to work. After work we went to the cemetery. Then a friend stopped by with some flowers and an Edible Arrangement.

This year I remembered his EDD, but it wasn't as big this year as it was last year. We will always celebrate his birthday and mourn his angel day.

johnnys june

magdalina.h:

On Aidan's EDD I worked. It was hard, but I had to work. After work we went to the cemetery. Then a friend stopped by with some flowers and an Edible Arrangement.

This year I remembered his EDD, but it wasn't as big this year as it was last year. We will always celebrate his birthday and mourn his angel day.

This.  The EDD was hard not because it "reprented" Logan but because it represented another reminder that he wasn't there.  After it passed though (and even the day of), it didn't mean as much.  It was a day for me to be sad, that's all.  Everyday is a reminder and that was no different.  I celebrate his actual birthday.  Although his birthday was "earlier" than expected, it's his day.  Not his EDD.

 My only advice, do something nice for yourself that day.  I took the day off work because I didn't want to potentially have a meltdown while I was there.  DH and I went away over night to get away from the heaviness of it all. 

emizer

I'm 99% sure I'm going to get a clover tattoo on my EDD (March 4th). I think after the 1st EDD passes I won't really "remember" it anymore, but I will always have a remembrance on my baby's birthday/day he died.

Cercamom2011

We went away for the weekend.  DH and I work together and had just finished up a huge project.  Coincidentally, our new LO was conceived that weekend.  So, all in all, I would say it was a great weekend.

pandabearlover

I took my daughters to Disneyland. I was sad, but we had a lot of fun. I will never forget their faces when they saw a character and now I can associate my EDD with our first family trip to Disney. 

Petunia844

I went to work, and I was sad.  I blogged and I posted about it and I made it through the day.  My blog post that day was a letter to my son.  TMI and TTC talk ahead- I also had sex with my husband.  We aren't actively TTC yet, but for some reason I just felt like we should that day... I'm not expecting to find out that I'm pregnant from it, but I felt like if I did get pregnant from that one day then it was meant to be.  I can't explain why I felt that way, I just did. It was a special time to me, and I cried a little after, but I'm glad we did.

NicoleD54

addegeorge:

I went to work, and I was sad.  I blogged and I posted about it and I made it through the day.  My blog post that day was a letter to my son.  TMI and TTC talk ahead- I also had sex with my husband.  We aren't actively TTC yet, but for some reason I just felt like we should that day... I'm not expecting to find out that I'm pregnant from it, but I felt like if I did get pregnant from that one day then it was meant to be.  I can't explain why I felt that way, I just did. It was a special time to me, and I cried a little after, but I'm glad we did.

 I just read your blog post. What a sweet letter to your baby.

Petunia844

NicoleD54:

addegeorge:

I went to work, and I was sad.  I blogged and I posted about it and I made it through the day.  My blog post that day was a letter to my son.  TMI and TTC talk ahead- I also had sex with my husband.  We aren't actively TTC yet, but for some reason I just felt like we should that day... I'm not expecting to find out that I'm pregnant from it, but I felt like if I did get pregnant from that one day then it was meant to be.  I can't explain why I felt that way, I just did. It was a special time to me, and I cried a little after, but I'm glad we did.

 I just read your blog post. What a sweet letter to your baby.

Thank you, it makes me happy when people read my blog and know my baby's story.

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