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Precious memories of all our beloved children, gone too soon but they will live on forever in our hearts

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lavandes · 01/02/2011 13:43

For our beloved Richard, missed so much xx

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lottiejenkins · 08/04/2011 07:44

Morning xxxx

frasersmummy · 08/04/2011 21:38

our family grew by 2 today.. Ross is now the proud owner of 2 rabbits.

He is so happy and excited ... and our garden has been fulll of kids all day...why are moments like this always tainted with .. what if??

Its not fair is it.. we should just be able to enjoy the good days without guilt and what ifs???

nice to see you lottie I have missed your stories of wilf

shabbapinkfrog · 09/04/2011 06:46

Morning girls xx

FM - Tom is going mad for a rabbit. We live in a terraced house with just a back yard - a big back yard - but a back yard all the same!!!

He is off to Alton Towers with school today - another day of sat here worrying whilst he doesn't have a care in the world Grin

shabbapinkfrog · 09/04/2011 07:49

Well the sun is cracking the flags already here!! Tom just walked up to school and 6 coaches went past and parked outside - I got giddy for him!

I managed to say just once 'Stay safe sweetheart and have a great time.' Thats very good for me. Hmm

frasersmummy · 09/04/2011 12:52

its lovely and sunny in Glasgow I am trying to persuade Ross that he wants to go out for the afternnoon... cos i cant be bothered with all the kids from the street demanding a cuddle from the rabbit...

I am such a big meanie

frasersmummy · 09/04/2011 16:24

are you ok shabs ... cant be long till he is back now with a silly grin, covered in grime and starving.. not cos they havent fed him but just because he is running around in the fresh air!!!

I have a garden full of kids ... I am running out of fruit shoots, apples and ice lollies and yes patience!!!

shabbapinkfrog · 09/04/2011 16:42

not bad love. They are supposed to be due back about 7.15pm BUT they are never on time. He will be so hot - got track suit pants on!!!!

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shabbapinkfrog · 09/04/2011 17:48

Yes it is very hard Everlong.

Im sat here thinking - hope all the coach drivers are driving carefully, hope they are not speeding, hope that Tom has his seat belt on. Its totally silly but I cant stop it.

peterpansmum · 09/04/2011 22:24

Evening ladies x we are home now and as much as I love holidays I love my home too!! My daffodils have finally come out in the garden - that was a lovely sight to come home to! Off to check the woods tomorrow!!

Hey Shabs is Tom back yet? I bet he's had an amazing day?!

oooooh FM while we were away we visited a wildlife park and they had tiny baby rabbits, I swear if they'd been for sale i would have been home with a couple of them Grin we have a hamster at the moment who has a reputation for biting fingers and has claimed another victim while we were away!!
blimey everlong what a fright that must have given you.
back to work on monday and am actually lookin fwd to it - how times have changed heh!

shabbapinkfrog · 10/04/2011 07:49

Morning girls xx

travellingwilbury · 10/04/2011 15:55

Hi all x

How we all doing ?

spilttheteaagain · 10/04/2011 19:56

Evening all x

Do your new rabbits have names yet fm?

Are you quite far north ppm? Our daffs are all shrivelling up round here now (south west). They're lovely when they first break out. We're pretty much into tulip time.

I had a bit of a strange weekend really. Yesterday was 6 months since Bobbie was born and the day was ok really. I was expecting it to be really tough but we ended up being quite busy and apart from losing it in tescos and crying when I got home it was alright.

But today Sad. I think I was so relieved yesterday was ok that today being hard felt doubly hard if that makes sense? I sat red eyed and snuffly through the first 30 mins of a church service and then fled and sat on a tree stump in the graveyard and sobbed until the service finished and DH came out. The whole service was on death not being the end etc which I just couldn't cope with. Lots of ranty sweary angry thoughts and lots and lots of hurting Sad

I always thought I had a strong faith but I now feel so at sea and it's completely disorientating. I suppose I feel that I don't want to believe in a God who either couldn't, wouldn't or just didn't help my baby and let her die. And I don't know where that leaves me. Feeling rather lost I guess.

Thanks, just needed to say it xx

TooImmature2BMum · 10/04/2011 21:02

Oh Spilt Sad. I can't reconcile religion with stillbirth either - in the hospital, Mum said "she's gone to a better place", and I was really cross because I don't believe there is a better place for babies to be than with their mother! I couldn't have sat through a sermon about life after death either. Even though I want there to be somewhere where I can find my baby again one day.

'Lost' just about describes it, doesn't it? Thea would have been 4 weeks old today. I keep thinking about trying again just as soon as I can, but I am also determined to wait until the post-mortem results come back in about 2 weeks, so there is nothing to do but wait.

spilttheteaagain · 10/04/2011 21:20

TooImmature good to see you my lovely.

Completely agree that babies belong with their mums. There's part of a poem I like that says it too:

"Please don't tell me my child is in a better place,
Though it may be true, I want her here with me,
Don't tell me someday I'll hear her voice, see her face,
Beyond today I cannot see."

But as you say, you try to also hold on to that thread of hope that one day you'll see her again, and picture her alive, but at the same time can't make any sense of a world view that allows these things to happen. And if my faith is all rubbish then there's no hope of getting to hold my baby again Sad. I tie myself in knots over this.

