Hi Dr. Laura,
I saw on your page Facebook.com/DrLaura, you asked what are we grateful for. There are so many things, but of course our hearts are filled with the joy of our family.
My husband and I are coming up on our 8th anniversary this year. We have 4 children, 7 and under, and yesterday, we lost our 5th. I was early in my 6 weeks into my first trimester, and had heard the heartbeat earlier in the week and saw the shape of the tiny body on the screen. I had some bleeding and went to the doctor's yesterday. The baby's heartbeat was still there, but was very slow. The doctor gave me some meds to help sustain the pregnancy, but it was too late. I got home and in the privacy of 10 minutes in my bathroom, I passed the life that would have been held, loved and kissed the following April. It was heartbreaking and painful in so many ways. To think people view babies just a clump of cells when there is a heartbeat, I wish they could have been in my body at this moment.
I'm grateful in the Lord's Mercy as likely this happened due to an abnormality of some sort, but I'm grateful for being allowed to love this life if only for a little bit. I look forward to joining this soul again in heaven. For now we will hug the babies we have and try again at some point soon. Loren
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