Thursday, June 14 2007 - Staying Positive

bee's coming back tmr. i cant wait. its been the most lonely 10 days without him around. i miss him soo much.

in just less than a month, i've heard of 3 miscarriages of their babies within 8-10 weeks. friend's sister, friend's wife.. and a friend i knew through our marriage prep workshop. 2 were missed abortions.

missed abortion is when the fetus has simply stopped growing in the womb and yet to show signs of miscarriage. there need not be any cramping or spotting. my friend's baby stopped growing some time back and her water bag continue to expand and showing signs of pregnancy. it can be 3,4 weeks before the fetus is expelled out of the body naturally, but by then it may be quite dangerous as it may have rotten inside the womb and u may get an infection.

it is unnerving.

such missed abortion are apparently so common, occurring 1 in every 5 pregnancies. why so, i do not know.

you wont have any apparent symptoms. my friend's sister "felt her body changing" when she no longer felt nausea etc. but if ur hormones levels are still high, u can still have all the pregnancy symptoms. for me, i never had any nausea to begin with. not sure if its a good thing or not.

i'm inspired by my friend's optimism. she says its "good fortune". that "this happened now and not later". her gynae assure her that she will likely be pregnant again in the next 6 months, successfully.

our next appointment is this coming sat.

we *should* be able to see the baby's heartbeat by now.

pls pray for beecube.