Sad News

No baby.

The Pod was having problems Thursday morning and we rushed over to the Birth Center to get her checked out. They did an examination, and needing more information, they were able to get us in next door at Bryn Mawr Hospital for an ultrasound right away. The ultrasound technician looked and looked, and finally she brought the doctor in and she looked and looked. Finally the doctor said it's not okay.

The developmental sac (in which the growing embryo should have been) was there, but the embryo wasn't. The Birth Center later explained that it was a blighted ovum, usually caused by chromosomal abnormalities, and a miscarriage was coming. The fertilized egg implanted, but the embryo never developed properly.

It was heartbreaking to come home and have to start telling people, but just as we wanted people to know in the very beginning, we wanted people to know now. And we both agreed that staying home Friday wouldn't be much help, so we soldiered on, going to work and school, and we were fine.

As it turns out, many of our friends unfortunately have had first-hand experience with miscarriage. It's given us an awareness, and unfortunately or fortunately, a lot of people who can relate to what we're going through. We are grateful to have such great family and friends supporting us.

But thankfully, this doesn't preclude us from conceiving again, or put us at greater risk for another miscarriage. It just wasn't in the Lord's plan this time. Our time will come.

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