Vitamin C and Vitamin E before pregnancy, and during pregnancy may help with miscarriage

I read some the things on this site about how vitamin C and E may help with conception, pregnancy and preventing miscarriage. Click through on this link, there is quite a bit of information about these vitamins. I still recommend talking with your doctor before starting a new vitamin regimen if you're already pregnant. Read more:

www.doctoryourself.com

From the article:

Taking vitamin E (at least 200 and perhaps 400 IU daily) greatly reduces the chance of miscarriage. This is no myth: by the end of WW II, there were already dozens of medical studies confirming this. They are reviewed in a 1953 medical textbook, The Vitamins in Medicine, by Bicknell and Prescott. (William Heinemann Medical Books Ltd.; Third Edition. ASIN: B000LCKALQ)

57 Year Old Woman Pregnant After Suspected Miscarriage

Very strange things can happen in our reproductive systems. Here is a story about a 57 year old woman who underwent IVF, and thought she had miscarried. Fast forward months later, an "abdominal mass" is thought to be ovarian cancer. It is later found that the woman is indeed pregnant from her IVF procedure. She went from having a death sentence to a having the joy of a new life. Read more:

www.dailymail.co.uk

One Woman's Spiritual Explanation Of Miscarriage

Many people seek some time of spiritual explanation for their miscarriage. They ask God why and they sometimes feel lost and abandoned. This article talks of a book which discusses "spirit babies" and some possible explanations of why one woman's miscarriage happened and the baby's "readiness" to come into the world. Read more:

birthpsychology.com

From the article:

In one story, a woman comes to him, having had a miscarriage the year before and afraid of having another one, yet anxious that this worrying might keep her from getting pregnant again. Makichen writes, "Looking into Delia's aura, I saw the familiar green oval of a spirit baby. Dangling from that oval, like a string on a balloon, were the remnants of the conception cord that attached the spirit to its new body .... When I connected with her telepathically, she sighed. "I'm supposed to be a woman this lifetime. I've never been one before. I'm not ready. I must be prepared.' ... I felt a strong sense of isolation and fear emanating from her." He explained to Delia that it might be a very long time before this spirit felt sufficiently prepared, if it were left to her. He gave Delia a practice to do that he calls "A Mother's Healing Touch" because it can calm and reassure a spirit baby and strengthen the mother-baby bond, supporting conception and full-term pregnancy. This client conceived after several months of doing the simple practice and continued to do it daily throughout her pregnancy.

Makichen writes that in the case of most of his clients who have experienced miscarriages, the baby itself is unprepared to face its new commitment to life. Other babies are patiently waiting for a particular woman or couple to be ready. One thing he makes perfectly clear: All spirit babies, are quite sensitive to the parents' emotions and to their environment. The environment of one set of parents' lives can be acceptable to one baby and discomforting or unacceptable to another, depending on its innate temperament and personality.

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Ways To Remember Your Lost Baby On Memorial Day

Many couples find comfort in finding some way to remember their baby lost through miscarriage or stillbirth. This article features a number of couples and how they decided to memorialize their child lost through miscarriage or stillbirth. Read more:

www.psychologytoday.com

From the article:

It had been four months since the funeral for Missy and Joe's stillborn son, Jason. The baby's body had been cremated, and they had been unable to decide where to place the ashes, which remained in an urn at the undertaker's. Both were anguished at their inability to find a resting place for Jason's ashes. In conversations with their minister, they eventually decided to plant a back yard garden and to scatter the ashes there. Having reached that decision, they enlisted the help of loving friends and family to offer suggestions about plantings, manual help with tilling and fertilizing, and especially cherishing a hammock that could be hung between trees nearby with a clear and shaded view of Jason's garden. When the time came to scatter Jason's ashes, their minister joined them and their loved ones for a small dedication of this garden planted in his memory.

Have a safe Memorial Day Weekend

Taking Medical Leave After Miscarriage - Are You Entitled By Law?

I saw this article which answers a question that most people probably don't think about when they've suffered a miscarriage. Are you entitled to medical leave? This article explains how miscarriage fits in to the Family Medical Leave Act. Read more:


www.pregnancy-info.net

From the article:

Entitlement
According to the Department of Labour, currently more than 69 million women are working in the United States. With so many women making up the workforce, it is important for working women to have some sort of guarantee that they will not lose their jobs should they be faced with a pregnancy complication or suffer from a pregnancy-related condition. Unfortunately, the United States, along with Australia and New Zealand, are among the few countries in the industrialized world that do not have legislation in place to provide women with guaranteed paid maternity leave. Instead, rights regarding an extended leave due to pregnancy are covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

The Family and Medical Leave Act
In 1993, the U.S. Congress signed into law the FMLA. This act guarantees both men and women unpaid, job-protected leave for up to 12 weeks after the birth of a child; adoption of a child; taking care of an ill relative or tending to one’s own medical condition. It also considers a miscarriage to be a serious health condition, and therefore allowing for a recovery period. However, there are several stipulations to this law.

Miscarriage and "God's Will"

I think most of us who have gone through a miscarriage or been told that our pregnancy isn't progressing as it should be turn to our faith or belief system for help and guidance. I can't tell you how many times I turned to mine and was let down. It really does make you question if anyone or anything is out there listening to all those prayers. You question if all of this is just a random sequence of events or if there is a purpose to the emotional and physical pain and suffering when you struggle with infertility and the heartbreak of miscarriage. Obviously I still don't have the answers but here is an article from one woman who ponders that question:

www.boundless.org