Marin MacCallum-Drake
Canada
Our first pregnancy was great, the vaginal delivery was a bit rough. He was 16 days overdue weighing 8.10″.
Our second pregnancy ended at 12 weeks when no heart beat was detected. Fetus stopped growing at 7 weeks. Told this was common, 1 in 4 end this way. Decided on a D&C for the fallowing day. I couldn’t let them just take this baby from me. That night before the D&C I went to find an angel pendant in memory of the baby i would never get to know or hold.
Our third pregnancy was going great until 18 weeks. I had very light spotting and was told i probably had a bladder infection. I was given antibiotics. They forgot to put my name on urine sample so they couldn’t test it at the lab. A couple days past and still spotting, went to emergency department where I saw the baby on the ultrasound jumping around and looking fine. The best feeling a mom can have. A couple days later I began cramping and returned to the Emergency Dept where I was told I was having a miscarriage at 18 weeks. The next 2 nights I waited in the labour and delivery daprtment for the fetus to continue delivering. The fetus still had a heart beat until delivery. My Dr. said we would never know why this happened. Found a new Dr. who reffered me to a team of specialist in Halifax. The next couple months I experianced anxiety attacks and had to take a leave from my job. We owned and opperated a daycare next door.
Our fourth pregnancy was great. Recieved a cervical cerclage for possible incompetant cervix, put off work to ensure as much safety to baby as possible. Many ultrasounds in Halifax to see how everything was going. Again i went overdue and had to be induced. Thankfully my new Dr. only let me go over 1 week. After pushing for almost an hour, he told me he was going to assist with the Vaccum tool which you place on the babies head to help the baby out. There was maconium staining and he had respiratory distress. A CBC was taken. I got to hold him for a quick second and they took him straight up to the NICU. I was thanking my Dr. for all he had done thinking we were in the clear because this baby was finally here after all we had been through to ensure his safety. Again my instinct told me something was up when I noticed the nurses kept letting others see him but had me stay in my room for almost 3 hours. Finally a shift change and the new nurse helped me down the hall to see him. As soon as i walked in the nurses and Pediatrician came right over and told me to sit down and asked for the father to come over too. Here i was looking at this amazing 
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