today marks one year since our blueberry’s due date. that little being would have been one year old sometime around now…maybe in a couple days since they say your first usually goes late.
i remember last year feeling quite sad right about now…having racked up another miscarriage by that point and not knowing if i’d ever be able to sustain a pregnancy…somehow i thought that if i was at least pregnant by our blueberry’s due date, that would help. then when that didn’t happen, i thought that as long as i was pregnant by our beanie’s due date, i’d be fine. that didn’t happen either.
now, here i am a year later, almost 18wks pregnant……and guess what?
it doesn’t help. yes, i feel distracted b/c this baby and my changing body consume most of my energy and time….but when i tune in to my feelings, beyond my baby-euphoria, it still hurts. not knowing our blueberry, all the pain that i felt at the shock and horror of suddenly miscarrying, all the questions and fears about my body and my fears of not being able to sustain life—fears about what that might mean about me….that’s all still real…pregnancy or no pregnancy…i still feel those feelings, remember the acute pain and rage and confusion. i feel the fears and the sleepless nights. it’s all still with me.
just as my little blueberry remains with me. no matter where i am in my fertility hunt, you always remain, little one.
Amen Lilly. I would be due November 3. Someone I know just had a baby and I wonder, “would I have delivered by now?” Pregnancy doesn’t mean you miss your dearly departed babies any less. Thinking of you on this anniversary.
I’m sorry for the sadness. Those milestones must be so hard.
I was happy to read in your previous post that your baby is now doing well, and that you got to hear the heartbeat again!
I feel the same way some days.
Sending hugs; remembering Blueberry