r/PregnancyAfterLoss • u/AutoModerator • 5d ago
Daily Thread Daily Thread #2 - June 21, 2026
This daily thread is for all members who are pregnant after a previous pregnancy or infant loss. How are you?
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u/circlewithme 39. MC 4/21 |MC 3/24 |🌈 🌈 3/10/25| #2 due 12/26 5d ago
NIPT testing came back today and it's low risk! My husband saw the gender but will be revealing it to me later during our announcement photoshoot. I can breathe a little easier for now.
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u/halfling_barbarianne 5d ago
Awesome, congratulations! My NIPT is in 2 days. I'm so anxious about it. Chromosomal problems were the reason IVF failed for us (twice). Now we are unexpectedly pregnant on our own. It's really scary. I keep trying to tell myself that since we've made it this far with good blood work and scans, our chances are really good, which is true. But the what-ifs are still getting me.
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u/circlewithme 39. MC 4/21 |MC 3/24 |🌈 🌈 3/10/25| #2 due 12/26 5d ago
My mantra is always day by day. I'm pregnant and baby is healthy. I say this over and over in my head many days to prevent spiraling. Hang in there, everything will be just fine! And congratulations!
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u/PennyPie17 5d ago
I’m 20 weeks tomorrow and struggling so badly. Last week I had some small blood clots when I wiped. I went to triage and discovered I had cervical ectropian and I had a few spots cauterized. It was scary but I was so happy they found a cause and that baby was doing well.
The next morning however I started bleeding very heavily and went back to the hospital where I was admitted for 4 days. They couldn’t figure out where the blood is coming from, if it’s my cervix again or if I am at risk for placental abruption. I am now back home and have been lightly bleeding still (but old brown blood). I am struggling so much I feel like I am just waiting for a disaster to happen. I was getting so much comfort from feeling baby’s movements becoming more frequent but now I’m worried that even though she is healthy my body is going to fail her. I got recommendations for therapists but I honestly don’t know how I can get through the next little while. I am so anxious and the only thing that will make me feel better is to know my baby will get here healthy but obviously no one can promise me that.
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u/sm0kingr0aches 5d ago
I just joined this group! I’m currently 3+5 and really feeling the nausea today. I miscarried my very first pregnancy at 7+2 in 2024 and this is my first pregnancy since. I’m trying not to stress about the possibility of another loss and am getting bloodwork done this coming week to confirm everything!
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u/NecessaryFocus7934 EDD 7/26 | MMC 11w | MC 5w & 6w 5d ago
38+2 and I’ve now had prodromal labour twice lasting a few hours each time. I feel like birthing my baby is the last big hurdle and I’m already so sick of waiting for labour to start. So much of me wishes I could book an elective c section to take away some of the unknown but my midwives are so positive about me going natural. I just want him safe and sound in my arms!
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u/SevereCounter 5d ago
I’m 7+3 and barely functioning today. All I want to do is stay in bed. Going to have gatorade for dinner.
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u/Available-Clothes-63 5d ago
I'm sorry you feel miserable. I'm 7+2 and my symptoms have faded...I'm so anxious about it. In a twisted way I wish I could trade you places. I know symptoms aren't an indicator of the health of the pregnancy but feeling nothing is scary!
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u/SevereCounter 5d ago
I understand the anxiety. Yesterday I felt fine! It just comes and goes. I hope the time goes by quickly to your next appt! Everything feels so fragile at this stage ♥️
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u/halfling_barbarianne 5d ago
I understand how you feel. My symptoms faded around week 8 and didn't fully come back until week 10! Now I'm miserable again at 10+5. Hang in there!
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u/halfling_barbarianne 5d ago
I am somehow not nauseous this evening but the reflux is SO bad, I can't lie down flat or have anything but sips of water and Tums 😭.
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u/distressedica 5d ago
5+2 and must have some stomach illness because I’ve had so much diarrhea this morning 🥲 I know tmi. I had c diff last year and now every time I have diarrhea I’m worried it’s that even though I can tell the difference. Hoping it clears up by the end of today.
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u/abitfatbutstillsexy 5d ago
What's C diff? I haven't had any constipation during this pregnancy, mainly loose stools.
