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In reply to the discussion: Jen had a miscarriage [View all]susanr516
(1,514 posts)Having gone through an early miscarriage many years ago, I know how much it hurts. Everyone grieves at his/her own pace; take time to hold each other and work through the process together. People told me that I could have another baby and I knew they meant well, but sometimes I felt like screaming, "But I wanted THIS baby!" The pain never totally goes away, but it gets better. I miscarried in 1978, and I am a little teary-eyed right now just thinking about it.
I will leave you with this. Nothing will replace the little angel you lost, but--as many others have said--a first trimester loss is almost always due to a problem with the baby and not the mother. I went on to have 3 other healthy children, the last when I was 40. One of my daughters had 2 1st trimester miscarriages and an ectopic pregnancy (thank God, we discovered that early, so no rupture.) She and her husband are now the proud parents of a beautiful little girl who is almost 3 years old.