Jesse Andrews

12/21/99

Jesse was our second child.  I spotted when I was 7 weeks.  It onlylasted a day and it was very light,
so I dismissed it because I thought everything was
ok.  I could kick myself for that.  That was Dec 5 my (my birthday).  To my horror everything wasnt ok.
On Dec 21 at 7am I got up and went to the
bathroom.  I had been having bad pains all night.  I thought it was my bladder, as i have had a lot
of urinary tract infections.  I went back
to bed after using the bathroom
and the pains got really bad.  Blood started
gushing everywhere.  I had never had that much blood coming out with a period before.  It scared me
and I told my husband that it was happening.  He
looked and ran and called 911.
The ambulance came and took me to the ER.
When we got there they took me to the room.
The nurse checked me and started
an IV.  She took my blood pressure
and my temperature.  She said  a doctor
would be right in.  They took me for
an ultrasound to see if i had actually lost the
baby.  The ultrasound confirmed it.  The baby was gone. They didnt do a D&C
because everything was expelled.  The dr said that the baby had died at about 7 weeks because
the fetus was only about 7 weeks old.  He gave me some medicine to make my uterus contract
and stop the heavy bleeding.  He ,checked
me about an hour later, and said it was working.    He gave me a prescription
to fill and take for three days after i went home.  In a couple of hours they discharged me
and we went home with empty arms again.  To this day I regret not going to the ER when the
first spotting happened.  It has been extra hard
this time because I wasnt too far in the grieving process over Daniels death.
Now I am compounded by the death of Jesse.  I long so much to hold my babies.