Alicia
Mom to Raegan Elizabeth
Estimated Due Date September 22,2012
Early Miscarriage
Ohio
On January 10, 2012, my life changed forever. [Read more...]
April 2, 2012 By 3 Comments
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Cassie
Mom to Isaac Lee
Miscarried April 4, 2011
(EDD August 24, 2011)
and
Kinslee Nicole
Born and died February 24, 2012
(EDD June 29, 2012)
Crooksville, Ohio
June 22, 2012. This was supposed to be one of the greatest days of our lives. Instead it will be another day out of the year that’s filled with tears and sadness for my husband and I. This is our story. [Read more...]
February 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Kristi
Mom to Baby Kester
Born and Passed on February 17, 2012
Northeast Ohio
It all started with multiple positive pregnancy tests three days before Christmas. I was beyond thrilled and I instantly started crying at the sight of those two pink lines. Naturally I thought of a cute way to tell my fiancé, so I wrapped the test up and waited until he came home. He was so excited and he was speechless. We had been trying for 15 months and were starting to get disappointed, but we got our Christmas miracle. I was told when I was in my early teen years that it could be hard for me to conceive due to being abused as a child, so I was ecstatic. [Read more...]
January 19, 2012 By 8 Comments
Nicki
Ellersley Grace – August 13th, 2011 birth and death
Louisville, OH
My name is Nicki and I am a mommy to a little lady who dances on the other side of eternity. We found out we were pregnant on February 17th, 2011. We had been trying for about 2.5 years and we could not BELIEVE what we were seeing! We were filled to the brim with Joy and Love for the sweet baby we didn’t even know yet! We went through our pregnancy with flying colors, I was healthy and the baby was healthy. All was well in our world. We came to June and we decided to have a gender reveal party; we cut the cake and the inside color told us what my belly held inside. [Read more...]
January 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Jodi
Mom to a little one
Lost to ectopic pregnancy October 2008
Akron, Ohio
At nineteen years old I was diagnosed with PCOS. I was told many different things from many different doctors, ranging from, “You will never be able to have children,” to “The only way I tell someone they will never have children is if they do not have a uterus.” December 25, 2007, at the age of 33, I found out I was pregnant (exactly 17 weeks 4 days…yes I missed my entire first trimester!). I had defied the odds that were against me…this was a miracle!! At this point I was single, finishing grad school and a full time teacher. May 29, 2008, Jacob came into this world and today he is a healthy, happy, intelligent light in my world!!
November 12, 2011 By 2 Comments
Stephine
Mom to Silas Hunter
July 23, 2011 - August 1, 2011
Newark, Ohio
I started having Braxton Hicks at around 19 weeks. Nothing to be worried about, except once after we moved. I was having them for a good 45 minutes about every 4-5 minutes. I called my doctor and we stopped them. About 2 weeks later (maybe sooner, it’s all been a rush), I woke up about 6:15am with Braxton Hicks…the ones I had gone to bed with. But then I started getting pains..”Oh crap, I’m constipated.” These pains, oh my goodness, they kept getting worse. I went downstairs and tried to walk around, drink water, and I laid down. Boyfriend was upstairs in bed still, it was a Saturday. About 11 or so, I woke him up because I couldn’t take it anymore. I called Labor & Delivery and they told me to get some Milk of Magnesia. My boyfriend ran to the store and got it, came back a half hour or so later, but it wasn’t working and the pain was getting worse. [Read more...]
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Leslie
Isabella Mae Camp
September 12th, 2011
Swanton, OH
April of 2011, was so busy for me. I was in school full time, just started a new job, my husband was working and my oldest son was just finishing up preschool. I always joked that my youngest son, Tyler, was just along for the ride. Tyler had just turned four on the 17th.
