Miscarriage Support

We just received this message from one of our Facebook friends and upon her request, we are sharing this here:

Could you post this for me. Lost my sweet angel baby on Monday. I was 6 weeks and spotting since day 1. I started passing clots and cramping Monday night at work. I was rushed to the hospital and after many tests found out my baby was gone. The doctor in the emergency department asked if I knew what my blood type was. I honestly didn't. He told me I had rH negative blood and I should have gotten a shot when I first found out. If my doctors knew this, why wasn't I told my blood type could form  antibodies against my baby. I wish they would have given the shot to me, and I feel guilty for not knowing this one little thing could take my baby from me. Anyone else have experience with rH negative blood during pregnancy? How do I get over blaming myself? When can I start trying again?

Rift Valley fever is caused by the Rift Valley fever virus, which is mostly transmitted by mosquitoes and affects many different animal species including humans. The virus, which exists in Africa and on the Arabian Peninsula, often cause deadly infections in cows, sheep and goats, and usually lead to miscarriages in pregnant animals. The virus regular cause large outbreaks with hundreds of thousands of infected animals and people. There is currently an outbreak in Niger and recently a Chinese man, who had visited the African Continent, got sick with Rift Valley fever upon returning to China.

The University of Warwick has been selected to be a partner in the largest miscarriage research centre in Europe.

I almost had you I almost held you But you never got to see the sun

We’d like to thank the talented Rebekah Garvin for sharing her music with us on Facebook. Please give her music a listen: Almost was written in loving memory of the two precious angels that she lost, the first on 11/14/2014 and the second on 6/2/2015.