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Posted On Wednesday, December 21, 2011 by Jesse
After trying for a year in total and having a miscarriage at 3 months along, my husband and I rejoiced to find we were again pregnant! At 15 weeks I had awfully painful cramping and rushed to my doctor, a ultrasound showed a low lying placenta, causing me pain. I soon quit my job as a cleaner and stayed at home mostly and trained horses on the side (without any more physical activity then walking, no lifting, riding etc.). This helped keep the cramping to a minimum and my 20 week ultra...
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Posted On Friday, December 16, 2011 by Lucy
Without you I feel so Empty, Cheated, Robbed, Broken. Without you even in my happy moments are ruined because I feel your absence, and hate myself for having to going on without you. I would have given my life to spare your Mommy and Daddy this pain.Grandma Loves and Misses you so very much now and for the rest of my life..If you are reading this PLEASE go to www.youtube.com search and view 444SJC or The Story of Scottie Jordan Cartagena, and share with a...
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Posted On Wednesday, December 14, 2011 by kimaiya
Where do I start, it's been almost 7 years and still seems like yesterday that this "song" was forever engraved in my mind and heart! I told myself that I would keep this to myself, it's much easier that way, or so I thought, but i've been inspired, oh yes inspired, and I'm gonna share my story, as sad as it may seem to some, it has a happy ending, a blessing that came my way on October 25th, 2004 and a miracle that appeared itself, or should I say herself on December 30th, 2009! You s...
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Posted On Tuesday, November 29, 2011 by Lucy
This is my Story, I have lost my 1st Grandson (Scottie Jordan Cartagena) and my Faith and don't know how I could ever get it back nor do I know if I even want it back.April 2011; The 1st thing that came to my mind when I heard I was going to be Grandma for the 2nd time was, how could I love another as much as I love my Layla, and then when I saw my grandson's sonogram picture for the 1st time, I knew; it just happens. How could one heart hold so much love?October 5 201...
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Posted On Tuesday, November 22, 2011 by Melita
My fiancé and I were very surprised the day we found out we were pregnant, and scared of the prospect of becoming parents... but once the initial shock wore off, we were also very excited about how our lives together would change. I had the dream pregnancy. I had mild morning sickness to 12 weeks which caused me to drop a few kilos before I began to gain and then my weight gain was very minimal and I was constantly being told how small I was looking which at the time I was very proud o...
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Posted On Thursday, November 17, 2011 by Elaine
I'm Elaine, 27, and I experienced pre-eclampsia during the birth of my son Bradley, who is now 6. I was overdue and was getting a stiff neck. The midwife came out and said that my blood pressure was very, very high so I got rushed in to the hospital and the next minute I was tied to a hospital bed with 5 drips and blood pressure machine and was told I had 50/50 chance of surviving the birth. I had an emergency c-section and my son was delivered safely, weighing 8 pound 11. He was a big boy. I...
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Posted On Tuesday, October 18, 2011 by Gina
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Posted On Tuesday, October 18, 2011 by Meredith
I am the mother of five—but I only get to kiss two of my children goodnight so far. I have two boys, Thomas and Henry, and two daughters, Bridget and Elsie. I also have another little boy on the way. Thomas is six, plays t-ball, gymnastics and thinks Justin Beiber is cool. Henry is three, adores his big brother, loves Mickey Mouse and is becoming such a little boy, no more toddler. Bridget and Elsie died an hour after they were both born. They should be nearly four ...
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Posted On Tuesday, October 18, 2011 by crystal
Me and my boyfriend tried to get pregnant for over a year, and when it finally happened we were so excited. I was so happy: all that was wrong was the normal things, nausea, vomiting, and eating. When I was 20 weeks along, we found out we were having a boy who we would name Larry Lewis Rich Jr. At 26 weeks, I found out that I had mild preeclampsia. I was scared, but the doctor said I shouldn't be worried because it was just mild and I would be ok.
Well I was really sick and my feet we...
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Posted On Monday, October 17, 2011 by Shawn
Hi, my name is Shawn and this is my three year journey on trying to have a child which so far involves miscarriage, fertility issues, severe preeclampsia, HELLP syndrome, death and surrogacy.I keep telling myself there has to be a reason that I’ve gone through everything I have. Am I supposed to learn a lesson or am I supposed to share my journey and struggles with others that have had similar situations. I’m not sure that I’ll ever know, but I do know...
