Just wondering if others are feeling a deep level of sadness despite being 'only' 7 weeks along. Personally, I'm gutted but the logical part of me doesn't think I should be.
My wife had 3 miscarriages at around 7 weeks. It is devastating. The last one we were at 7 weeks, had an ultrasound and saw the heartbeat, and then my wife had a miscarriage the next day. I know that later term losses can be hard, but I feel that if you are trying to have a child, a miscarriage at any time after a positive pregnancy test can be difficult. I know that as soon as we would get a positive test we would imagine the future, imagine ourselves as parents, and imagine our life with a child. The miscarriages weren't just a loss of the embryo/fetus, it was a loss of that imagined future. Dealing with early miscarriages is also really tough because, at least where we are from, it's expected that you don't tell anyone you are pregnant until after 12 weeks - so you're basically expected to deal with it in silence.
My wife had 3 miscarriages at around 7 weeks. It is devastating. The last one we were at 7 weeks, had an ultrasound and saw the heartbeat, and then my wife had a miscarriage the next day. I know that later term losses can be hard, but I feel that if you are trying to have a child, a miscarriage at any time after a positive pregnancy test can be difficult. I know that as soon as we would get a positive test we would imagine the future, imagine ourselves as parents, and imagine our life with a child. The miscarriages weren't just a loss of the embryo/fetus, it was a loss of that imagined future. Dealing with early miscarriages is also really tough because, at least where we are from, it's expected that you don't tell anyone you are pregnant until after 12 weeks - so you're basically expected to deal with it in silence.