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Interview – Preeclampsia & Gallstones: Part 2

Q.     Tell about your baby when he/she was born.  How did you react to seeing your baby for the first time?
A.      When I was in labor I said I’d never get pregnant again because I was in hell.  The second I saw my daughter I knew that I could do it again-but it would be [...]

Interview – Preeclampsia & Gallstones: Part 1

The following three posts share an interview with a woman who struggled with preeclampsia and gallstones during her first pregnancy.
Q.    Tell about any pregnancy complications you experienced and how you dealt with them.
A.     My main complications were gallstones and Preeclampsia.  Some days I’m not sure how I dealt with them cause I was [...]

Your Next Pregnancy

I don’t know how all of you women felt after losing your first baby or delivering your first baby prematurely, but I was absolutely determined to believe that my first experience was a fluke.  I was in complete denial that there might be something wrong with my body, that I couldn’t conceive healthy children, or [...]

Getting Pregnant Again: Part 2

I also have a very special place in my heart for my full-term baby, and much of that is because she was full-term.  She was a miracle!  (I am taking the fact for granted that all preemie babies are miracles)  After two preemies there was much sacrifice and prayer that went into carrying her to [...]

Getting Pregnant Again: Part 1

These next two posts may seem a little out of place following my latest post A Confession because I actually wrote these posts first.  Thinking about these posts and being involved in other conversations led to my most recent post.  Anyway, here goes:
I was just thinking about the fears I had about getting pregnant again [...]

Finding a Good High Risk Specialist

Okay, this is seriously one of the most important things you must do if you’re facing a high risk pregnancy.  Find a good high risk specialist.  Some people get confused about who is a specialist or what it means to be a specialist.  Regular OB/GYNs are specialists in prenatal care as opposed to a family [...]

Q&A: Progesterone Shots

Question from Angela:
I am starting my 17th week and will be starting the progesterone shots in two weeks. I am a little nervous because this is my first time with trying them. Did you have any side effects from the shots?
Answer:
I was pretty nervous about the progesterone shots because every doctor who told me about [...]

What’s With Cervical Lengths?

At my first doctor appointment with my third pregnancy (my first two resulting in preemies) the doctor started talking about cervical length.  He said that we would want to check my cervical length every 2 weeks during my pregnancy so that we always knew what was going on with my body and if there was [...]