Firstly a big WoHoo to one of my readers who saw a heartbeat yesterday! You know who you are.
Her announcement made me think about the benchmark of miscarriage, the point at which you feel you are over the marker that the last (unsuccessful) pregnancy ended at.
For me the scan at 7w4d showing a [...]
Archive for April, 2008
The benchmark of miscarriage
Posted in miscarriage, pregnancy on April 30, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I am being audited!
Posted in miscarriage, money on April 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Last year, towards the end of my brief pregnancy I was issued a Form 12 from the Rev.enue Com.missioners. I started to complete it and then we found out that our baby had died and I descended into the black pit of a second miscarriage in 6 months. Needless to say the form [...]
Quiet whispers
Posted in IVF, Love, pregnancy on April 25, 2008 | 9 Comments »
We drove home from Dublin this evening with such peace in the car. Every now and then I would whisper quietly “arms & legs”.
The wait in the hospital was FOREVER. The hospital has this stupid process of giving people an appointment time and then seeing them on a first come, first served basis. [...]
2 in 1
Posted in Love, pregnancy on April 25, 2008 | 7 Comments »
2 heartbeats continue to beat in my body. The smaller one is the size that it should be. The bigger one is filled with love and (a small amount of) calm. Arms and legs were wiggling and if my camera behaves I may have a picture later.
I am 9 weeks
Posted in miscarriage, pregnancy on April 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »
It was 9w on my last pregnancy that I found out that my baby had died. Today is full of mixed emotions for me – hope & fear being the most powerful ones. I bawled my way through my prayers last night.
I now have 24 hours to wait until my scan with every [...]
Posted in miscarriage on April 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Another baby was lost today to a heartbeatless scan. Not my baby but that doesn’t matter. A 7 IVF veteran who had never made it to the 7w scan let alone an 8w one found out today that her baby died at the weekend. I am paralysed with fear. She is [...]
I am slipping
Posted in pregnancy on April 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A post every other day? I am slipping. Not good enough. I am just too darned tired to get anything written these days.
Can I just say that I love Excel and what I love all the more is when I learn something new in Excel. Today I learned “=NOW()”. I [...]
I must be mad
Posted in pregnancy on April 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I am 8w2d pregnant, exhausted, nauseated all the time and I agreed to mind my niece, along with D, for 3 hours this afternoon and Lord forgive me but the girl can whine! I will say this to her mother when she gets back so I have qualms about saying it here. D [...]
One of these days
Posted in Love, parenting, party, pregnancy on April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some day soon it won’t be 11 at night when I think about writing something down.
My boys are 3 & 37 today. It was a day of mixed emotions for a variety of reasons. All in all it was good but I am tired now.
We gave D the next installment of his kitchen [...]
3 years ago
Posted in pregnancy on April 16, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Three years ago this morning I was induced. D was given his marching orders and I began a 27 hour labouring process. He was born the next day, on his fathers birthday.
Someone asked me in a comment about relaxing in this pregnancy. I don’t know if or when it will happen. [...]
