My two cents worth for CAT

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In a message dated 6/11/2005 11:39:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

azmomacat2@... writes:

however, the point is i want to tell you don't give up hope....miracles can

and do happen!

What a wonderful story, Jan! And, I so agree with you...miracles do happen! I

went through years of fertility testing, a bunch of surgeries and 2

miscarriages (one at 16 weeks). My doctor was understanding, awesome, amazing

and very

puzzled. He never did find anything 'wrong' with me...no reason to explain my

infertility. We kept plugging along. I tried to hold onto hope. I cried and

prayed a lot. Noone knows why things changed. But, my husband and I are now the

proud parents of four wonderful, beautiful children. Our boys are 19, 16 and

11. Our daughter is 16. Those awful struggles seem like a lifetime ago. Yet,

the pain remains fresh in my memory. Hang in there, Cat! Miracles abound. Mine

and Jan's stories attest to that. Sending tons of prayers your way.

Patty/NJ

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Hi Cat and welcome to the RA-Support Family.....sorry for what brought you to us

but glad to have you join us..

Cat (my alter-ego in my other life...lol), i just wanted to tell you not to give

up hope. I had two miscarriages that i know about. Both were just 6 - 8 weeks

along and 9 years apart. Being told i would never get pregnant again or be able

to carry beyond the time frame i had already was devastating for a 27 year old

that desperately wanted children.

By the time i was 30, i knew i could not live without a child and when the

opportunity presented itself....my beautiful daughter was adopted. She was born

on my birthday which made the gift even more special.

Four years later, i found myself pregnant again. The OBGYN doctor i chose sat

and held my hand when i cried saying i wanted this baby so badly. He told me i

would have this baby if he could do anything at all about it.

Under his care, i felt better than i ever felt before or have since. However, i

ended up having my daughter at six months to the day....no fault of his but of

the hospital staffs where i had been hospitalized after a fall and had been in

back labor for two weeks.

At the time, of the hospitalization it was thought i had injured my back (well,

i did somewhat but shouldn't have warranted in my having the baby). I went into

regular twice on New Year's Eve (morning and night) and this dear doctor came to

the hospital and sat with me as he gave me the iv's and all to stop the labor.

After midnight, the labor began again only even more severe and the hospital

staff (medical wing) did not consider it as labor and would not call my doctor

and treated it more like i was being a baby about some little back pain.

Long story short, around 7am...i gave birth to my daughter in my room by myself

but she survived. She is the mother of two of my grandchildren, served in the

Army, goes to college and has a position of teacher's aide in a special needs

school.

As usual, i am long winded when i get started, however, the point is i want to

tell you don't give up hope....miracles can and do happen!

Take care and always remember the SMILES! They will diffuse any situation in

life and are your best defense when life tries to wear you down.

Love and prayers,

JAN in AZ (formerly CA)

~ " If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you've made me smile, the

entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand. " ~