A
few years after I lost Baby Sara, I became pregnant again and delivered
a healthy baby girl. My pregnancy went better then any, she was a
c-section but I had already knew that I had to have a c-section.
Donovan and I decided that we would have another one "our last" so soon
after Breanna was born about 3 or 4 months I became pregnant again,
Everything was going smoothly until that routine visit. The doctor
layed me down on the table to check for a heartbeat. after not finding
one for a few minutes I started to feel very uncomfortable, she then
told me not to worry she was going to be right back with an ultrasound
machine to check and see that everything was ok with the baby. I began
freaking out inside shaking and starting to cry a little I knew
something was not right. It only took a few minutes until I had heard
the words that I had heard before that no expecting mother would want
to hear "I'm very sorry" this overwhelming sickness came over me and my
heart began to race, I called Donovan right away and he did not
answer...they began to give me instruction to get a second opinion they
gave me directions to a radiology clinic about a half hour away, I got
my things and went to my car crying hysterically. I could not get a
hold of Donovan and I felt so alone. It really was an "out of body
experience" I started to drive (I honestly don't think I was in any
condition to drive) I think it was almost worse then drinking
and driving, I was not paying attention to where I was going or even
the lane I was driving in. Doctors offices should really think about
not releasing a patient that just found out news like this at least
until she can get a hold of someone. I was devastated I drove all
around town calling everyone I knew. What should have been a 30 minute
ride home turned into about an hour of being disoriented, stressed and
confused, Finally Donovan called me back after I sent him a text "I
think we lost the baby" it was about 15 minutes but it felt like 15
hours, We met up at the house, and He grabbed me right away and we held
each other most of the rest of the day. All I could think about was
knowing what I would soon face for the second time, Donovan was feeling
his own pain as well as mine, He was hurting to so it was hard for him
to be strong for me. So same procedure back to the hospital to give
birth to a child that had died inside me. They induced labor Donovan
and I decided to go ahead and go threw with labor so we could see the
baby and say goodbye. I began to lose to much blood, the doctor made
the call to go ahead with removing the baby by DNC we never found out
the sex of the baby, so we named the baby Jordan middle name Lee. We
both grieved over this child, We would become close at times, and other
times we would be worlds apart. I blamed myself and I felt like Donovan
blamed me. After we were released from the hospital I started taking
pain killers and antidepressants, the pain killers were helping me
"feel better physically" but after I stopped taking them...everything
came back up in me, all the pain and hurt of the first child all hit me
at once, I knew right then and there that I had to get help, I started
searching for anything on the inter net, I called hospice to see if
they had any local groups. I really needed to talk to someone. I
searched the inter net and found a handful of websites I began reading
other peoples stories and what they had been through, a lot far worse
then mine I started to feel like "I'm not alone and I will get through
this" that is when I realized how there is not a lot of support out
there for women and men that have lost a child. It took quite a few
months before I was able to accept what had happened to me and try to
move on. I am doing better but it still hurts, I don't think the pain
ever really goes away. It hurts when I look at the box they sent home
with me full of memories, poems, baby socks and more...Jordan's Due
date was August 1st. It hurt when august 1st came and went, there will
always be empty spot in my heart for her or him, and Sara. My husband
has his ownfeelings and thoughts that he talks about on the Fathers page his experiences and what he went through. Dads hurt to, I never really knew that until I saw how much he cried.