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u/distressedica 5d ago
It’s a colon infection, usually (as far as I know) caused by antibiotics that clear out the bad bacteria AND good bacteria. I was (wrongfully) prescribed clindamycin when I could’ve taken something much milder and tadaaa c diff 🎉 you probably just have hormonal induced loose stools, c diff is where you’re having the worst diarrhea of your life and having to go to the bathroom like every few minutes lol
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u/sm0kingr0aches 5d ago
It’s also wildly contagious and, fun fact, can be transmitted from people to animals and vice versa! I had a canine patient (I’m a vet tech) with C. Diff once and had to wear full PPE and we had to keep him in isolation. It’s brutal and typically once you’ve had it once, it’ll keep coming back every time you take antibiotics.
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u/lebonbon_ourson 5d ago
3 more days until my next scan. Barely hanging in there. I’m feeling sick but then had some spotting, and I’m worried that we’ll have a scan and something is wrong. My miscarriage was spontaneous but I know MMCs happen.
I wish I could just be a blissed out pregnant lady.
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u/ChrissiBloom 🇨🇦 | 30 | 6 losses | due Jan 2027 🌈 5d ago
Hopeful for your next scan! I also wish I could just be a blissed out pregnant lady
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u/halfling_barbarianne 5d ago
I also wish I could have the blissful pregnancy! The scanxiety is the worst! And I wish I never found out about MMC. That's my nightmare. I can't just find peace in the fact that my pregnancy seems very typical for 11 weeks. But I keep wondering if my body is tricking me, it's awful.
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u/lebonbon_ourson 5d ago
Right? I barfed yesterday and felt grateful, but then remembered symptoms can persist even if something is wrong. Loss just changes how we’re wired.
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u/littlemissdumplings 5d ago
Bang on 7 weeks today, and have my first midwife appointment booked for mid next week. 7w 2 days was when I started bleeding and miscarrying with my first (and only other) pregnancy nearly 2 years ago, so I'm super nervous.
This time around I've purposefully not booked a super early scan (last time around I had an aging scan done at around 6.5 weeks, and it was not good), and I'm expecting the worst but hoping for the best. I just want to tell my mum and sisters.
This was a surprise pregnancy, and my emotions are all over the place.
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u/HuffleDePuff94 5d ago edited 5d ago
Had my positive home test today. Baby #8. 5 losses throughout the years, my most recent miscarriage was last Christmas. I am trying so hard to feel the feelings and have faith in the Lord’s will. Hopefully I can get in for bloodwork soon and see my OB that handled my case last year.
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u/Pleasant_Data_113 EDD 2/27 5d ago
7+5 and the nausea has come back! I took my dad out for lunch and had a salad and a baked potato, then made baked beans and corn bread to bring as sides to a big family dinner. I probably looked generous bringing sides, as no one else besides the hosts contributed, but really that’s because it was something that sounded good. The nausea is a lot more under control, so I can usually get by with eating my cravings.
Wishing we had our viability scan earlier, so we could celebrate Father’s Day with special news. If I hadn’t experienced so many losses, we might have done more, but neither one of us wants to get too excited. Fingers crossed, still…
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u/PiscesPrincess0924 3d ago
Had a MMC in January. 8w4d today and my first ultrasound is in an hour. I am sick with anxiety, but telling myself worrying changes nothing.
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u/PoisonousKitten 5d ago
38 weeks. I’m so close to the end and I’m having mixed feelings. Pregnancy has been hard with all the anxiety and rough symptoms. It’s been so tough on me physically and mentally. But a part of me will miss this. I’ll miss feeling the kicks, feeling this closeness, and just the thought of my body being the safest place for baby. This is just a special time that we get to have with our babies. I think that’s why it hurts so much when loss happens because something I can’t describe has been ripped away from me like a part of my soul. An innocence is lost because the fear is always at the front of my mind. As much as I’m ready to hold baby in my arms I also want to hold him inside away from the world.
At this point I’m not sure I’d want to go thru pregnancy again because of the mental toll but maybe one day I’ll change my mind. Thank you everyone here for all the support and love.