Glad to see a "Loss" forum

I know this forum is for all losses, but I'm curious who out there has lost babies due to miscarriage, stillbirth, or neonatal death.

I really don't want this to be a "downer" of a topic but I lost my daughter over 2 years ago. She was stillborn in the third trimester. And with my son's birthday coming up - I can't help but spend a lot of time wondering what she would be doing now. (I also had a miscarriage between pregnancies).

Right after we lost Savannah, I found a lot of my support online... and those women are some of my closest friends. The problem with that is that they are just that - online friends. We can't get together on special dates or when one of us just needs to talk to someone who knows.... I just thought that maybe with so many members on DAM that a couple people may be in the same boat as me....

Hi Kristen :) I don't "share the same boat" but just wanted to say thank you for posting about Savannah. I've already PM'd you asking about her but I know many are curious but too afraid to ask.
It must be hard to see other little girls the same age as Savannah would have been, is it not? I wish nobody would have to go through that. I can't imagine. Another friend of mine went through the same thing. Devestating. :(

I hope people that have lost a child will feel comfortable posting here. Sometimes it helps to 'get it out' and talk to someone that can relate.

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I agree with Monette. It has to be very difficult and although I have not lost a child, I can certainly feel part of the pain. I think any mother can. We are all here to support each other and I am sure there are a few who have surely been in your shoes.

:hug I'm so sorry for your loss. :( I haven't lost a baby, but my husband had a little boy who was stillborn in his first marriage. I know he still thinks of him - his name was Brandon.

I haven't suffered a loss, I just wanted to offer you my support and thank you for sharing your story. :hug I'm sure there are a few women here who need someone like you to talk to. I have a friend who lost her 2 year old a year ago, as of Jan 6. It has been a long difficult road for her, and her husband.

I have had a 13wk miscarriage with Craig and that was hard hearing and seeing our baby move and heartbeat. I have had a total of 15 micarriages total and they are hard to deal with. I have an letter that has never been opened that says weither it was a boy or girl and just can't open it. Most of my misscarriages happened between 4-6wks my body doesn't prod. progesstrone and that is the reasone for all of them, 1 dr figured it out and now I have Charlie and Alison.

I'm so sorry for you loss. I have had a first trimester miscarriage. I know many people that have miscarried early. I have a friend that lost a child at 38 weeks. What difficult grief. She has been strong because she has to. I'm sure you feel the same way - you just have to (for you and for Cole). :hug Your dd will always be with you.

I'm glad this loss forum is here as well :thumb

I can't imagine what you went through Kristin. :( My sister had a friend that had the same thing happen to her at 38 weeks. I can not even begin to imagine, and I bet she'll always be a part of you. :hug

Thank you for sharing that Kristin.

I've had my own loss, but I know it wasn't as devastating as yours must have been. I miscarried at 9 weeks, last September, right before conceiving Andrew.

Dh's family has had a lot of loss, as well. His sister died at 7 years old, and it changed their family forever.

I am sorry to hear about your loss.
I had a tubal (eptopic) pregnancy with my first. I was lucky enough not to loose my tube and now I have two beautiful girls. I always wonder if that was my "boy". My dh has a cousin that lost her baby at 38 weeks as well. I don't know what I would do in a situation like that, but I know it would be devastating.

I am so sorry for your loss, I wish you great strength.

I'm sorry for your loss. I had a miscarriage over a year before I got pregnant with Tyler. We had seen the heartbeat, told the soon to be grandparents and the following week we found out the baby hadn't developed past 8 weeks. I was heartbroken. I've seen my brother change since losing his daughter (3) and I can't imagine anything being worse than losing a child.

I'm glad to see the forum here too. I found comfort on message boards where women were going through the same thing I was. It made me feel like I wasn't alone.

I had a miscarriage at 10 weeks with my first pg. It was so heartbreaking. I will never forget getting that phone call at work (my hcg levels) and just losing it, I wanted that baby so bad. The hardest part for me was a really close friend was pg at the same time, we were due within a week of each other. She ended up having her dd on my due date, which was very hard and the only thing that made it easier was that I was pg with Brayden at the time. I too found great support online and still remain friends with the women who also suffered losses around the same time I did. It will be 4 years this April and all of us have had kids since, some two, one has had 3 and one is pg with her 3rd.

Ok I'm rambling now!

((((((Hugs)))))))

I had a miscarriage at 10 weeks with my first pg. It was so heartbreaking. I will never forget getting that phone call at work (my hcg levels) and just losing it, I wanted that baby so bad. The hardest part for me was a really close friend was pg at the same time, we were due within a week of each other. She ended up having her dd on my due date, which was very hard and the only thing that made it easier was that I was pg with Brayden at the time. I too found great support online and still remain friends with the women who also suffered losses around the same time I did. It will be 4 years this April and all of us have had kids since, some two, one has had 3 and one is pg with her 3rd.

Ok I'm rambling now!

Danielle, that's hard... My friend, who was my matron of honor in my weddng, and I were due within a week of each other... and we were both having girls...