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Repost @psychedmommy
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If 20% of all pregnancies end in loss, why does it feel like not a single soul understands? Why does it feel like no one can relate? Or as though providers have never comforted someone that’s experiencing loss? These are questions I’ve asked myself as I lived through loss after loss. I wanted to talk about this so that women don’t feel the way I felt, and know that they can be supported!
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Those who experience loss are at increased risk for PTSD, OCD, and anxiety symptoms (especially during subsequent pregnancies). It’s so important to recognize this and get connected with resources. Family and friends can be supportive, but sometimes it’s more helpful to have a community of people that have lived through it and can offer empathy.
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If you’ve experienced loss, I stand with you. I recognize your pain. I hope to encourage others to not minimize that pain or brush it aside. I also want to provide some resources
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www.handonline.org
www.mend.org
www.resolve.org
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You can also go to postpartum.net and find local support groups and/or providers for treatment.
Pay attention to your intuition and fetal movements so important. Thanks mama for this message!
#repost via @letterstolillian
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Nothing puts a pit in my stomach and ignites a fiery passion like the words, “fetal movement.” Bad information abounds on Dr. Google, from message boards filled with anecdotes of “babies run out of room towards the end of pregnancy,” to popular pregnancy websites perpetuating that same myth. Perhaps Lillian would still be here if I’d known that wasn’t true. In the last 2.5 years there has been a huge push for accurate information regarding fetal movements and counting kicks. I love seeing progress being made, because it means babies’ lives are being saved. But so much of it is focused on 3rd trimester movement and most providers tell parents kick counts are unreliable until 28 weeks — what about the 2nd trimester? One of the biggest reasons Gilbert is alive is that we were hyper-vigilant about his movements (the biggest is probably our MFM recognizing something was wrong and telling the OB team to deliver ASAP). He was always active starting at 8pm, and when he wasn’t, we knew something was up. His movements became less frequent over the next 2 days, and we made 2 trips to the hospital, the second of which resulted in 2 failed BPPs and an emergency c-section. There’s not much out there on fetal movement between 24-28 weeks, but @tommys_thebabycharity has some fantastic information on their website (screenshot in the last photo). Always get checked if you feel like something’s wrong. And keep going back if you need to. A brain bleed in-utero is incredibly rare, but that’s why he stopped moving and was showing signs of distress. It’s so scary to think how close we came to losing him too. Bottom line is this: know your baby’s movements, and remember that you are their best advocate.
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Milestones take on a new meaning with pregnancy after loss.
#repost via @stacey.skrysak
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I made it. Another milestone to check off the list. That’s me, excited to drink the sugary concoction as I head to the doctor for my gestational diabetes test. Yep, I’m smiling. Most people call it a disgusting drink and dread the moment of consumption. But for parents like me who delivered children prematurely, we’re thrilled to reach milestones like this one.
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A normal pregnancy is filled with so many ups and downs. You’re growing a tiny human inside of you, you’re bound to feel a range of emotions. And you have every right to complain. But when you’ve gone through a tragic loss of a child or have gone into labor far too early, pregnancy looks very different. .....
Those moments that other moms complain about are often milestones we look forward to. The gestational diabetes test means we’re nearing the third trimester, something so many of us have never experienced. The swollen ankles and back pain mean the baby is growing and we’re still pregnant. And the sleepless nights due to a giant belly is something to embrace. Many of us didn’t leave the bed for days or weeks, doctors orders when we faced pregnancy complications.
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Each woman is different and that means we each face a different experience. It’s OK to love everything about pregnancy, and it’s definitely OK to despise it. .....
Even though my journey has been bittersweet and emotional, I know how lucky I am. I never got the chance to experience a normal pregnancy before, so I’m embracing every moment this time around. Bring on the swollen feet, the exhaustion and the pregnancy pains. I’m still pregnant at close to 25 weeks, and that’s reason to celebrate and embrace the bump. #pregnancyafterloss #rainbowbaby #pregnantandperfect #micropreemie #preemie #22weeker #childloss #infantloss #25weekspregnant
I haven’t been able to talk about ‘the little room’, till now. Last summer I wrote a post that I saved but never published about how it was the one space I dreaded putting together; we daren’t hope it might still become the nursery we longed for so ‘the little room’ was born, painted the peaceful green we loved from our last bedroom in Hackney and until now used as storage, its identity undecided..
But unbelievably, very happily and still with an awful lot of trepidation, the little room has found its purpose; we’re 17 weeks in, everything is looking good and we’re expecting a little girl in September
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I thought if I ever made it this far it would make the previous losses easier, turns out it doesn’t, it’s a big bag of mixed emotions and still hard to talk about like it’s reality for fear it could all be taken away again, but apparently talking about it is a positive thing so that’s what I’m trying to do
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oh the wishes
the wishes
are so messed up
I thought if I wished
hard enough
it would turn out
to be a bad dream
But the wishes
just reminded me of
my grief
my loss
my broken heart
I wished for her kicks
heartburn
hiccups and my big belly
Anything !
I still
after almost two
years
Touch my belly
and remember
I still wish
but my wishes are
now
I miss ... it’s an interesting process ... grief.
I miss your kicks
I miss your hiccups
I miss you !
Jenn xo
Sometimes I hesitate before posting this picture. I know you’ve seen it before; no one wishes more than I that there were fresh new photographs of me with my son...but there aren’t. There’s just the 47. And that’s all there will ever be.
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I worry that perhaps you’ll see this post and quickly scroll by, it’s words as familiar as the image itself. ‘Here she goes again...’ .
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I have written so much about loss and grief and life thereafter that I fear I have exhausted all rhetoric. That there is nothing left for me to say that I haven’t written out a hundred times before; or someone else has said better, with more poise and more heart.
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I think, maybe, you’re getting bored of it, of me; of the echo chamber of babyloss you - perhaps unintentionally - have found yourself in. I wonder if I should just, stop. .
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But every day, someone tentatively searches for a hashtag which they never knew existed. Someone reaches out from the depth of their despair in the hope of finding solace. Someone stumbles across these words, and finds a familiarity which comes not from repetition, but their own lived experience.
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They see this post, and it speaks their truth. A powerful ‘me too’ which can save them from the darkness.
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So I’m sorry if you’ve heard this all before, but these might just be the words someone needs today ❤️
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