Even though I can't yet feel it, the baby is still in there, moving around, keeping a healthy 160+ bpm heart rate. I breathed a little sigh of relief as I crossed the 4 month threshhold, the sacred place where rate of miscarriage drops to below 3%.
However relieved I might be, tragedy fell on one of my Soldiers this week, as his wife miscarried after 3 months, 2 days. She'll have a D&C on Monday to remove her fetus, placenta, and excess tissue. I cannot imagine her pain (physical and emotional), trying to explain to her other two children why they won't be welcoming a sibling this winter, or carrying her dead child within her for nearly a full week before the procedure.
I pray for her full recovery, and for her husband's safe return from temporary duty across the country. He will need to be there for her!
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My heart goes out to your solider and his family!
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