If this can encourage anyone else...

Qwirkle

I'm 44 and in my second marriage with a wonderful man who wanted to start a family. Since 2010, I've been pregnant six times. On the first pregnancy, we saw there was no heartbeat during the second ultrasound. The baby made it to 11 weeks. I was heartbroken, had a D&C, and we decided that we'd try again. The next three pregnancies made it to 9 weeks, 5 weeks, and 8 weeks. I pretty much got to hate going to that second ultrasound - because that's when we'd find out the heartbeat had stopped. The last miscarriage happened at home (before I could make it to the D&C appt) and I collected/carried the baby and some of the placenta to the hospital in desperation to have them send out for testing. The results were inconclusive. I was beginning to think I wasn't going to be able to have a baby after all.

In December 2011 I became pregnant again and steeled myself for the worst. The only difference with this pregnancy is that suddenly my progesterone level was 31 - all the previous ones were between 9 and 19. The second ultrasound came - and she was squiggling and perfect! I still kept myself from getting too excited...until I made it to 6 months . My perfect little girl was born in August 2012!

Fast forward 6 months - I found out in January 2013 that I am pregnant again! I was disappointed when I saw the progesterone level was only 18.3 - and I prepared for another heartbreak...but he's still going strong at 14 weeks and I'm hopeful that I'll be able to see my beautiful little man in September (I know it's a boy because this time I had the new MaterniT21 genetic test at 10 weeks - that tells you the baby's sex too!)

One of the things that helped me with all of this is that my grandmother - my father's mother - had 5 miscarriages before my father was born (and he was an only child). If she'd given up...none of us would be here today! I just want to tell you not to give up hope - things will work out as they are supposed to. 

mj4106

I am still really struggling with my recent loss.  I was 18 weeks pregnant with a boy and I lost him 6 weeks ago.  I have been devastated, not sleeping, emotional eating like crazy and still not feeling any better.  I really want to try

SandSunBliss

thank you for your story - that is encouraging - i hope so much that we will have a family soon too!  best of luck with your pregnancy.

flipgal77

Thank you for sharing your story. As sad as it is, hearing how common miscarriages are has been helpful for me to get through this tough time. I miscarried 4 weeks ago. I have been having more good days in the week than bad, so this can only