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Misdiagnosed Miscarriages

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Occasionally, women who are diagnosed with a miscarriage after an episode of cramping and bleeding go on to have a healthy pregnancy. It’s called misdiagnosed miscarriage, and it happens more than you might think. What is worse is that many women are pressured to end their “doomed” pregnancy medically via D&C or other means. Miscarriages can be misdiagnosed when the estimated date of conception is off. When the ultrasound is done, the doctor may expect to see an embryo of a certain size, but if the dates are off, the baby may not be visible yet. This may lead the … Continue reading →

What is Adoption Loss?

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We all know of miscarriage, or pregnancy loss. “Adoption loss” is the bereavement felt when an expected adoption does not occur. Although less than one-tenth of a percent of finalized adoptions are contested each year, parents are often heavily invested emotionally before finalization or before placement. Often they have been meeting with birthparents for several months. They may have seen the baby via ultrasound, chosen a name for the baby, shared the news with their families, prepared the baby’s room, and bought clothing specific to the gender of the expected child. Some birth parents even invite the adoptive parents to … Continue reading →

Could You Be Suffering From Celiac Disease And Not Know It?

Did you know that October is National Celiac Disease Awareness Month? Studies show that an estimated 1 out of 100 Americans suffers from the disease and many don’t even know it. I first learned about the disease from Aimee’s blog earlier this year and just a couple of weeks ago I met a woman who shared a startling celiac disease-related story with me. She said her doctor believes her recent miscarriage may have been caused by undiagnosed celiac disease. Isn’t that frightening? For those of you who are unfamiliar with the disease, celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder that damages … Continue reading →

Physical Recovery After Miscarriage

Miscarriage is a physically and emotionally difficult experience. The recovery time depends on how far along the pregnancy was at the time of the miscarriage. In general, physical recovery is faster in very early pregnancy than in a later miscarriage. The recovery time is usually between a week and a month. The pain and bleeding after a miscarriage is similar to that experienced during your menstrual cycle. The bleeding generally lasts about a week and gradually goes from resembling menstrual bleeding to light spotting. Cramping gradually fades within a few days after the miscarriage. Your doctor will give you instructions … Continue reading →

Emotional Recovery After Miscarriage

The emotional recovery after a miscarriage is often much more difficult than the physical recovery. The process takes longer as well. Months and even years after a loss, the pain can suddenly seem fresh again. One of the most difficult parts of emotional recovery is the reaction of the people in your life. Some people are very supportive and sympathetic. Others either disregard the depth of your feelings or discount the real pain you are experiencing. Most people mean well. They may say things that seem insensitive. This is usually because they are trying to make you feel better or … Continue reading →

Let’s Talk About Dreams During Pregnancy

Pregnant women have been known to dream of delivery and impending motherhood throughout the three trimesters, and dreams have the tendency to be quite vivid. Here are some helpful links for learning more about how your dreams can affect your waking life, and vice versa: Do dreams really mean anything? Members talk (thread) Dreams of miscarrying (thread) Try interpreting your dreams with the help of a dream dictionary. Perhaps journaling your dreams will allow you unique insight to your baby-to-be. Interpreting a dream about pregnancy or childbirth when you are already aware of the pregnancy doesn’t take a lot of … Continue reading →

The Breaking Point – Karen Ball

Stop the Presses!! Author Karen Ball has agreed to do an interview with me exclusively for Families.com. Come back tomorrow to see her answers to the questions I asked and to learn more about her. In “The Breaking Point,” a Christian novel by Karen Ball, characters Gabe and Renee Roman are fighting to save their marriage, which is only ten years old. Although once madly in love, they are drifting farther and farther apart, sometimes hating each other, sometimes wishing that things could go back to how they were before. They’ve been to counseling, and think they’ve made some progress, … Continue reading →

Vanishing Twin Syndrome

With the invention of medical technology and the practice of performing sonograms on mothers as early as 5-6 weeks, doctors are noticing a new trend. Mothers will appear to be carrying twins but another sonogram done later in the pregnancy only finds one fetus. Doctors are now estimating that approximately 1 in every 8 pregnancies could have begun as a twin pregnancy. Vanishing twin syndrome is when an early sonogram confirms the presence of two sacs and a subsequent sonogram confirms there is only one sac, or that the other twin has vanished. Generally, the result is a normal and … Continue reading →

Will Intimacy During Pregnancy Cause Miscarriage?

There was a time when women were told that intimacy during pregnancy would cause miscarriages. Now they are told that intimacy is fine and it will cause no problems with the pregnancy. Whom are you to believe? Intimacy during pregnancy is usually okay. Unless you have had problematic previous births such as, miscarriages, suffering from vaginal bleeding, cervix or placenta irregularities, intimacy is fine. During your first trimester, your interest in sex may wane due to nausea and exhaustion. During your second trimester increased blood flow throughout your body may increase your desire for intimacy but it will most likely … Continue reading →

Children Who Leave Too Early and the Families Left Behind

For those of us who have suffered miscarriage, still born births or the early deaths of our children, the effects can be devastating, to say the least. For myself, as I suffered miscarriage after miscarriage I turned to the writings of modern prophets and apostles for comfort as I yearned to know if I would ever hold my children in my arms. The prophet, Joseph Smith, Jr., who also faced this very same heartbreak addressed this issue in the King Follett sermon and again in conversations to M. Isabella Horne and other sisters who had suffered these very same losses: … Continue reading →