Adding sweetness to the bitterness
June 7, 2008 9:20pm
Wow.
It's been a long time since I wrote here. Coming back to this site is both comforting and a painful reminder of where I was a few …
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AMR1
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About Me
AMR1
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About Me
I am a stay at home mother of two little girls, ages 2 and 4. I have degrees in mental health and school counseling, but have taken a break from that to be home to raise my children. I've been happily married for over 7 years to a wonderful and supportive man.
I am a stay at home mother of two little girls, ages 2 and 4. I have degrees in mental health and school counseling, but have taken a break from that to be home to raise my children. I've been happily married for over 7 years to a wonderful and supportive man.
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Interests
Reading, gardening, sewing, baking, word games, spending time with family and friends
Reading, gardening, sewing, baking, word games, spending time with family and friends
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Journal Entry for January 4, 2008
January 4, 2008 6:53pm
Thought I was handling things these last few weeks. I think I believed that I could hold all of the horrible and traumatic things that have …
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Journal Entry for December 15, 2007
December 15, 2007 6:55pm
The last three weeks have been the most difficult I have ever experienced in my life. I thought that learning of our third miscarriage a few …
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I am so glad you are feeling better!! Time always heals.
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Hope you are well!!!
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I understand..I was 29...I have two daughters too, and it bothers me that I can't have anymore children. I mean, I think what hurts the most is that the option was just 'took' away. It makes you feel like less of a woman in some way..I don't know....but I do understand...and you will be in my prayers...
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just wanted to send a hug and hope that you are having a good day!
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Iam so sorry that you had to experience that. I had the same thing happen to me at age 30.I am now 39. Here'sa Hug.
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Support Groups
Close Hysterectomy
I had a hysterectomy (uterus only removed) on 12/12/07. Over Thanksgiving of 2007, I suffered a miscarriage at 18 weeks. Two weeks later, I suffered two hemorrhages at home and after two stays in the hospital was diagnosed with a large AVM and placenta increta. After attempting to treat the bleeding with uterine embolization, it was recommended to me that I have the preventive hysterectomy to ensure that I would no longer be at risk from the AVM.
Close Miscarriage
I suffered three miscarriages, the last of which was Thanksgiving week of 2007. We were 18 weeks along and discovered the baby no longer had a heartbeat at a routine ultrasound. We were devastated. In the two weeks that followed, I had two uterine hemorrhages, and it was discovered that I had a severe case of placenta increta and a large AVM in my uterus. I was forced to have a hysterectomy on 12/12. I thank God every day for my two healthy daughters.
Treatments
- D&C Working / Worked
- I had to have a D&C with each of my first two miscarriages. They were emotionally traumatic, but only physically painful for a few days. This last miscarriage has been devastating, given how far into the pregnancy we were. I had to have a D&E, which was slightly more physically painful and definitely more psychologically painful.
- Physical Exercise Working / Worked
- Working out helps me release stress and gives me something else to fully concentrate on for at least a little while each day.
- Psychotherapy Working / Worked
- Began seeing a therapist after having some anxiety/depression symptoms after all I've been through. I have only had a couple of sessions, but it is helping me tremendously.
