First off, I'm going to "come out" and say who we are. My name is Bridget and my husband is Derrick. This is our absolutely gorgeous daughter named Riley. Yup, you read that right. Our daughter!!!!!
After beginning the gluten free diet, I decided to go speak with a counselor about my fear of trying again. The diet was working. I was getting cycles, and we were actually having a shot at getting pregnant. But I was scared. I was afraid of losing another child. After 6 weeks of sessions, we decided to give it a go. We knew the diet was working, and all we had to do was allow it to work. After 3 cycles, we received a positive pregnancy test.
Now that part of this was quite the whirlwind. June 7th, 2014 was the due date of the baby we lost. We planned to meet up with our parents to set off some sky lanterns to baby. It was a way to handle it, and was advised by my therapist. Well the 7th ended up being a rainy day/night so we had to do it the next day.
I also knew that Sunday the 8th I wanted to take a pregnancy test. Well, I woke Derrick up to the positive test. Crying and shaking in fear, but also excitement.
I also knew that Sunday the 8th I wanted to take a pregnancy test. Well, I woke Derrick up to the positive test. Crying and shaking in fear, but also excitement.
That night we met up with our parents to set off the lanterns. Happy, sad, and all sorts of confused with feelings. Happy to be pregnant, scared of what will come, and sad because we should have been bringing our baby home around that time but instead were mourning the loss of what would have been.
