Mom to Liam James
March 25, 2014 – May 28, 2014
Las Vegas, Nevada
Putting a face on miscarriage, stillbirth and infant loss
Mom to Liam James
March 25, 2014 – May 28, 2014
Las Vegas, Nevada
Rosanna
Mom to Alexander
Born and died May 13, 2012
Fresno, California
Due date, May 11, 2012:
On Friday, May 11th, our first child Alexander still wasn’t ready to come out. I went to my doctor’s appointment on his due date. He was perfect. I was perfect. He just wasn’t ready to meet the world yet. My doctor scheduled another appointment on Monday to do a stress test because she doesn’t like babies to go very long over their due date. It never crossed my mind that anything bad would happen. It didn’t cross her mind to even mention it to me, either. Death was never discussed. Death wasn’t discussed in any of the three books I read during my pregnancy, either. Not one thing was wrong with me or with Alex during the pregnancy. Late Friday night, I started to have contractions. They weren’t as strong as I expected them to be. I envisioned myself screaming, but they weren’t that intense. However, they were coming closer and closer together. This lasted all night. [Read more…]