tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707332630639933436.post1253164173301356144..comments2024-02-21T07:58:44.752-05:00Comments on The Great Umbrella Heist: An empty bassinetSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09856102708963900512noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707332630639933436.post-80137823546417765202017-10-14T02:25:01.412-04:002017-10-14T02:25:01.412-04:00Hi Sarah,
Thank you for those two posts. I try ...Hi Sarah,<br /> <br />Thank you for those two posts. I try to imagine what loosing Abigail in this way... and in any way at all.... must have been for you and know I don't even come close. I didn't want to read and "walk on the other side of the street" and yet no words would ever be enough. So all I'm doing is sending you a huge virtual hug, if such a thing. <br /><br />JoJojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15869217310768986062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707332630639933436.post-26249530128371356382017-10-13T18:06:42.576-04:002017-10-13T18:06:42.576-04:00I just wanted to send some extra love your way wit...I just wanted to send some extra love your way with these last couple of posts. Bree at Clarity Definedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08096737995080439327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707332630639933436.post-68383356195826478672017-10-13T10:28:05.813-04:002017-10-13T10:28:05.813-04:00Everyone has their own story and they are all diff...Everyone has their own story and they are all different. My cousin has gone over three weeks overdue twice, and her babies aren't "overdue" looking. Maybe a miscalculation of dates? Or long menstrual cycles results in the egg dropping later? Her sisters have also gone weeks past their due date with no complications. I know this doesn't bring you comfort, I just wanted to point out that all babies and pregnancies are so, so different, and that the "due date" isn't a perfect calculation of when baby should come. Kristahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07598812035443169876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707332630639933436.post-49345842808858929192017-10-13T08:53:26.293-04:002017-10-13T08:53:26.293-04:00<3 I have nothing profound to share...just love...<3 I have nothing profound to share...just love from a fellow mama. I know this is a love poem, but this truly sums up how I feel about my kids.<br /><br />i carry your heart with me(i carry it in<br />my heart)<br /><br />The other night as I was lounging in bed with one of my daughters, I told her "I love you so much." She asked how much is so much. And I immediately thought of that line. I didn't realize how much I could love another person until that first baby was there. A piece of me is with them always and it's painful to have your heart walking out there without you. Merkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13556928466821631021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707332630639933436.post-25982728740951788042017-10-12T14:40:41.044-04:002017-10-12T14:40:41.044-04:00Sarah, I've followed your blog for a few years...Sarah, I've followed your blog for a few years (and I love your Instagram and stories now, especially the girls' dance routines - they are SO good). Anyways, I just gave birth two months ago, fortunately, to a healthy baby boy. But, throughout my entire pregnancy I thought about you and your Abigail many, many times. Always with what you've shared of your experience in the back of my mind. My heart breaks for your loss, something I'm sure you feel just as strongly today as you did eleven years ago. <br /><br />I had an anterior placenta so it was difficult to feel the baby move and kick counts gave me so much anxiety but I knew they were important because of what you said. I went in for fetal monitoring multiple times - likely unnecessary but I wanted assurance and I was never turned away. I was petrified of going past my due date and I was actually grateful when they sent me to the hospital two days before my due date to check on things. They decided to unexpectedly induce because his heart rate and fluid were low.<br /><br />I'm sure it's different with every doctor but perhaps recommendations or procedures are changing? My doctor told me the risk of stillbirth doubles if you go past the due date and that's why they order weekly ultrasounds (not just check-ups) if you are past due. Of course, none of this changes the heartache you and other mothers have experienced but I was informed because of your story and I do think that made a difference. Thank you for sharing. Stephanie J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08549575262809648096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707332630639933436.post-61772411845152460702017-10-12T10:17:58.595-04:002017-10-12T10:17:58.595-04:00I can't even imagine going through what you we...I can't even imagine going through what you went through/continue to go through.<br /><br />I was 8 days past my due date, and went in to be induced and baby was in distress. The day before I had an u/s to determine if there were any issues (why I hadn't gone into labour), and half my fluid was gone (it did not break, I hadn't noticed anything). They sent me for monitoring and to be induced and then couldn't do it because too many women came in in active labour, so they sent me home. I was so scared, because when I had asked to go home to get my things, they said no - it wasn't a good idea (I lived 20mins from the hospital), but then they sent me home overnight. Baby was fine when I left - no signs of distress. THe next morning, full on in distress and I needed an urgent c/s to "save the baby". Scariest moments of my life. I am so thankful she ended up okay, but not sure if she would have had my planned induction been pushed any further.<br /><br />Thank you for sharing your story so openly. I hope you do get proper answers someday, though it will never make it okay.<br /><br />Thoughts are with you and your family.<br /><br /><br />MeghanMeghanFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02341788585885027021noreply@blogger.com