Surprise "Miracle" Baby!

[DawnCt1]

I went to a graduation party out of state this weekend. There was the sweetest little three year old girl; we will call her Susie. She was the light of her parents' eyes, smiling, happy and the results of a six year struggle to conceive that ended with invitro fertilization and her happy birth. The mom was told that she would probably never have another child and that it would be expensive to again pursue invitro fertilization so they were happy to have little Susie be an only child. They gave away the baby clothes, the baby crib, stroller, etc. All of the baby stuff that those of us who plan to add to our family keep.
About 6 months ago Susie's mom noticed that she hadn't had a period in a couple of months. That was not unusual for her but as it approach three months, she noticed other obvious changes as well. When she went to her doctor she discovered that she was in her forth month of pregnancy. She is due in August and they are expecting a little sister for Susie. Of course, her friends have given her all of their baby stuff and more in preparation for the exciting day.

 

[golfgal]

That is so nice to hear. We had some friends who had a DD, the wife had breast cancer and chemo and the dr's told her she would be infertile after that, a year later their DS was born .

 

[Pooh Crew]

Been there, done that! I had cancer and some other issues--was told repeatedly that I would never conceive naturally. I was told that I stood a better chance of winning the lottery...that it just wasn't physically possible. After six years of failed fertility treatments, I finally got pg with my precious babies. Our family was complete. Nine months later, imagine my surprise to find out that I was not only pg, but was into my second trimester already! So after thinking for years that we would never have children, we had four within sixteen months!

I love surprise baby stories!

 

[Rora]

It's always wonderful to hear these stories!!

 

[DebbieB]

I have heard of that many times. When they are not worrying about getting pregnant and not taking precautions thinking they don't have to, it happens! I know of 2 former coworkers who had twins via fertility treatments and thought they were done. Then a few years later - surprise!

 

[Pea-n-Me]

It's not unusual for a pregnancy, even after longstanding infertility, to somehow "kick in" normalcy.

I really never understood how anyone can say there'll *never* be a pregnancy unless there are absolutely no female organs and no sperm. If you have those components, a pregnancy can occur, even it it's thought to be a no go. You hear those stories a lot!

 

[zachnsamsmommy]

We are having a 'surprise' pg right now! We had DS1 (who is 9)...no problems, in fact, he was a bc failure. Then we tried for 4 yrs to have DS2...lots of fertility treatments (he is 3). We were told after all of that, and DH has some health issues now (well...I do too)..that we probably couldn't have another. Well, I am 4 mos pg with our 'surprise' and couldn't be happier.

I love, love hearing these stories, and it feels good to be one of those 'stories' as well.

 

[Val]

We have 3 of those miracle babies and our precious "regular" firstie! ....DD22 was our first, a surprise as we weren't trying, but not "not trying". Easy as can be, and now a college graduate and "artiste". Shoot, she even sells her artwork!

.....DD18 came after two 2nd trimester miscarriages and lots of effort/medical intervention and a VERY difficult pregnancy. She contracted bacterial meningitis at 8 weeks, and we almost lost her......but she's turned out great.....just graduated with high honors, came in the top 12 in oratory at the national speech contest, and is going to a great college on a great scholarship. Not too bad, eh!....... but I digress.

......4 years after DD18 came along,and after being told I would never conceive again, you guessed it! DS14.....now a wonderful athlete and soon to be high school frosh. He is a wonderful teacher/mentor to the younger kids in his track club and a peer mentor at school. Gee, we thought we were lucky just to HAVE him,and he turns out to be a great kid, too!

Yes, we thought we done....look at our dear little family with our dear miracles. But, 18 mos later along came our "wasn't possible" bonus baby...DD12. Easy pregnancy and easy baby. She was born with significant bilateral hearing loss, and is slowing losing all her hearing in one ear, but she is a straight A student in honors classes, is training her deaf puppy, and is a happy go lucky pre teen. Her spirit and determination are awesome...she is the kid who makes the proverbial lemonade out of lemons.

See.....not only are they miracles when they are born, but they continue to amaze us as they grow and become dynamite little, and then big, people. Hang on tight to those miracle babies...soon they will be miraculous adults taking the world by storm....and you will be sitting and reflecting on just how dog-gone lucky you were to have been so very blessed with these amazing human beings. I just hope my 4 slow down long enough to remember to take me to WDW when I am old and senile and gray ;>

 

[jazzielady]

I love these stories!