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Posted On Tuesday, October 11, 2011 by Amy
Many people develop pre-eclampsia in their 1st pregnancy, but that wasn't the case with me. Other than terrible nausea, I had very healthy pregnancies for my first two. Pregnancy #3 came along and I had gestational diabetes around 18 weeks. I followed a very strict diet and did not need insulin.
At week 33, my blood pressure jumped. I took a 24-hour urine and the protein level was around 60. I took another 24-hour urine the next week, it was up to 300+ (now officially pre-eclampsia). ...
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Posted On Saturday, October 08, 2011 by Lisa
My husband took me back to UCLA (where I was in intensive care for weeks) and walking the halls was odd. The nursing staff would first see my husband and smile and then their gaze would land on me and they would stand stock still, stare with a shocked expression. Â It was as if I were Lazarus come back from the grave and they could not believe their eyes.
It made me feel so strange. Â For weeks afterwards I told my husband, "I feel like they are family that I left behind and I nee...
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Posted On Thursday, October 06, 2011 by Janel
After surviving a very traumatic first pregnancy with a nightmare delivery (30 hours of magnesium-induced hell, ending in an emergency c-section) and even more debilitating recovery, one would think I was DONE having children. Let's be honest, preeclampsia tends to put a damper on a mother's hopes for carrying other children!
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Posted On Saturday, September 24, 2011 by Lisa
I lost three naturally conceived pregnancies and did many failed fertility attempts before deciding to move on to DE IVF (at the advice of several REs). Â However, at the advice of a therapist whose help I sought to deal with the grief I also had immunological and clotting tests run and I came up positive for APA with elevated NK count. Â My RE said I should move on to DE and if I got pregnant I should take low dose prednizone during the first trimester and inject lovenox, a blood thinner...
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Posted On Thursday, September 01, 2011 by Amy
I had our son when I was at 35 weeks. Â I had a sudden onset of preeclampsia. Â He was born by emergency c-section and spent 3 weeks in the NICU. Â Besides being small and having some respiratory distress he was very healthy and has and is a very active child. Â We just found out we're pregnant with our 2nd child!...
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Posted On Wednesday, August 31, 2011 by Ellery
God saved me as 19 years of age. I am sharing this testimony with you first, because if it hadn't been for God's divine intervention in my life, I wouldn't have made it through this traumatic event. I was raised in being told about God from my mom and grandparents, but I come from a very broken household. My parents divorced when I was 12. My dad was an alcholic and was imprisioned for DUI manslaughter for 10 years. Every day I woke up wondering what was the purpose for my life, why was I cre...
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Posted On Wednesday, August 24, 2011 by Kristina
My husband and I had tried for almost 3 years to get pregnant. I had given up all hope when one day in January of 2006 my period was late and I decided to take a pregnancy test. The first one I took didn't look like it was changing after I stared at it for 30 seconds, so I just tossed it in the trash. Later that day while I was using the bathroom I happened to look in the trash can and noticed that there were two lines on the stick. Not just one.
The next morning I too...
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Posted On Tuesday, August 16, 2011 by Busisiwe
All the stories I’ve read have a happy ending....
In 2002 I met my future husband, JB, funny, loving, kind and honest. I fell pregnant in April 2003 at a grand age of 24 - never ever having been on any contraceptive. I was more scared of having disappointed my parents than at actually being pregnant- I loved it - I wanted the baby!!! Naively, we thought all would go well, all we had to do was wait 9 months, and hooray we are parents. Though unprepared, we went on to prepare for...
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Posted On Thursday, August 11, 2011 by Girlie
On October 2010, I was so happy when I found out that I was pregnant with my first child. It was so easy for me because I didn’t experience things other women did, like morning sickness or nausea and other uncomfortable situation that a pregnant woman always encounters. Before that, I don’t have any medical history that need attention or can cause problem with my pregnancy. I go to my OB regularly for my prenatal and had all the laboratory test done and happy to say that ...
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Posted On Monday, August 08, 2011 by julie
I just delivered my son, via a second c-section, a month ago.My daughter's birth almost 2 years ago was not a smooth process. I endured a 36-hour labor of pitocin, getting an epidural after my water broke. I stalled at 5 centimeters and had to be delivered via c-section. I had my baby girl on 10/24/09 and she was 10 lbs. 8 oz. I was not diabetic.
The recovery was painful, and I was swollen like a grape. My eyes were so puffy. My toes were spread out...
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