POSTS WITH TAG: miscarriage & loss

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    A Georgia couple came home one night last week to find their home burglarized. Horrible enough, but the Hugheys were devastated to find the thieves had made off with more than just a few pieces of jewelry. Also missing: a silver box containing the ashes of their baby boy, Caleb Ean Hughey, whom they lost at birth in 2008.

    Just when you think this story can't get any sadder, it does.

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    There is no pain greater than the devastation of losing a child, which is something one mom from the U.K. knows all too well. Gemma Schollick, a mother of three, was beyond heartbroken in 2010 when her baby girl, who she had carried full-term, died in utero and was stillborn.

    Gemma and the baby's father had planned on calling her Amelia, and you can only imagine their horror upon finding out she did not have a heartbeat and had lost her life in the womb.

    And even though the loss of the baby was almost too much to bear, Gemma and her (now) husband decided to start trying for another child as soon as possible.

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    Can sex late in pregnancy harm your baby? Doctors say no. Unless you're doing something violent at the same time, it doesn't harm the baby, and it doesn't trigger labor. But one mom blamed her baby's death on sex she had with her husband.

    Karen Smith checked into the hospital after she started bleeding and cramping a few hours after having sex. She was 31 weeks into her pregnancy. Her doctors didn't seem to think the bleeding and cramping were a big deal. They told her it was a normal thing to happen after sex. But not only did Karen's baby die during emergency surgery, she had to have her uterus removed!

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    Gwyneth Paltrow dropped a bit of a bombshell over the weekend. She's talked about why she hasn't had a third baby before, but she's said it's because her kids are older now and, well, she's older now, too. She just turned 40 this year -- which is by no means "old," but it does put her into a risk category. But it turns out she actually did try for that third baby. And Paltrow suffered a traumatic miscarriage which she says was nearly fatal.

    Gwyneth told the Daily Mail, "I had a really bad experience when I was pregnant with my third. It didn't work out and I nearly died." Good grief! Meanwhile, her kids are asking for a new baby sister or brother. What should she do?

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    As thrilling as pregnancy is, it also comes with a lot of worrisome symptoms. Extreme morning sickness, painfully swollen breasts and feet, and sciatica are all par for the course. Though, one of the scariest things some moms-to-be experience is unexpected bleeding. It's a frightening moment. However, doctors say there are many reasons this can happen and, while it can be gravely serious, it doesn't always lead to losing a baby. Take a look at the 11 causes of bleeding during pregnancy and what it means for you and your baby.

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    Teen Mom Leah Messer is still thinking about the miscarriage she had after divorcing Corey Simms and meeting now-husband Jeremy Calvert in early 2012. What caused Leah to miscarry at eight weeks? "I don't know if it was the stress or what," Leah said at the Teen Mom 2 reunion special.

    Can stress really cause women to miscarry? A lot of women think so. Leah definitely wanted that baby, even though she was going through some major transitions in her life. She was caught between two different men, she was on a reality TV show, and of course, she's a young mom. That stress was definitely there! But did it really have anything to do with her miscarriage?

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    The miscarriage Beyonce suffered before she gave birth to her daughter Blue Ivy became public knowledge when Jay-Z rapped about the couple's heartbreak in "Glory." ("Last time, the miscarriage was so tragic. We was afraid you would disappear. But nah, baby, you magic.") Until now, however, she's never given any details about the loss they went through.

    Beyonce's always been notoriously close-mouthed about her personal life, but in her HBO documentary Life Is But a Dream, she was surprisingly forthcoming about the total shock and devastation of losing the pregnancy. Sadly, her story is one that's surely achingly familiar to many women.

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    When the baby you're expecting dies just a few days before he or she is due it's devastating for the parents. You mourn. You wonder how to go on with your life. And then -- there's something I'd never thought about before: There's all the beautiful baby gifts and gear that will never be used by the child who just died.

    A Dad told a story about the stuff left behind when his daughter died. His wife was staying a few days in the hospital, and he wanted to quickly clear their apartment of the baby gear. It would only make her heartbreak worse. There was the big, expensive stroller he had just bought at Babies 'R' Us. It was still in its box. He would have to return it. It symbolized so much to him.

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    Jenelle Evans' pregnancy is over. The Teen Mom hinted earlier this week that husband Courtland Rogers had taken off while she was suffering a possible miscarriage, and now it's happened.

    An unnamed friend confirmed to Radar that Jenelle lost the baby this morning while former fiance Gary Head -- who popped back up in Jenelle's life just this past week -- has been tweeting from her hospital bedside. It's the worst news to come out of what's been a record bad week for the Teen Mom 2 star. Her marriage is ending, and now she has to deal with the aftermath of losing a baby while the public watches.

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    As if a miscarriage isn't painful enough -- one mother's suffering multiplied when she wanted to have her lost fetus treated with respect. Shayna Spitzack was seven and a half weeks pregnant when she miscarried. Often, in a miscarriage this early in a pregnancy, the tiny fetus is lost in the flow of blood and tissue and ends up accidentally getting flushed down the toilet. But Shayna managed to save hers and wanted to have it cremated. She wrapped it carefully and put it in a box.

    Then she called a funeral home (whose director just happened to be married to her midwife). The director wanted to make sure he was following the law correctly, so he called the county coroner, Jeff Baldi. And that's when a sad, private loss turned into a CSI episode.

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