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Parenting after a Loss
karma79
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Indulge me: My Kevin. (longish and sentimental)
karma79
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When I had my m/c in July 2010 my DH bought me an orchid, my favorite flower, to cheer me up. It was gorgeous and I loved it.
When I was on TTCAL I made the badge below and shared it with the ladies. It is not the plant DH got me, but a picture I took on a photography trip. It meant alot to me to share it. The group of flowers made me think of the group of beautiful women brought together on TTCAL. 
My orchid naturally wilted and died. We hesitated to throw it away as the leaves at the base looked good. DH did research on having it bloom again but we never really worked on it other than him watering it with the other plants. Shortly before DS was born we noticed changes in it, roots growing and laughed that it was trying to escape. Then we noticed buds after DS was born! And I thought there was no way it would actually bloom, I live in Ohio, in Feb, come on now. Well it did bloom this week! See below!
I haven't even told DH this, I may only share it with all of you. It may sound crazy but it's what I'm thinking. This was Kevin's orchid, my angel baby. It brought me cheer when I was at my lowest. It held on thru TTCAL and thru Pgal and has now bloomed. I feel like it's a message from Kevin, to keep his/her memory alive and that he/she is proud of their mommy for holding on and bringing their baby brother into the world. And that he/she is ok up in heaven and loves me.
I hope I can keep this plant for a while and that it will bloom again after this flower has gone and remind me of my Kevin.
I don't know, may sound nuts but it's how I feel. Thanks for letting me share.
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Re: Indulge me: My Kevin. (longish and sentimental)
BFP #1 5/2010 - Missed m/c at 8 weeks
BFP #2 2/2011
Baby G welcomed with love and relief 10/2011
Surprise BFP 1/8/2013...say what? Baby A arrived 9/2013
Motherhood is not for wimps
That's really cool.
Ha! I love this. When I had my m/c in July 2009, my DH brought me home an orchid. Also withered and died-right around when our LO (a boy) was due.
Flash forward to March 2010 when I got BFP #2, orchid perked up. Bloomed the day before we went for my first u/s. It felt like a sign from our angel baby that all would be ok this time. Mine is still in my kitchen window.
Thank you for sharing. Huge hugs. And I totally feel this is a message from your Kevin.
Dx: Me: Recurrent Pregnancy Loss; DH: Low Morphology (2%)
BFP#1: MC 3/1/11 at 6w1d - EDD 10/21/11
BFP#3: MC 2/8/14 at 4w5d - EDD 10/13/14
BFP#6: CP 11/6/14 at 4w2d - EDD 7/14/15
IVF #1 with ICSI & PGS: May/June 2015, ER 6/3/15, 17R/17M/15F
IVF #2 with ICSI & PGS: July 2015, ER 7/16/15, 16R/11M/9F
PGS results = 6 normal embryos (4 boys, 2 girls)
FET 9/23/15 = BFFN
That is awesome!!!
BFP#1 - 8/27/10 - D&C 10/27/10 @ 13 weeks to Trisomy 18
Missing our Angel Baby Gabriel
BFP#2 - 3/18/11 - CP 3/19/11 BFP#3 - 4/27/11 - Due 1/9/12
ITS A BOY!!!! Born 11/13/11 BFP #4: 10/29/12 edd 7/11/12
Doesn't sound nuts at all
It's a beautiful flower!
m/c 12/25/09 (5w5d) mm/c D&C 4/9/10 (11w1d) Take home baby 2/22/11
My boobies belong to cour10e
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