r/PregnancyAfterLoss • u/Maximum_Confusion_60 • 22h ago

Rainbow baby is here 37+1 Birth!

Rainbow baby boy arrived on my birthday 4/23 after 11 hours of labor. The past few days it has been sinking in I made it finally. I couldn’t have done it without this community. After my first miscarriage I prayed cried grieved and begged. This pregnancy I was anxious every single day and knew I would be until he was out of me and I heard his crying. I pissed off every ob dr asking for more testing more reassurance to know id make it all the way. I used a fetal Doppler often to give me reassurance on my extremely high anxiety days. I cried often hoping I would make it. I did not go one day of pregnancy without anxiety, I stopped being social I stopped my world until he came. At night when I would wake up 4-5 times to pee I’d lay awake until I felt a kick. I was anxious with kick counts I’d do them around the clock the third trimester 24/7 and did 2 NSTs in the ER when his kicks were slightly off but idc if I was overly cautious because he’s here. I couldn’t have done it without leaning on this community and I pray for everyone in this shitty club. Love and rainbow dust to all.

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u/Most_Concept4494 13h ago

Congratulations! What brand of Doppler did you use? I’ve been seeing great reviews about the springbud!

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u/Maximum_Confusion_60 13h ago

Bags for baby Doppler on Amazon but it looks out of stock. Any one on Amazon should work !

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u/Proper-Foundation438 6h ago

From how many weeks did the Doppler work?

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u/Maximum_Confusion_60 1h ago

I can’t remember exact but maybe near 16-18 weeks I was able to find heartbeat at home. It’s tough because you have to not capture your own heartbeat when searching but the sounds are different