January - New Year - New You

So we did miscarry in December - not sure if I posted that here yet or not... It was different than the previous miscarriages. This time I did have the light brown spotting... streaks of pink... at first... like threads of pink so barely noticeable but I noticed them in the mucous... Then it turned to a bright red bleed like a period. Note to self: DO NOT GO TO ER when you are having an MC. Note to self: DO NOT seek medical care when you find out you are pregnant until you get to at least 12 weeks. Note to self: Repeat miscarriages are expensive. Yeah. So we had 2 in 2014. It cost us upward of $4,000 total. That's a lot of money and no baby. And honestly I recvd NO medical care or treatment... just watchful waiting. Please. I can do that at home on my own for free. The only thing I would consider doing is the bloodwork to follow the HCG to zero. But this was actually the swiftest MC we've had. I started noticeably spotting on Sunday November 23. Monday November 24 it turned into a period bleed. Just bleeding no pain... Bled like that for a week until Monday December 1. After two very painful hours of labor (just like the labor pains I had with my now three year old kid) I "gave birth" to a large grapefruit sized gestational sac in the toilet. Caught it with a strainer. It was a mass that was covered in blood and fluids so you couldn't see inside and I certainly didn't want to disturb it or open it up or wash it off or anything. So we said our thoughts and prayers and let it go. I'm glad we did that. I felt better immediately afterwards physically. Mentally and emotionally things really sucked for about a month... the holidays were rough. We put on a brave face for Thanksgiving. Christmas was OK but kind of sad... and then now here we are in the New Year... with lots of stupid medical bills for another miscarriage. Awesome. Anyway... I bled heavily for a week after mc and then just spotting here and there until Dec. 15 with some again on Dec. 20 and then I was in the clear... I kept going for bloodwork to check HCG until January 5 when it was down to 2.5 so that was the last time we checked and now I am over the most recent period which began Jan. 9 and last for a week or so... and now here we are... so here's to a new year and hopefully a new baby - BUT FIRST... an important announcement to make... It is time for me to be prudent and lose weight and get out of debt!!!