Pregnancy

The End is Near

This week marks 36 weeks.  10 more weeks than Brady got on the inside.  By the way this not-so-little guy jabs at me and stretches, I get the impression that he’s not pleased with his lodging arrangements.  He doesn’t know how lucky he is!  One of my favorite things is when Jeff keeps telling him that we’re “coming to get him” in a week.  I think we’ll both be relieved to have our own space in the very near future!

While being pregnant isn’t physically all that fun in general, it’s gotten much worse in the past week or so.  I’m achy, puffy, and exhausted, and super, super grateful to still be pregnant.  I finally decided to give up working out after I landed myself in triage last weekend with high blood pressure readings and extreme swelling.  I’m glad I’ve been able to stay active for most of this pregnancy, but my poor swollen feet can’t handle it anymore.  Thankfully, my labs all looked good at the hospital and I was able to get released within a few hours.  Our goal is finally within sight, so we continue to cross our fingers that we’ll make it to our scheduled date next week.

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Pregnancy · Pregnancy After Loss Miniseries

Pregnancy After Loss Miniseries: The Nursery

It’s been a little while since I published a post on here, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t had plenty of thoughts as we’ve traveled the sometimes smooth, sometimes bumpy road of pregnancy after loss.  Recently, I mentioned to a friend that I had a lot to say about this journey – but not really enough on any one subject to create a blog post.  She suggested that I publish a miniseries, so that’s what I’m going to do.  Over the next few weeks, I’ll be posting shorter (but more frequent) blog posts on a variety of pregnancy after loss topics.  

One thing I didn’t get to do with Brady was put together a nursery.  This time, I’m going to get it done before the little guy arrives.

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Life After Loss

Secondary Losses

The first time I heard the term “secondary loss” was at a support group.  I had no idea what it was, but quickly learned the term describes all the smaller losses we experience, beyond the actual death.  It was hard for me to even think of secondary losses for a while, because it seemed awful to think of anything else beyond the horrible, insurmountable loss of our son.  It was hard to think that other losses could even matter when compared to Brady’s death.

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