It is so nice to finally be able to talk about the pregnancy openly. A pregnancy after a loss, especially the kind I had, is not for the weak. You become even more hyper aware of everything. Even more you expect there to be something wrong because that's what prior experience has shown you. After we lost Jasmine, we met with a genetic counselor. They said the issues didn't appear to be genetic and that while they couldn't guarantee that there was a zero percent chance of it happening again, that the chances were likely less than 1%. But the chances of it happening in any pregnancy in the first place were small. So once it happens to you, even 1% feels huge. I knew I was pregnant at a little before the 4 week mark. I had betas drawn and those all went well. I have had four ultrasounds before the one with the MFM yesterday. Everything has been good so far. I had the NIPT blood test and it came back negative for trisomy 1...
A blog that started about the loss of our daughter to CDH and dealing with the emotions of this. It has evolved into helping others who have gone through a loss or are going through a loss.