We lost the baby

Waaaaaah!

I was in shock when I first found out. The December 23 ultrasound showed that the baby was fine. Except for the wrong ageing, which we thought was just a fluke -– the baby might be on his side or something -– we were looking forward to having our bundle of joy in 2009!

Christmas and New Year's came and went. And everything was fine...

Then came January 5, my first ultrasound date for 2009. The first thing I asked was for the baby's age to be checked. The first thing I was told was that the baby had no heartbeat... Huh?!? What?!? How could this be?!? After 3 minutes, the doctor confirmed that the baby officially had no hearbeat...

Whaaaaaaaaah! I was not expecting this! No warning that the baby was already gone! And then my next question was, “What do I do now?”

In a nutshell, I opted to wait a week for the baby to “pass out” of my body. Unfortunately, that didn't happen. Sooooo, I had a d&c done. The wait was nerve wracking! Many thanks to everyone for assuring me that this was a normal procedure and that I need not worry! Of course I was scared! With God's help, I was pretty calm on the day of the procedure. And I thank the Lord that the d&c went well! The procedure itself was painless. And, I claim that my recovery is going well!!!