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The Loss

Soon after we found out I was pregnant I went to the doctor just as anyone should.  I was very sick for 3 weeks and nothing was helping….not even the anti nausea meds from the doc.  The day after I had blood work done I received a call about it.  Apparently there was a certain hormone that was very low.  I had additional blood work done and it was still low.  So the next thing was a sonogram to see just about how far along I really was (i’m not the type to keep track of my period dates…lol!).

At this point the doctor had warned us that with that low of this certain hormone that there usually isn’t a heartbeat.  And there wasn’t.  He then told us my options.  1) have a natural miscarriage or 2) get a D&C done.  I asked how long does it take to miscarriage naturally and he said up to 6 weeks.  I was 9 weeks, the baby was 7 weeks and I was absolutely miserabley sick all day every day!  I opted for the D&C.

I had my D&C on Oct 1st.  It was quick and I got a nice medically induced no kid interrupted nap.  I wanted more of that nap, lol!!  When we left the hospital my appetite was back…no nausea…I told the hubbs to hit In N Out Burger!  Then I made him get my favorite mexican food for dinner (Don Taco).  Then I had In N Out Burger again the next night!  I’d been robbed of eating for 3 weeks and my body was ready to eat!

Emotionally we are just fine…everything happens for a reason.  We were freaking out in the beginning of how are we going to do this again with the Autistic kiddo.  So there was a little sigh of relief but yet it is still sad.  We are not a religious family but we appreciate everyones thoughts and prayers.  The kiddos took the news just fine as well.

We are slowly getting back to normal around the house….catching up on laundry, karate, making dinner at home, etc.

The other wonderful thing is my niece Leila Elise came into the world yesterday Oct 2nd.  She is precious and I can not wait to spoil her (you know since I have all boys!)!!

Leila Elise.