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[quote=Anonymous]When something bad happens to your baby, you look at what you might have done "wrong" that might have caused it.  It is a normal reaction. If it weren't prior terminations, it would be something else.

Be cautious as to the agendas of the websites telling you that there is medical risk associated with D&Cs. Look for OBJECTIVE medical evidence. (This goes for other things too like pre-natal vitamins, non-stick pans, and whatever else has vested interests, turf interests or a ideology behind it.) As someone who is very interested in a healthy life and healthy pregnancy, I find it incredibly frustrating to sift through all the B.S. out there, or the things that are opinions, or gross generalizations, than actual fact. (sigh)

Be more than cautious. Be angry at these. Really, we should do a better job as a society in figuring out what we know as FACT versus what is OPINION. And sure, as our medical knowledge grows, former "facts" are revised. As the Internet gives a forum to an ever-wider spectrum of people with agendas, it becomes ever more difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff.

Anyway,  the point here is that you are freaking out because of what you read on the Internet. DON'T freak out.

I freaked out for months after I found out I was pregnant bc I hadn't taken a folic acid supplement prior to getting pregnant. Soon after the positive test, I read a magazine that stated that there was a 7x less likely chance of having a child with autism if one took a supplement 4 months before conception. I have yet to find the underlying article with actual research.

I again freaked out when I heard a story about non-stick pans and threw mine away. But the scientific proof of any health-related dangers of using non-stick pans in good repair is hard to find. Then of course, is Dupont saying "Oh no, no problem here."  Ugh. Listen, I just want to know what is a FACT, and what we DO NOT KNOW.

Heck, and I was freaking out on both accounts because of something I read that was presumably based on scientific studies (which I'd LOVE to read!!!)

So please, OP, do not get freaked out by something you read on the Internet when medical knowledge points the other way. You are tapping into your guilt and fear. You are looking to blame yourself for your baby boy being in the NICU - something which must be incredibly difficult for you.  It is human nature to look for a reason why this is so, and these stupid websites have won over your imagination.

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