Wow...a lot has happened since my last post. Jeff and I finished our trip out west with the children and arrived in Alabama. We were there just a few days before leaving for our cruise. We were on Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas. It really is a spectacular ship. We had a great time, except the first night I had cramping and bleeding again. After the cruise, I made an appointment with an OB/Gyn because I feared I might have had an incomplete miscarriage. The closest appointment I could get was for September 1st.

Around midnight the evening of the 24th I began cramping terribly. After suffering 2 hours, I woke Jeff up and told him we had to go to the ER. He agreed and we went to St. Vincent's. This was a great blessing, because after both a traditional and vaginal ultrasound it was apparent that I had an ectopic pregnancy. This was highly unusual and unsuspected because I have no history of any kind of problems that would result in an ectopic pregnancy and I have already vaginally delivered 6 babies. I had to go right in for emergency surgery and have three little scars to show for it. I still feel the loss of this baby. I yearn for another child--I feel like there is another waiting to come to our family.

I was so blessed to have quality, appropriate care. It could have been so much worse...