Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Why do I look?

I'm nosy...too nosy at times.  I read The Bump a few times a day to look at the posts that might apply to me, respond to a few if someone has a question on something I've been through.  It's a pretty large community so you get questions that are all over the spectrum and you get all kinds of different situations.  I keep trying to remember, it's a large community...

Every once in a while, there is a post with some type of title I know I shouldn't open..."Baby's gone", "Saying goodbye", "Our loss".  I know I shouldn't open the post.  While my heart breaks for the women who have to experience this at any stage, for my sanity, I shouldn't read them.  But for some reason, I usually always open them.  Today was no different.  A woman posted yesterday that she couldn't find the heart beat with her at home doppler.  She posted again that she had an appointment today for peace of mind.  This morning she posted that she had lost her baby last week (a missed miscarriage).  She would have been 19 weeks.

You get so excited to finally graduate from 1st tri and then something like this happens and kicks you in the gut with a reality check.  Something can always go wrong.  Thankfully, the statistic of you have a 1% chance of miscarrying once you make it through the first trimester means you have really good odds of being ok.  But someone has to make up that 1%. 

I wish I didn't have such an anxious personality.  I wish I didn't worry all of the time.  I know that it's all in God's hands and what's meant to be will be.  ...but I still worry.  Thankfully, Aaron is good at looking at the positive when I have these negative moments.  He "just knows that everything is going to be ok."  And that makes me feel better.

3 comments:

  1. This is your mother speaking....stop reading those posts. Women worry enough on their own (me included) during pregnancy without a constant reminder of things that do go wrong. This is the one downfall of your generation with all these postings/social networking...be like me and don't go there. We will all keeping praying and God is with us all...now pray for peace of mind...that is what YOU need most. Your loving mom and Beeba to baby. (don't kill me for this post...me just on social network!)

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  2. I do the SAME THING with The Bump. I *know* I stress more when I go on there, but I just can't stop!

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  3. I'm so sorry that you are feeling nervous! It definitely goes with te territory :(. I'm pretty sure it never goes away, just changes over time. I, too, just know that everything is going to be okay. Happy Mother's Day!! :)

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