Hi, my name is Jackie! I've been happily married to Andy since July '06. I love him with all my heart. We've been together for a total of 6 years now and decided to start ttc in December '07. I had been off birth control since Feb. '07 and we hadn't fallen pregnant yet, so we were pretty amazed when we fond out we got it on the first try. I guess all we had to do was try! He, he!

Unfortunately, we found out at our first appointment(Feb. 8th) that the baby may have stopped developing. We made a second appointment about 6 days later to see if there had been any change, only to find out the baby had only made it to 7weeks 4days. It was a total shock since I had experienced no signs of impending miscarriage. They said it was a missed miscarriage and that my body didn't realize the baby had died. They said every day I go without a sign of miscarriage that it is less likely that I will miscarry on my own. So we have one last sono and a D&C scheduled for Feb. 25th. This has been very difficult to deal with, but I know that we will make it through this and go on to conceive again soon.

I thank everyone for their support and warm wishes. It truly means the world to me.

Here's wishing everyone the best!!!

Feb. 21, 2008 - Today I started spotting around 11am. I came home for lunch and noticed a very watery pink discharge. I called the doc and they scheduled me for a sono tomorrow morning to see if I passed everything or not. Maybe I will miscarry on my own after all. I still have my doubts though b/c I haven't been bleeding very much at all and I'm not really having much in the way of cramps. If I don't pass everything, they said I will have to wait until my scheduled D&C on Monday. I hate this waiting. I've just been really worried and nervous today. I'm scared of being sent home tomorrow only to have to go in for an emergency situation or something.

Feb. 22, 2008 - Went to the doc today and the sono showed that things were breaking up, which is good I guess. We just have to wait and see what happens over the weekend. What happens Monday all depends on what happens this weekend. If I seem to have miscarried on my own they will cancel the D&C and follow up with testing hormone levels. If not, they will do the D&C as scheduled.

My doctor said we would need to wait 3 cycles before trying again. She said that was to give the uterine lining time to build itself back up so it would be strong enough for the next embryo to attach and give us a good chance at a viable pregnancy. It seems like a long time to wait but if it will increase our odds, then I'm all for it. I just can't wait to start trying again. I am still mourning the loss of this one, but I still can't wait to have another one growing in my belly.

Feb. 26, 2008 - I had the D&C yesterday. Everything went fine, but it seemed like I was never going to get out of the hospital. I started getting preped for the surgery at 2:30pm. They had a hard time finding a vein for the IV. I had two people, one on each arm, trying to find a vein. They finally got one in the crease of my arm. Shortly thereafter, they gave me what they called "la, la juice" to calm my nerves. Then I layed ther for a while with Andy and my mom just talking until they took me away at 3:25pm. The surgery lasted about 30 min. or so. I must have come out of the anestethia crying or I strated crying soon after I came to. I remember crying as they rolled me into recovery and hearing some guy say to the nurse that I was a little emotional due to the fact I had miscarried. I layed there and cried for a while. Then, I just started to watch my vitals and layed there some more. I was in recovery for about 45 min.-1 hour. They took me back to my room and Andy and my mom came back and sat with me for a while. It seemed like we were there for another hour or longer. Then, of course there was a long line Andy had to wait in to get my prescription. We finally got to leave the hospital around 7pm. I've been taking Methergine every eight hours, taking Darvocet a 1/2 hour before to ease the cramping caused by the Methergine. Luckily I haven't been bleeding or cramping too much. I will probably go back to work tomorrow.