October 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Jennie
Mom to Eleora Lynn Exposito
September 30th, 2010
Canton, Ohio
I think the easiest way to tell my story is to just start from the beginning. My son, Mazio , had just turned one in June of 2010. My husband, Ben , and I had been anxiously awaiting the one year mark to start trying to conceive again. Since I had a csection with my son at 29 weeks due to preeclampsia we were told to wait one full year before trying. I was so excited and anxious to be pregnant again. I was also a bit scared as well since the chance of another preeclamptic pregnancy was now higher. We had only tried for a month when I by chance had a gut feeling to take a test. To my excitement and surprise it was positive right away. I was so thrilled that I couldn’t wait for Ben to get home from work to tell him so I took a picture of the test with my phone and sent it to him with the text “ Guess what?” He was excited and came home smiling. [Read more...]
October 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Tricia
Mom to Baby lost at 8 Weeks – May 1999
Second Early loss at 8 Weeks – September 2001
Ryan James
June 25th, 20004
and Joshua Richard
June 25th, 2004 – June 26th, 2004
Marion, Ohio
We were married on September 21, 1996 and dreamed of having a large family. Little did we know our dreams would be hard won. We began trying to conceieve immediately after we married and we were blessed with a trouble free pregnancy and full term daughter. We had no idea that we would have trouble down the road. [Read more...]
September 21, 2011 By 2 Comments
Shelly
Mom to Kylee Nicole
Born June 18th, 2004 at 33 weeks 4 days
Died February 1st, 2005
Cleveland, Ohio
KYLEE’S STORY: NO LONGER IN MOMMY’S ARMS BUT FOREVER IN HER HEART
Her story actually began before Friday January 23, 2004 but, that is when I discovered thanks to two little pink lines that I was expecting my first baby, I was 21-years-old… Of course like a good deal of mommies I pictured a Sweet, Beautiful, Baby Girl and visions of cute pink dresses and frilly outfits. My pregnancy was perfect; my only problem was awesome “morning” sickness. I couldn’t wait to find out what I was having (although I suspected my baby was a girl), my suspicions were confirmed on April 7th, her father was happy and excited but also a little sad because just 3 months earlier he was suddenly prevented from seeing his then 23-month-old son by the mother. [Read more...]
September 9, 2011 By 9 Comments
Stephanie
Mom to Kylie Ann Shaffer
Grew Her Wings June 3rd, 2011 at 19 weeks
Reynoldsburg, Ohio
When I entered the hospital on June 2, 2011, I knew that our 19 week old daughter was no longer living. I knew that I had to enter the labor and delivery unit to deliver my baby and take nothing home. [Read more...]
September 1, 2011 By 3 Comments
Milena
Mom to Enzo Leandre
July 28th, 2011 – July 29th, 2011
Columbus, Ohio
My SONshine
On a day when most like to play practical jokes, I found out I had nothing to joke about but, rather, jump of joy. On April 1st 2011, I found out I was pregnant with my first child. My husband, Leandre and I were filled with complete and utter joy! We had wanted to start a family for months. We went through the three months of morning (or should I say, everyday) sickness. The weight gain. The doctor visits. The careful diet. All of those wonderful and amazing things, that most of us take for granted, but that I never will again. [Read more...]
August 31, 2011 By 1 Comment
Marcia
Mom to Peyton Elizabeth Armstrong
Born Still January 7th, 2011
New Philadelphia, Ohio
Our story begins in July 2010 when my husband Kyle and I found out that we were expecting our third child. It came as a shock for us. Our two older daughters were 7 and 5 years old, and we had just finished cleaning out our basement of baby items and clothes two months prior, figuring the baby days were behind us. Kyle had just turned 39 and I 38, and we had not anticipated in having any more children, but then a little surprise came into our lives. Our two daughters, Lauren & Kaitlyn were very excited to be big sisters, and we learned that our little bundle of joy was due to arrive March 28, 2011. [Read more...]
