Meagan Martin Instagram – 2022 has been filled with some serious ups and downs. Don’t get me wrong there were some incredible things that happened this year that I’m so thankful for. I think that is all documented on this platform accurately. What isn’t here is the the struggle that my husband @davewetmore1 and I have been going through since this summer. I don’t generally like to share vulnerabilities because overall I am a glass half full happy go lucky kind of person and even now I can see the positives within my current situation. I do however think it’s very important for my mental health, my grieving process, and for anyone else who is going through something similar to share my experience. Everyone’s journey with pregnancy and fertility is different, but at the end of the day loss is loss. I had my first miscarriage at 7 weeks pregnant on August 25th of this year. It was extremely sad, but I felt like I was able to stay positive and bounce back from it somewhat quickly. I’m thankful that I didn’t feel shame or embarrassment and I was pretty open with people in person about it. Thank you to everyone who was so kind and positive during that time and to those who felt comfortable sharing their losses with me. Those conversations were immensely helpful. I found out I was pregnant again in October and I felt like this would be it. Every week that passed made me feel more confident. I saw our little gummy bear at 9 weeks and a day with a strong heartbeat and little arms and legs moving around. I felt like I could breathe after that. Yesterday At 12 weeks and 5 days I went in for another ultra sound, only to be met with an unmoving fetus and no heartbeat. This one hurts so much more as I was almost through the first trimester, only to find out we won’t be meeting our baby in July like we thought. Perhaps in the future I’ll share more about how this process has affected me as an athlete because it has been quite difficult. For now I’m just trying to pick up the pieces again and enter into 2023 hopeful for a better outcome this year and at some point a happy healthy baby. For anyone else who is going through something similar, I hope you stay hopeful too ❤️! #miscarriage