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October 13, 1999

Wednesday October 13th 10DPO

I had the biggest surprise of my life: I ovulated 3 days early, I did one (only one) OPK that came up ++. I found this so hard to believe that for days after I fully expected to find more EWCM but there was none. We DTD Saturday afternoon simply because we wanted to and that ended up being perfect timing. I still haven't charted my temps and I feel soooo... much better for not doing it.

I went to see a naturopath that specialises in women's fertility. She has given me the VILEST tasting mixture which I take twice a day -- this will hopefully help us get and stay pg. Time will tell.

It's been 6 months now since we m/c and I have spent a lot of this time talking to other women (and there are SO many) it has staggered me at the total lack of information that is given to a women once she has had a m/c. When we fell pg, I was given a truck load of info about being pg and when we lost the baby I was given nothing. At the ER we were given the opportunity of having a counsellor contact us which we gratefully accepted but we never heard a thing. Three days later my breasts became so incredibly sore, I didn't know what was happening (I even thought for a brief while that there had been a huge mistake and I was still pg). It was only weeks later that I learned that at a late stage m/c your milk makes a small attempt to come in. I also found out that a late m/c (after 12 weeks) you will go through more symptoms akin to giving birth (you even bleed longer). The book stores in Australia had NOTHING on m/c -- I ended up ordering books off the net. A friend of a friend gave me a book published in New Zealand that became my bible for a few weeks. Doctors are so quick to tell you that a lot of the time you'll never find out why you lost your baby -- that's so easy for them, they haven't just lost a part of them. I started on a massive search to find out why and I guess that search wasn't just for a physical reason. Six months later, I guess my search has ended, I have a physical reason why I think I lost my baby and I have a spiritual reason. I know I will never really know why, but I feel satisfied. It is disgusting with the amount of women that m/c to not have even a pamphlet to give a women to help them through the first few days.

Well I've gone on long enough,

Take care and I hope the wait is quick for all those waiting.
Keep Smiling

Becky



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