The Missing Heartbeat
Please share about your immediate reaction to hearing the news: that there's no heartbeat, that your baby is stillborn, that your baby is gone.
I posted my experience with this in the below article:
https://www.empowher.com/emotional-health/content/missing-heartbeat-getting-news
This was my first pregnancy. We'd just got married in October of last year and wanted to start our family right away. We found out I was pregnant the week before Christmas. I started spotting over Christmas so I made sure that I went into the dr. as soon as I could. On January 4th the Dr. called to notify me that my HcG levels were dropping. I was working so I didn't take the call and foolishly called her back. My immediate reaction was to vomit. I left work immediately and called my husband who was nervously waiting for the news as well. I begged him to stay at work, ensuring him I would be okay. I just wanted to be alone. I came home, locked all the doors, shut the dogs out of the bedroom, and screamed at God for hours. When I finally got tired of screaming I laid down, cried, and slept until my husband came home.
March 19, 2011 - 7:23pmThis Comment