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Re: Pregnancy After Still Born

From: chris (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 03 May 1999 10:04:05 PDT

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I had a still birth two years ago, when I was at 24 weeks. I am now 33 weeks pregnant, and I can understand your mixed emotions. Dispite the excitment of this new baby a lot of old feeling have resurfaced for me, and I found that I was not able to get as excited about this baby. I was so afraid that I would loose this baby that I almost didn't want to love her! My first daughters name was Alexandra, and I went throught a really hard time when she died. What I found that helped me, was we had burried Alex, and I went to the grave and talked to her and my husband there about the new baby. I felt like having a new baby was almost a betral to Alex. I found that until the date passed when I lost Alex, I was distant and I was just reliving everything that had happened before. Now everything is new and easier to take. Unfortunately, I don't have anything to tell you to make it feel better. I hope you can move past this and enjoy this baby. If you would like to talk more, I am at cb_103@hotmail.com

Good luck with this pregnancy!

Christine

>In January our first baby, Elliot, was born still and I've just learned
>that I am pregnant again (about 5 weeks along). Needless to say, we are
>very excited but also very fearful of the next 8/9 months. I was
>wondering if anyone who has also experienced this situation would be
>willing to share with me what helped them get through their subsequent
>pregnancy. And to the medical professionals, how do you work with your
>patients in these situations. As no explanation was ever determined for
>Elliot's death, I'm concerned that we don't feel like we know what to
>look for to prevent this from happening again. I also never had any
>complications throughout his pregnancy, his little heart just stopped
>beating. Any thoughts or ideas from others who've gone before me and
>the medical professionals who care for us would be very helpful. Thanks.
>
>--
>Mom to Elliot s/b 1/5/99

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