Aloha my name is Stacie and I am "mom" to 4 beautiful children. This site is began as the journey through my 5th pregnancy which I referred to as our "Unexpected Blessing." But it's also become a site about loss, dealing with miscarrige, renewed hope, and the road beyond this challenge in life.
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For the first time in my life, I’m soooo looking forward to the New Year, to leaving the events of this year in the past (behind me so I can move on). 2006 was a tough year for me for a number of reasons. But, I made a decision today - I’d really […]
Well, 1st af after my miscarriage showed up on Christmas Eve. It’s strange because many women talked about how emotional that event was for them. I didn’t think I’d have a problem with it. Many women who’ve experienced losses also talked about how difficult the holidays are. I didn’t think I’d have too hard a […]
I just came across a blog in which a pregnant women stated that she didn’t understand why someone would put a miscarriage blinkie or anything related to her m/c in her signature on message boards. My guess is that anyone who’s been through it won’t understand. It’s okay because I probably wouldn’t have “gotten it” […]
It all started with that negative pregnancy test. That brought about some mixed feelings. Happiness to know that my body is progressing through this first cycle after m/c. Happiness to know that any positive I get after this is not just “left over” hormones. Sadness because it’s another confirmation that I am no longer pregnant.
Turns […]
I just had to say that I had a great weekend. It was quite unexpected, but one of my sister-in-laws came by to pick up my girls. We actually saw them on Thursday night and my girls wanted to sleep over at their aunty’s house, but since she had to work the next day, she […]
I did take one pregnancy test about a week and a half after my miscarriage and it was still reading positive. Sometimes it takes a while for all the hormones to flush out of your system after m/c and pg test do still come up positive.
I was just going to wait until I went to […]
I made myself a dr appt to follow up on my miscarriage. The dr suggested that I come in about 3 weeks post-miscarriage, so I have an appointment set for Dec. 13th. Hopefully everything looks normal. After that I think he’ll give us the okay to start trying again. Because of a trip we have […]