Reminds me of my aunt and uncle who, years ago, couldn't conceive, and so adopted a beautiful baby girl. Lo and behold, not long after, discovered they were pregnant.

 

[It'sWDW4me]

I hear stories like this and I keep up hope for my neighbors. They've been trying for years and are saving up for IVF. They're good people and I do so hope they can tell their own "miracle baby" story in a few years.

I almost gave up hope on having my DS, myself. We stopped using bc as soon as we got married but, a year later, and still no baby. Then it was two years. After two and a half years (no treatments), I got a new job (had been working at a bank so nothing super strenuous or anything like that ) and BINGO! Preggo within a matter of two weeks of starting my new job. Boy, that was fun telling my new boss that I would be out on maternity leave before my one year anniversary at the company!

 

[disneybound2010]

AWW! Congratulations to her!

This is exactly what happened to my Mom. She tried for 6 years to get pregnant and they did everything possible. DMom FINALLY got pregnant with me and was told not to expect any other children. 3 years later my sister came along. Mom asked at that point to be put on birth control. The Dr.s all told her Dsis was an absolute miracle and that there was no way no chance of Mom having another one. Four months later, DMom was pregnant with my second sister!

 

[kimmar067]

...how AWESOME!

 

[ilovesugar]

How fantastic! I hear these stories every so often and I really think that it has to do with stress. When people stop trying so hard, or just relax because they give into the fact that it is never going to happen, it happens.

 

[shortbun]

Excellent!!! That happened to some friends of ours. They referred to their bonus baby as BOGO until he was born and became Mathew, lol!

And hey, be careful what you wish for. My Mom's best friend and her husband were told they were 'barren' back when doctors used that word. Five children later-and they came one right after another, he got a vasectomy; they had one more conceived because they had too much fun before his sperm count was checked.

 

[nexttrip4us]

I LOVE these stories. They make me smile (and cry a little too!)

 

[kamik86]

My favorite story like this was one day sitting at a meeting that my cousin was also in she said something about her mom having been told she couldnt have kids. My mom and I just start laughing and everyone is wondering what we are doing... Then my cousin informed everyone else that she has 10 brothers and sisters.

Doctors are wrong sometimes. My 60 year old mother was told she wouldn't make it to 20.

 

[worm761]

DD is our surprise baby. I have 14 year old DS that was a miracle himself. Pregnancy does not go well with me. I had him a month early. After that I had cancer and some other health issues and was told I could get pregnant but I would not be able to carry a pregnancy through. Had a miscarriage at 5 months along. Robbie was told by three different doctors that he could not have kids when he was trying with his ex wife. I was always careful not to date people who wanted kids because it was not an option for me and something I didn't feel was fair to them. Anyway, on April fools day last year, I noticed that I had skipped a period. Now my cycle is longer than average so I do skip a month every couple months. But I had skipped the wrong month. Doc said to take a pregnancy test just to be sure before calling. So I did and there were two little pink lines. So, we had DD. Had a few problems during the pregnancy and was put on bed rest but she is almost 7 months old and healthy now.

 

[RadioFanatic]

I'm another who had a miracle baby. Tried for literally 10 years to have a baby, everything used medically, including 4 failed IVF attempts. Was told I could not have babies. Tried adopting two sisters, failed due to circumstances beyond our control. Two months after finding out the adoption fell through, I found out I was pregnant - through no extraordinary efforts. Have a beautiful 2 year old son.

 

[LisaInNc]

I have an invitro baby who is a miracle baby. We struggled with infertility for 7 years and did 3 invitros. Without science she would not be. How I wish that little "surprise" could have happened for me. I wanted anouther so badly but it wasn't to be.

I wish your friend an easy pregnancy!

Lisa

 

[pilesoflaundry]

Been there, done that! I had cancer and some other issues--was told repeatedly that I would never conceive naturally. I was told that I stood a better chance of winning the lottery...that it just wasn't physically possible. After six years of failed fertility treatments, I finally got pg with my precious babies. Our family was complete. Nine months later, imagine my surprise to find out that I was not only pg, but was into my second trimester already! So after thinking for years that we would never have children, we had four within sixteen months!

I love surprise baby stories!

I know two people that went through years of fertility treatments, ivf, surgeries etc. and were told no way, no how they would conceive on their own ever. Both of them got pregnant in the first few months after their miracle baby was born!