Prayer request, Catholic perinatologist, etc

[annb]

I’m sorry for your loss.
You are not alone.
I wish that words could be of comfort to you. You may find them in this book: Empty Cradle Broken Heart by Debra Davis.

 

[Princess_Abby]

I am so terribly sorry for you and the loss of your beloved son. I will keep you in my prayers. I can’t even imagine your pain.

 

[StratusRose]

Hi captaincatholic,
We met at MooCowSteph’s. I’m so so sorry for the pain you must be feeling, and for the disheartening response you got from the OB.
The doctor I go to in Catonsville is NFP only, Damian Birchess is listed at www.omsoul.com, but his associate Victoria Steiner-Larsen is the only one who is accepting new patients. I’ve seen both of them. They’re not an OB/Gyn, but they may have references. Tepeyac is also a good idea, (I think StratusRose goes there), but they aren’t accepting new patients. Perhaps either of those two places can give you a better lead for an OB who won’t recommend contraception.
PM me if you’d like.
Prayers for all four of you!

Yes, that is correct, I do go to Tepeyac. However, Dr. McCauley has left the practice and I think my records went with him, so I am sort of in between practices. I have yet to find out. Although Tepeyac doesn’t have a perinatologist, I would call and ask if they can recommend one.

I am so sorry to hear of your loss. I can’t believe your doctor called your son a “mistake.” How insensitive. I will be thinking of you in the hard times…

 

[stayathomemom]

Captain Catholic,

I am so terribly sorry for the loss of you precious baby boy. I cannot imagine what you are going through, and I will keep you and your family in my prayers. I must say my heart fell in my stomach when I read this thread, because I was just thinking about you and your baby (I was so amazed when you had announced that you would have the privelage of having 2 children so close in age).

I also got a lump in my throat reading Leaner’s post (and all who have lost their babies). I guess you never return to normal after something so tragic and heartbreaking.

Prayers and hugs to you.

 

[Gwyn]

You are in my prayers. Sending you {{{{hugs}}}} in your time of sorrow.

 

[captaincatholic]

Thanks to all of you for your prayers and posts. We are doing as well as can be expected. I thank God daily for my wonderful husband and son here on earth with me, and hope and pray that I will one day rejoin my two sons in heaven. (We had a miscarriage before Thomas was born, and named our little boy Peter.) Now I know that Peter and William are both praying for me, and I hope that they will continue to pray for their future siblings, God-willing.

We have been thinking about our options for doctors and our best option might just be to find a good prolife OB/GYN in the area. A perinatologist is probably more than we need right now, in our situation.

I am realizing more and more that William died when the EMTs cut the umbilical cord. He was born with good color and was even kicking me during labor, and had been all along. He was just too young to breathe on his own and the paramedics were not trained to deal with preemies and those extra complications. I am still trying to get over my anger at his seemingly needless death, but I am reminded by those close to me that somehow, God had willed that William join him earlier than I wished. I am also comforted by the fact that my husband thought to baptize him before the paramedics came, so he is truly a saint and a child of God, even formally by his baptism.

At any rate, I must get my Thomas some lunch now. Please keep us in your prayers, and thank you for your kindesses!