American Pregnancy Association

Amber143 · #1 11-02-2009, 03:25 PM

I should say "take 3", but a lot of people don't count chemical pregnancies since they usually happen too early for a woman to know she's pregnant- except, that is, when you're actually TRYING to get pregnant.

I'm 29 y.o. I'm married to my best friend of 13 years, Corey. I have two boys- Cameron, 9, and Jacob, 3. We decided to start trying again around November of last year. The first time the 2 little lines showed up, it was in February of this year. 3 days later I started my period.

Take two. I got pregnant again right away after that- I think it was the very next month. This time the pregnancy took. At 14 weeks I got a phone call from a nurse saying that they wanted to talk to me because I showed signs of possibly having a baby with Down's. I went in, and -I'm not saying that they scared me into getting it- but I just wanted to make sure that everything was ok, so I got the amnio after they explained the ins and outs of everything. I was 15 weeks along- we found out it was a boy at this visit. We named him Christopher.

2 days later, I thought something was wrong. I wasn't cramping. I wasn't bleeding. It was just a feeling. I told some of my friends, and they all said that I was being paranoid because I wanted this baby so badly.

When I went in for a check up at 19 weeks, they told me that the baby hadn't grown for the last 4 weeks- right around the time I thought something was wrong. I was induced and gave birth to my baby boy on July 10th at 12:10 a.m.

We started trying again as soon as we were allowed, which was last month- and we have conceived again! My tentative due date is July 7th of 2010. I have my first doctor's appt. on the 25th of this month.

I'm scared out of my mind! Not only am I afraid that I might lose this baby, but I'm going to be "ultra high risk", according to my doctor, because I have Lupus. I'm going to have to give myself shots of a blood thinner everyday... its a lot to deal with.

Anyways, that's my story in a nut shell- albeit, a very large nutshell. Wish us luck.

JillB · #2 11-02-2009, 05:45 PM

I'm so sorry to hear about all the pain and loss you've been through in your journey to become a parent! I want to send you the warmest congratulations on your new pregnancy and hope and wish that this time is different for you.

May the next 8+ months be happy, healthy, and uneventful!