Sad day . . .

I always thought that people who announced their pregnancies before the second trimester were taking a bit of a risk since the chance of miscarriage in the first trimester is so high. The reason I announced mine so early was because of the way that it happened. The chance was so slim for me to get pregnant in the first place, and I really, really felt in my heart that this was a baby that just really needed to get here. It was just so meant to be. But yesterday we found out that I miscarried. I was 11 weeks, and the last week, my nausea had dropped off so sharply, I just thought that this time I was really lucky because I was sick much longer last time. Then the day before yesterday the thought ran through my mind that maybe I had miscarried. I tossed the thought aside. Reminded myself that this baby was meant to come to us right now (apparantly), and that each pregnancy is different and I was far enough along that I should start feeling better anyway. I work in the radiology department at Davis Hospital and the next day at work (yesterday) I decided to have the ultrasound girls check me out, just to ease my mind. No heartbeat. I have had no symptoms other than the easing of my nausea that would indicate a miscarriage. I saw my doctor and he left the choice up to me to either wait and let the miscarriage finish out on it's own (which he said might be 2 weeks or so) or just get it over with and have a D&C. Does anyone who's been though this have an opinion either way? I'm thinking I'd like to let it just happen naturally, but I'm not certain that I want to go through waiting and grieving for that long. This has been a lot harder than I ever expected a miscarriage to be. Opinions please?

I've learned at least two things: I won't post a pregnancy again until I'm past the first trimester, because this is just plain humiliating to have to "announce" a miscarriage. And I won't complain so much about feeling nauseous next time. It's a sign that everything is going the way it should.