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The should've beens...

crazylee53 - 03:56pm Apr 12, 2009 EST

Hello All, Thank you to everyone on this website for all the support! I was just wondering if anyone has any advice on dealing with the should've beens... My due date is approaching and I can't stop thinking about what should've been each day- Right now I should've been really fat; right now I should've been scared about going into labor, right now I should've been holding my healthy girls. You get the idea! It is making me feel insane! Any ideas? Thanks Lisa



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Katelyn'smom - May 12, 2009 1:25 pm (#9 Total: 10)  

 

Lisa,

I am so sorry that you even have to think about this and that you aren't holding two happy, healthy babies in your arms right now. Be gentle to yourself on this day, if it means that you don't get out of bed then so be it. If it means you go shopping, go shopping. I have always been told not to 'make any plans' on that day because you never know how you are going to feel. Good luck, Lisa and I will be thinking about you on this difficult day.

Love, Kelly

BABYISAAC - May 14, 2009 3:18 pm (#10 Total: 10)  

 

I AM SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS

MY SON WAS BORN IN MAY OF 2008 BUT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BORN IN SEPTEMBER AND OF ALL THE THINGS TO HAPPEN THERE WAS MY SISTER IN LAW PREGNANT AND DUE AT THE END OF AUGUST AND THEN I HAD 2 FRIENDS WHO WERE DUE IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER AND TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH SEEING ALL THESE NEW BABIES HURT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WAS LONGING FOR BUT I STILL FEEL THAT WAY WHEN I SEE BABIES AND PREGNANT WOMEN I THINK THAT SHOULD BE ME BUT IN A WAY I THINK THAT'S NOT MY DESTINY THAT'S THEIRS. EVEN WITH THE ONE YEAR MARK OF HIS PASSING COMING I HONESTLY HAVEN'T GOTTEN OVER HIS PASSING OR THINKING HE'LL BE 2 MONTHS BUT I DO THINK IT DOES GET BETTER EVERYDAY. JUST TAKE IT ONE STEP AT A TIME IS ALL I CAN SAY. SORRY AGAIN FOR YOUR LOSS



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