YAY MrsCarter!! Congrats! We're starting to have a LOT of December babies on here


I really do not FEEL pregnant....I mean I'm glad my energy is holding up. It's just strange. I expected to feel pregnant super soon this time around, and not the case.

HOPE EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING GREAT

WELCOME Beth!! My daughter was only 17 months old when her brother was born...so we tried to get her excited over "the baby" but as she was just a baby herself she didn't seem to understand. She wasn't too jealous of him after he was born though. Your daughter will be old enough to understand more probably...I'd just start out by talking to her about it, and as your tummy grows I'm sure her curiosity will peak and she'll get excited.

Have been spotting off and on since last night, color has gone from brown to pink....heading to the Dr in a bit. :ohwell:

Well no good news here. Went to the Dr yesterday, he checked my cervix said it felt normal, and no blood when he checked. Felt my uterus said it felt normal. But he said if you're having some bleeding your body is trying to tell us something. There will either be a heartbeat or not, so he ordered an u/s. Keep in mind I was supposed to be 10 weeks yesterday so there should have been an obvious baby with a heartbeat in there. Had to have a vaginal u/s, u/s begins and nothing....no heartbeat...no movement....no baby, just what looked to be an u/s of a baby at a much earlier time (had a six week u/s with my daughter looked the same as this except no heartbeat.) So the u/s tech measured across the baby and up on the screen in very small print it says (6 weeks) and she asked how far along are you supposed to be? I said 10 weeks and she said nothing else the whole u/s. I looked at my husband and shook my head no. Had to go wait on the Dr again. He came in and ultimately the jist of everything said was. It appears the baby stopped growing at 6 weeks; unless in the VERY slim chance we had our dates off that badly. (which I'm so regular I know the day I'll start my period, I took a pregnancy test the day of my missed period and it was positive. went the Dr a week later and the test came up positive again, so i know our dates aren't off.) The Dr also said there was no risk to my health at all by waiting to see if I miscarry naturally that most people just get tired of waiting and have a D&C, and for me to do whatever I was comfortable doing. I'm scheduled for an appt next week if I don't miscarry before then, I'm supposed to go in for them to do another u/s just to check, and then from there it's just a waiting game to miscarry if no growth. I'm sad and dissapointed, but ok b/c I know God's in control and allows things to happen for a reason. So unless there is a miraculous occurence between this week and next I am out of here.

Good luck to everyone else. May you have fabulous pregnancies, easy births, and super healthy December babies

Thanks for the prayers & sympathy. I have never gone through a miscarriage before, and hope I never have another one. Overall it's been a 5 day process, finally today I passed everything.....so painful...mentally, physically & emotionally. UGH! Hope everyone else is doing great.