13 Weeks | Faces of Loss, Faces of Hope

October 7, 2012 By AmyL 3 Comments

Hazel Marie

Mom to Kayden Raileigh

Lost January 31, 2012 at 13 weeks’ gestation

and

An angel baby
Lost October 18, 2012 at 10 weeks’ gestation

Rocky Mount, Virginia

Around mid-November 2011, I had started getting very nauseated day by day, and wondered constantly if I was in-fact pregnant with my second child. After about a month of testing and getting nothing but negative pregnancy tests, I finally got a positive. My husband and I were so happy to be having another little one. Around the time I had found out, it was about Christmas, so my primary doctor’s office was closed and getting plowed with tons of snow. They couldn’t get me scheduled in until about mid-January to get me checked and confirmed for my pregnancy, and to check how far along I was. [Read more...]

Filed Under: 10 weeks, 13 weeks, 2012, Missed Miscarriage, recurrent miscarriage, Virginia

June 2, 2012 By AmyL Leave a Comment

Malissa

Miscarried November 26, 2011

11/23/2011

I was at work. When I went on break, I went to the washroom and there was a little blood in my underwear. Then I wiped and there was a little clot. So I called my doc’s office and told them to call my work number. At this time they were calling me down.

When I got down I saw one of my bosses, and I told her what was going on. She told me to sit down. Then my boss came up to me and said my doc was on the phone. I told my doc what was going on and she told me to go to the ER. So I clocked out. [Read more...]

Filed Under: 13 weeks, 2011, Late Miscarriage, Second trimester loss, Spotting

February 18, 2012 By AmyL 2 Comments

Anna

Mom to Andrew
Died November 30, 2011, and born December 12, 2011

and

Innocent

McComb, Mississippi

I found out I was pregnant with Andrew a few days before Innocent’s due date. I had not been expecting it because I had been disappointed so many times. I was very happy, but was, of course, worried as well. We hadn’t known what happened to Innocent, so I worried the same thing would happen to Andrew. [Read more...]

Filed Under: 13 weeks, consecutive loss, Missed Miscarriage, Mississippi, recurrent miscarriage

June 9, 2011 By Carla 3 Comments

Nikki

Mom to Aiden

April 10, 2011

Chicago, IL

I got those beautiful pink lines. Dark, pink, and very big positive in February of 2011. I took a second 5 minutes later just to me sure. And 4 more through out the night. They were all positive. I was so afraid to tell my BF, but so so so excited. All of those doctors who told me I would never get pregnant were wrong and I was going to be mommy after all. The only thing I have ever truly wanted out of life was to be someone’s mommy, and I thought my dream was really going to come true. It wasn’t planned, or expected, but it was certainly welcomed. All seemed to be going ok. [Read more...]

Filed Under: 13 weeks, 2011, First child, Illinois, Second trimester loss

April 23, 2011 By Debbie 3 Comments

Chantal

Mom to Chloe, Lost 24+ weeks in September 2005

Second Loss at 21 weeks in October 2007

Third Loss at 13 weeks in March 2008

Fourth Loss at 21 weeks in April 2009

Fifth Loss at 12/13 weeks in July 2010

Sixth Loss at 9 weeks in 2010

Seventh Loss at 9 weeks in January 2011

Cape Town, South Africa

I found out I was pregnant for the first time in June 2005. I was nervous about telling my mom, because I was raised “first get married and then babies” lol. After I told my mom MY good news, it took her a while to get over it. Didn’t take her very long though, because the next thing you know she starts buying baby clothes. Me too, I just couldn’t resist the cute little outfits. [Read more...]

Filed Under: 12 weeks, 13 weeks, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 21 weeks, 24 weeks, Incompetent Cervix, Late First Trimester Miscarriage, miscarriage, Multiple loss, recurrent miscarriage, Second trimester loss, South Africa

February 2, 2011 By Kristin Leave a Comment

Amy

Mom to Taylor

Lost to Miscarriage at 13 weeks

January 10th, 2011

Orange County, CA

My husband and I had a fairytale wedding. Our fairytale continued when we were surprised with a pregnancy within a few months of our wedding. Our baby never made it to our arms, but her memory will be with us forever. Mommy & Daddy love you, Taylor.

[Read more...]