The wait for that appointment is horrible, so many questions and what ifs to grapple with. Ours was 6 weeks as well which it turns out is actually pretty quick (one MNer I talk to was made to wait nearly 5 months... sodding hospital told her 12 weeks and then kept putting it back and fobbing her off, it was awful).

How are you feeling physically now? I read your post about Thea's birth and it sounded like you had a tough time of it with your heartrate and bp both going mad.

peterpansmum · 10/04/2011 21:58

Evening ladies x The daffodils in the woods are blooming today and have made me smile. Yes Spilt I am pretty far north (Perthshire) and the daffs are in sheltered woodland... If you're on facebook come have a look as i've posted pics tonight - have got a page called 'walk for gregor' xx

FWIW I have struggled with being in churches, never used to go frequently but just being in them feels a bit weird these days.

Hiya TooImmature - don't think we've met - I remember just feeling so lost too. sending you hugs xx

shabbapinkfrog · 10/04/2011 23:19

Im sure we havent met Too.....Im glad you found us but sorry we had to meet on this thread.

Spilt - I totally 'get where you are coming from.' From the age of 6 until 25 I was a member of the Mormon church. I thought that God/Jesus was a kind person, I thought that if I lived my life in the best way I could that everything would be OK. Well......it wasn't - I miscarried at about 8 weeks in 1980....lost one of my twin sons in 1982 and lost my DS3 in 1992. I was always thoughtful of other peoples feelings and emotions. I always tried to be compassionate etc etc etc. Now when I hear the Easter story especially, I think....WHY THE HELL DID GOD NOT DO ANYTHING TO LET JESUS LIVE?

Now I have no religious feelings or thoughts. I just think - 'I have been dealt a feckin horrible hand. I should have 5 children.....I only have 2 still physically with me.

I have no answers for anyone - even myself. I just know that I have to keep putting one foot in front of the other and always remember to breathe. xx

shabbapinkfrog · 11/04/2011 06:28

Morning girls xx

shabbapinkfrog · 11/04/2011 07:07

Blush I dont half go on when I have had a few drinks - dont I?

kazmus · 11/04/2011 07:28

Morning all, been watching the comments on Church and agree its so hard to hold onto beliefs when you have gone through what we have, I think it is even harder if you were a committed church goer as you are torn between belief and then total disbelief that all this could be allowed to happen. God only knows how I managed to get through the end of term having to play for a packed church to lyrics like 'I gratefull bore you, I watched as you grew, I listened and wondered at all that you knew, but this is the hardest of all that I've done for you'. Sorry to be such a downer, but it exactly a year ago today I took Sian up to London for her op. Every day till the end of August is now a painfull memory as I kept a diary throughout, and although I know I shouldn't re read it I'm drawn looking for any missed clues to how things might have been done differently. This is now such a lonely place to be and I don't know how I'm going to get through it, and my faith no longer gives me any comfort. Sorry to go on but just feel so low.:(

janedoe25 · 11/04/2011 09:14

Morning all.
Kaz sorry you are having a bad day, sending some hugs your wa xxx

Hi Tooimmauture How are you? Im glad to see you are posting here, it has helped me no end, hopefully it is the same for you.

My little Zoe would have been 6 weeks old today. Im still waiting on PM results its driving me mad not knowing, hopefully here about an appointment this week.........

hope you all have an "ok" day xx

TooImmature2BMum · 11/04/2011 11:57

Hi all

I have been lurking here since my baby died, and yesterday I just sort of jumped in without introducing myself. My baby Thea died at 41+2 on 12 March during labour - I went into hospital with cx 3 minutes apart and her heartbeat was fine, and 3 hours later when they next checked for it she was gone. She was born on Sunday 13 March and buried last Thursday.

I'm fine physically, Spilt - bp and pulse went back to normal and as far as I know my kidneys are operating properly now (the doubt is because the doctor who discharged me said to just pay attention to how much I'm drinking and how much is coming out again, but I have to pee so much less now I'm not pg that I can't remember what 'normal' is! Plus the urate levels in my blood are still up a bit and I think that has something to do with kidney function. The MW is coming again today so I'll ask her if she can clarify it for me).

Jane, I hope you get your PM appt soon! I am trying not to hope for a definite answer because they told me that only 50% of people get one, so I am trying to prepare myself for the worst. I really want an answer, though...

AxisofEvil · 11/04/2011 18:03

Hello tooimmature. I'm sorry to hear about Thea.

Please don't take this the wrong way but I think you deserve a better username than the one you have. You're certainly not too immature.

spilttheteaagain · 11/04/2011 19:07

Nah shabs you don't go on! Nothing like a bit of alcohol to help loosen the tongue though Wink

I'm glad I'm not alone with this confusion at least and that folks on here understand.

kazmus that sounds heartbreaking having to do the music for songs with those words Sad

6 weeks jane I'll bet it's both a lifetime and like yesterday all at the same time xx

Minione · 11/04/2011 19:55

Hi Too, so sorry to hear about your daughter, Thea is a beautiful name. I'm sorry that you have had to find yourself here but the ladies here are all very kind and wise. Sending you a big hug and much love x

Hope everyone is ok x