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Bittersweet Week

danielle1290danielle1290 member
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This week has been bittersweet for DH & I. Wednesday of course was Rememberance Day for Infant and Pregnancy Loss Awareness. After some debate, I decided to share my story and explain the concept of the day/month on Facebook. (I have had 2 losses in the past year and a half) Wednesday was also DH's birthday, so it was a sad yet happy day for us. Yesterday marked the first anniversary of my most recent loss, an ectopic pregnancy that had to be removed along with part of my right tube, luckily we had a family event that took place most of the day so I was able to distract myself. Today, we plan to take our announcement picture and post it on Facebook so that everyone that doesn't know about our pregnancy will know, which I am very excited about. I wanted to share my Facebook post from Wednesday with you all as well, along with the pictures I posted, so here it is:

Not many people know this, but October is Infant & Pregnancy Loss Awareness Month, and today specifically is Remembrance Day. This is a hard topic to put out in the open, but I am ready to share my story to raise awareness. A lot of you may not know that I have experienced 2 pregnancy losses, one being an early miscarriage and one being an Ectopic pregnancy (meaning that the fetus implanted in the fallopian tube instead of the uterus, resulting in the baby having to be removed). Both losses were heartbreaking, losing a baby that you want so bad and already love so much is a feeling that I can't even explain, and women go through this every day. As if losing a pregnancy isn't hard enough, I can't even imagine what it would be like to lose an infant. This day is to raise awareness for the losses that women, including myself and many others that I know have gone through. This was hard for me to post, but I want to help raise awareness about it and maybe show others that they are not alone in their struggle. Tonight Chris & I will be lighting candles in remembrance of each of our little angels. Here is a great article about how to care for a friend/relative that has experienced a loss:https://adrielbooker.com/care-for-a-friend-after-miscarriage-or-stillbirth/. And here is a charity link: https://www.firstcandle.org/. The picture below of my hand with 2 bows on it signifies my 2 losses. "I carried you every second of your life, I will love you every second of mine"  ‪#‎notforgotten‬‪#‎breakthesilence‬
**TW**
BFP #1 5/5/13  MC confirmed 5/9/13
BFP #2  9/24/13  Ectopic pregnancy + partial right tube removal 10/18/13
BFP #3 8/13/14 DS born 4/24/15
BFP #4 1/13/16 DD born 9/17/16 
BFP #5 5/16/18 EDD 1/29/19

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Re: Bittersweet Week

  • alleycat39alleycat39 member
    So many hugs to you this week. I know how bittersweet Wednesday was, as it was also my birthday. I did decide to post something similar to you and felt good about the positive responses I received. I hope you also received a lot of support from that post.
    PCOS & ute crew member
    BFP #1: 10/24/2012  EDD 7/3/13, missed m/c @ 9 weeks, D&E 
    DX: Septate Uterus. Septum resection 6/4/13
    BFP #2: 12/20/2013  EDD 9/1/14, missed m/c @ 7weeks, D&E
    BFP #3: 5/26/2014 EDD 2/7/15, missed m/c @ 9 weeks, D&E- DX Trisomy22
    RPL, Karyotyping, and SHG: All Normal
    BFP #4: 9/6/14 EDD 5/16/15 Praying for our RAINBOW!
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    Baby GIRL on the way!!
    **All AL Welcome**

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  • Samuelismomma Samuelismomma member
    Big hugs! It was a bittersweet day. I'm glad you had some distractions to help you through it.
    ***ticker warning*** DS 3/27/12 born 6 weeks early....my perfect boy !! Lilypie Third Birthday tickersLilypie First Birthday tickers [url=http://lilypie.com][img]http://lb1f.lilypie.com/z5R8p1.png[/img][/url] image<a href="http://www.thebump.com/?
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