Filed Under: 13 weeks, 2011, California, First child, first trimester loss

January 4, 2011 By Kristin 2 Comments

Britany

Mom to 2 Angels

March 2010 and November 14th, 2010

Houston, TX

My husband and I have been trying since January 2010 to add a second child to our family.
On Friday, September 3, 2010, I took a home pregnancy test and it came up positive. I was very excited, although I was very cautious too. I had been in this same place on February 14, 2010, only to realize I was starting to miscarry a week later. That pregnancy in February was possibly a chemical pregnancy, the pregnancy never progressed at all, multiple ultrasounds showed no pregnancy/growth/changes in my uterus. While it was disheartening to loose that pregnancy, I didn’t know that gut wrenching pain that a miscarriage can cause.

On Friday, September 24th, at 6 weeks, I had an ultrasound and when my husband and I saw the baby with a heartbeat on the ultrasound screen and heard the heart beating, we started to slowly and cautiously let ourselves feel some relief and start to get excited about the pregnancy, there was actually a baby growing inside me, this was great news!

October 6, 2010 By Kristin Leave a Comment

Kristen

Mom to Angel Baby

Miscarried September 13th, 2010 at 13 weeks

Rochester, NY

We lost our precious baby on September 13, 2010. I was exactly 13 weeks pregnant. It was a Monday. It was 2pm. There was no heartbeat. Life will never be the same. I haven’t yet been able to go more than an hour without crying, regardless of where I am; home, restaurant, church, doesn’t matter. There’s never a shortage of tears. There’s never a shortage of sadness. I loved that baby, I love that baby. I would have easily and without question given my life so that my baby could live. If only I’d had the option.

[Read more...]

Filed Under: 13 weeks, 2010, Missed Miscarriage, New York

September 30, 2010 By Kristin Leave a Comment

Amber

Mom to

Elijah born August 27, 2010 at 14 weeks 2days due to Acrania

Hope Marie born still on July 25, 2009 at 13 weeks 5 days

Cumberland, Virgina

July 21, 2010 By Kristin 1 Comment

Amanda
Mom to Rowan McCleskey (miscarried at 13 weeks, 2 days on August 17th, 2009);
and Levi Matthew McCleskey (June 28th, 2010-June 29th, 2010, 19 weeks)
Pensacola, FL

How did we end up here?

I most likely cannot do my children any justice with mere words, but I can try to keep their little spirits alive in me by telling and re-telling these stories. I’m a mother, but probably not in the way that you would expect. Our children do not live among us, for they were too precious for this place. They hurried on to Heaven and I can hardly wait to meet them there.

Rowan’s Story

Matt and I had been married for a little over 2 years, and had been trying to conceive for much of that time. See, we were nearly 30 and ready to begin our family building. After a few rounds of Clomid, and a much needed get-away I found out I was pregnant on June 24, 2009. To express my jubilation at the news would take far too much space…and Matt…oh if I was excited then I don’t even think there is a word to adequately describe his elation. We could not wait to be parents. We began telling everyone at once. I was about 6 weeks along, and we didn’t think 34 weeks was enough time to tell all of our friends/family. We started buying baby goods, and had the nursery ready for our little peanut at 12 weeks. Everything was perfect, all my appointments were great and the baby was growing big and steady. We had seen Peanut at 9 weeks, and had listened to the super-fast, strong, heart beat then as well.

On August 17, 2009, our lives were forever altered. I woke up at 6:45, as usual, to get ready for work. I used the bathroom, and felt something like a ‘slipping’. There really isn’t any way to describe it. I reached down to see if it was blood, and I caught Rowan in my hands. He was perfect. Ten fingers, toes, all with nails, a face identical to his daddy….just far too small to ever stay here. We called my doctor and went to the ER. I had a D&C and developed an infection (as I had to wait nearly 18 hours w/o food or water for the surgery). It was a nightmare. The hospital had let Matt take the baby home, since we wanted a funeral and he was to be issued no birth certificate because it was a miscarriage, a ‘spontaneous abortion’ – ugh! that phrase makes me furious still to this day. I was in the hospital for 3 days and finally was able to go home. I held Rowan for hours. I memorized every inch of him, our friend Donna came and took pictures, I didn’t want to ever forget a moment with Rowan, or any special feature of what he looked like. He was perfect. My angel love.

Seach for stories by author name, location, or keyword:

Find Healing

Looking for something specific? Find a story similar to your own.

Followers

Spread the word, grab our button!

Blog Archive

Graphic Design by