Hi. My name is Lynn. I am the mother of two beautiful boys--Andru is 5 and Robin is 3. On February 14, 2005, my third pregnancy ended at five weeks gestation--just one week after I learned I was pregnant. Devestated doesn't begin to describe what I felt. My husband and I wanted another child, but I was so scared to try again. I couldn't bear the thought of losing another child. My fears made intimacy between the two of us sporadic at best.
On August 5 of this year, his mother passed away. For the first time, my concern was for my husband and not for me. I did all I could to comfort him in his loss. Some of the comforting must have done something for me, too, as we conceived the week after the funeral.
Today I am celebrating 18 weeks of pregnancy. I've seen the baby on ultrasound and heard the heartbeat. In 8 days, we go for THE ultrasound--to measure baby's size, and hopefully learn the gender.
I do have a question for any of you who have had a child after miscarriage. Is it common to have excess muscle pain? My OB keeps saying that the pain is "normal" and fromt he baby growing as he/she should. He even said that this likely happened in my other two pregnancies (different doc than the one I'd had before, as that clinic didn't treat me well after the miscarriage). I remember some pain, but nothing like this. It feels like stretched and pulled muscles. Is this common? <img src="/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />
