Great idea!

Hello. I am glad this group was started. I am 36 yrs old with a 6 yr old son and a wonderful husband. I have had 4 miscarriages and a back injury between the 3rd and 4th miscarriage. I weighed 125 lbs before I got pregnant with my son. My highest weight was 163 lbs. I have been working hard and really watching what I eat (despite my screen name) and I have lost about 5 lbs so far. We are done having any more children, so now it is time for me to get back in shape and feel good about myself again.

Hello,
My name is Corrine (I go by Crin). I am 29, thirty in less then a month. I had my first miscarriage in March and my second one this July. I did not get to hold my babies or even hear their heart beats. I asked my doctor to test my hormone levels and she refused. I have now seen a specialist and was told I will need hormones as soon as we decide to try again. It breaks my heart to think that my babies could have been saved. My husband and I decided to start our family right after we got married. I was the little girl that was always the mommy and had six babies or more. Now I would be happy if I could just have one healthy one. I, too, am an emotionaly eater. But honestly when I'm really sad I tend to not eat, and still gain. I have seen a dietician and previously was very successful at losing weight. I now what I need to do and yet I still seem to be making the bad food choices or skipping meals. So here I am. I know that my heart is broken and it will be a while before I feel like myself but I may as well better myself on the journey. My heart is sad for all your losses and I wish you all the best.

Crin

My name is Mara and my precious daughter Julia was born this past June 16th. Halfway through the pregnancy, we learned she had a fatal neural tube defect and that it was not possible for her to survive long after birth. We carried her to term and she was with us for 22 beautiful hours and 9 minutes. She was a blessing to our family, including her big brother Carter. Taking care of myself right now and being fit is a small thing I can do for myself and I'm very grateful this group was formed and that I found you all. Prayers and hugs to everyone!

Hello Everyone,
I joined MFP several months ago to lose weight before my wedding. I lost qu16lb right away and stopped because I was so happily married, I forgot about my health.

We got pregnant right away - and I can say that I was thrilled. My doc said I was overweight but otherwise healthy and the baby would be fine. We lost it at 12 weeks a little over a week ago. Besides being shocked, we are in a lot of pain. I am not even sure how to describe how I feel... but I know that I need to keep going, and get healthy to give any future babies the best chance they can have.

Our Doc said all my vitamins are low and that we need to wait at least 4 months before thinking about another baby. So, I think I need to use those 4 months to make smarter, healthier decisions.

It's strange, but every time I think about how small and tiny and weak our poor baby was... it makes me angry enough to move and do something to make sure it doesn't happen again because of my health. So, maybe it is a good motivator to move and let getting healthy be the way I heal.

Hello everyone, my name is Dana. I am 32 years old.

I also did a search of miscarriage and found this group. I am glad to find yall. Well my story goes a little something like this:

My husband and I have been married for 12 years now and we quickly made the decision to start a family immediately. After trying for what seemed like forever (2 years) I was told I was just in that 20% of women that was infertile. I made peace with it after a while and we decided adopting would be best for us, so we put ourselves on the state's list. After being on the list for 5 years and not hearing a word about a child available, we finally contacted DFACS and began the process to become adoptive parents. In the midst of all of this I was finally diagnosed with PCOS. Within 30 days of becoming approved parents through DFACS, our Jesse was born and he came home to us at 4 weeks old. He is now 5 years old.

I have been told for the last 12 years that I am infertile and would not get pregnant. Well that all changed on Sept 11, 2012. I had an unexpected period start the Wednesday before (I put it off as stress from work) and also began having cramps, which is completed normal for me. Well by Monday I was in so much pain that night I had to tell my husband that he needed to take me somewhere and someone needed to come and get me. I could not even stand up without feeling like I was going to pass out. I finally made it to the car by crawling on my hands and knees out of the house. Once I got to the hospital, I was blown away when the doctor said my pregnancy test was positive. (My mother even asked the doctor if he was in the right room) I was rushed for an ultrasound and then rushed into surgery before I know it.

Once in recovery I was told what was going on, my pregnancy was ectopic and my tube had ruptured and I was bleeding out. My tube was removed and I has lost about 20 oz. of blood, thank goodness no transfusion was needed. Now that I know I can get pregnant, my chances are even lower now only having one tube.

I feel I need to get myself in better health, that way if some miracle happens in the future, I can be at my best when it happens.

My name is Jessica and I am 28. My husband and I found out I was pregnant Thanksgiving weekend and 2 weeks ago I had a miscarriage at 10 weeks. Before getting pregnant I had lost 43 pounds and I have gained 8 back from the pregnancy and the aftermath that consisted of a lot of emotional eating and very little exercise. In the next few months we are hoping to get pregnant again so my plan is to start working out again and hopefully lose a little more weight before that happens.

So like many others I searched miscarriage in the groups and fell to this group. I am so excited to maybe have some support. While I was only 6 weeks and 5 days along and after reading some of the others who actually got to see their babies and hold them, I feel a bit selfish for saying this, but Im have been devistated.

My story... I have been happily married for almost 9 years. My husband has a 12 year old daughter who lives with us. I have always wanted children. Always knew I was put on this planet to be a mommy. My husband was in no rush to have another child when we got married. His first experience had been horrible. So I waited. He wanted me to finish college and get a career going before we tried. Soooo 8 years later I was finally ready to start trying. We got pregnant the first month. I started to spot at 6 weeks. Went to the doctor heard that sound I will never ever ever forget, the heartbeat. Doctor said he couldn't tell where the bleeding was coming form and since they heard a strong heartbeat, we should be okay. Four days later walking into the doctors offfice I felt the gush. I went to the restroom, and there was my baby. NO I didn't see his face or his arms or anything other than his little baby sack, but I knew that it was him. I told my husband to come back immediately and to bring the doctor. The doctor walked in the bathroom told me there was nothing we could do, and to flush him. While she didn't say it heartless as it sounds, how could I flush my baby. Even just typing this makes me cry. The full swing labor that came hours later was nothing to laugh at either.

Here I am almost 3 months later, I can't say healed, almost maybe scabbed over at best. I have decided that I am going to continue my weight loss journey and get healthy. No one ever said my weight was a factor but being 304lbs at the time probably didn't help any of it.
I am currently down to 295 and am working my butt off everyday, because I will not go thru this agin (as if I have a choice).
My highest weight was 338lbs.

I hope there are words of encouragement and words to help me heal. I have found a song out that probably alot of you know. "I will wait" by Mumford and Sons. It has been very theraputic. While I know it is not about losing a child. It has helped me understand how waiting is okay. I am waiting for my chance to once again be pregnant and feel whole again.