MAKHayes-DisneyDiva
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 24, 2007
First of all, thank you to Nennie who started this thread. Good luck with the RE!
To Mickey8888, thank you for sharing your story. I started reading about your healthy preemie, and was so sad to see the part about SIDS. My heart goes out to you.
I had 2 sons, and one is currently a healthy 7 year old, the product of fertility drugs and treatments. The second pregnancy seemed to occur as soon as DH and I mentioned trying for another. I was thrilled to avoid hormone treatments and fertility drugs the second time around! But I didn't feel well. I was extremely tired during the early months of pregnancy #2, and I felt dizzy from time to time. At about 20 weeks, my OB noticed that my blood pressure was slightly elevated. I asked if it could be pre-eclampsia, and he said it could be, but that it was unusual for this to happen so early, especially in a second pregnancy following a healthy first pregnancy. To make a long story short, I was eventually flown to hospital about 2 hours from my home, and spent 4 weeks keeping my little guy alive. I gave birth to a beautiful, 1 pound, 15 ounce preemie on December 28,
2001. Unfortunately Ben was not a "healthy preemie." He was on a ventilator for about 10 weeks, had to undergo several surgeries, and required oxygen and a feeding tube for the rest of his 16 month life. He never spoke or walked, but he gave me, DH, and DS 7 (then DS 2)so many smiles and so much love. He passed away on April 30, 2003.
Last March we took our first trip to WDW. I thought of Ben so much, and wished he could be with us. He would have loved it! I knew that we never could have made the trip with Ben, as he had too many medical issues to travel that far from our home in Ohio. It may sound like it was a sad trip, but for the most part I was happily ensconced in the magic of Disney. Watching my DS (then 6) taking it all in was a major thrill for me. The only time I felt truly sad was during IllumiNations - we sat near a mom and dad with 2 sons. One seemed to be a typical boy, about 6 or 7 years old, and the younger brother had special needs, including the need for oxygen. At that moment I wished desperately that we could be like them, a family of 4 enjoying the magic together.
We are returning to WDW in 28 days! Like you, I enjoy seeing so many kids having such a wonderful time. I know I am blessed to have my 7 year old, and am doubly blessed to have had 16 months with Ben.
Best wishes to everyone!
To Mickey8888, thank you for sharing your story. I started reading about your healthy preemie, and was so sad to see the part about SIDS. My heart goes out to you.
I had 2 sons, and one is currently a healthy 7 year old, the product of fertility drugs and treatments. The second pregnancy seemed to occur as soon as DH and I mentioned trying for another. I was thrilled to avoid hormone treatments and fertility drugs the second time around! But I didn't feel well. I was extremely tired during the early months of pregnancy #2, and I felt dizzy from time to time. At about 20 weeks, my OB noticed that my blood pressure was slightly elevated. I asked if it could be pre-eclampsia, and he said it could be, but that it was unusual for this to happen so early, especially in a second pregnancy following a healthy first pregnancy. To make a long story short, I was eventually flown to hospital about 2 hours from my home, and spent 4 weeks keeping my little guy alive. I gave birth to a beautiful, 1 pound, 15 ounce preemie on December 28,
2001. Unfortunately Ben was not a "healthy preemie." He was on a ventilator for about 10 weeks, had to undergo several surgeries, and required oxygen and a feeding tube for the rest of his 16 month life. He never spoke or walked, but he gave me, DH, and DS 7 (then DS 2)so many smiles and so much love. He passed away on April 30, 2003.
Last March we took our first trip to WDW. I thought of Ben so much, and wished he could be with us. He would have loved it! I knew that we never could have made the trip with Ben, as he had too many medical issues to travel that far from our home in Ohio. It may sound like it was a sad trip, but for the most part I was happily ensconced in the magic of Disney. Watching my DS (then 6) taking it all in was a major thrill for me. The only time I felt truly sad was during IllumiNations - we sat near a mom and dad with 2 sons. One seemed to be a typical boy, about 6 or 7 years old, and the younger brother had special needs, including the need for oxygen. At that moment I wished desperately that we could be like them, a family of 4 enjoying the magic together.
We are returning to WDW in 28 days! Like you, I enjoy seeing so many kids having such a wonderful time. I know I am blessed to have my 7 year old, and am doubly blessed to have had 16 months with Ben.
Best wishes to everyone!
)and going each time and seeing children there smiling and laughing is hard. Mind you, DH is a big kid anyway! I am regularly very down about it all and can't really tell him how I feel as I hate making him feel guilty. But each month is a reminder of what I am never going to experience and it just gets harder and harder.
Smoof - Thanks for the clarification.
, start having a period again 
, and she even said that pregnancy word again. I'm gonna give this a try. I don't have high hopes, because nothing else has helped, but we'll see 
. There were so many pregnant women in her office today, that I thought about drinking the water to see if there was anything in there that would help. 