July 30, 2011 By 11 Comments
Danielle
Mom to Tristan Shai Mitchell
July 7, 2011 – July 12, 2011
Canal Fulton, OH
I was asked to be at the hospital at 8 a.m. on the morning of July 6, 2011, to be induced. I was only 4 days overdue according to my OB. I had always said I never wanted induction, but as a doctor, I assumed he knew what was best. They started me on Pitocin as soon as I arrived. I was 1 cm dilated, 70% effaced, and the baby was still at -3 position. They inserted a folly catheter to irritate my cervix to try and help me dilate. At 2 p.m., I got up to walk to the bathroom and a rush of water came down my leg. The nurse on duty said it “smelled like amniotic fluid”, and called the Dr. to order my epidural. She also said that thanks to the cath, I was now 3 cm dilated. [Read more...]
June 21, 2011 By 5 Comments
April Starkey
Lost our baby girl Annabelle Cherrea
June 6, 2011 at 20 weeks
Mansfield, OH
For all of my life, as long as I can remember, I have wanted to be a mom. God blessed me with Isaac and let me become one on this earth and I will forever thank Him for that. However, another thing that some may even think I’m weird for, that I wanted to experience was being pregnant long enough to feel my baby move, to see their beautiful baby outline on the ultrasound machine and hear their precious heart beating. [Read more...]
June 10, 2011 By 2 Comments
Kiley
Baby A
Miscarried at 8 weeks on March 4, 2010
Isaiah David
Labor induced at 22 weeks due to fatal birth defect
Blacklick, OH
This story begins on September 18, 2010 when I took a pregnancy test and it was positive! After the loss of our first pregnancy at 8 weeks, this was the healing we were looking for. We went to the doctor’s office just a couple weeks later (5 weeks pregnant) and saw our little grain of rice-sized baby on the ultrasound. The little heart was just beating away as strong as it could be. We went again for ultrasounds at 7 and 9 weeks. We breathed a small sigh of relief to have made it further along than we had with baby #1. We thought this was going to be the one! [Read more...]
June 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Tabitha
Baby lost to Ectopic Pregnancy
May 2011
Logan, Ohio
On May 5,2011 I got my positive home test. I was so excited, me and my fiance were talking about having another child but we really didn’t expect it to happen this soon but it did, and we were willing to do whatever it took to make ends meet. I called an OB to schedule my first appointment. They had told me to come in on May 18th at 2:30pm. May 14th rolls around and I noticed that I was having some horrible sharp pains down in the lower part of my stomach on the right side. I had no clue what it could be, and with the biggest fear which was I thought I was miscarrying I drove to the hospital with Michael at my side. They took some blood, did a urine test and gave me a ultrasound. The blood and urine came back positive, and the ultrasound looked ok to the ER doctor. So he told me that I had a cyst on my right ovary and it is possible that was causing the pain. Told me to take some tylenol and if the pain got worse or if I started to bleed to come back. [Read more...]
June 6, 2011 By 8 Comments
Amber
Mom to Adalyn Paige
Born still on February 26th, 2011
Waverly, Ohio
My name is Amber. I lost my Daughter Adalyn on February 26, 2011 at 5:45am. I went in on the 25th to get induced I was 39 wks.
April 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Carla
Mom to Cale – Ectopic Pregnancy Lost at 5 weeks on August 5th, 2010
Lydia – Miscarriage Lost at 6 weeks on October 20th, 2010
and Harper – Miscarriage Lost at 6.5 weeks on March 10th, 2011
Mogadore, Ohio
I am a mother of a 2 year old son, so I feel guilty writing about my losses as I already have a living child, but I have come to learn that any loss is painful so I am here to share my story. My husband and I decided that it seemed like the right time to start trying around June of 2010. We had no issues with our son so we assumed this would be a breeze and I was, at the time, uneducated and unaware of any situation involving any kind of pregnancy loss. However, that changed all too quickly. [Read more...]
April 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Lisa
Mom to Michael Joseph
Born Still at 28 weeks 3 days on February 20th, 2010
Groveport, Ohio
In February 20, 2010, at 28 weeks and 3 days of pregnancy, our baby boy, Michael Joseph was delivered still. I had gone to my midwife that morning after not feeling any movement for a couple days. I had felt a funny twinge a couple days before that, but didn’t think much of it because I had that same feeling a few weeks prior. My midwife could not locate a heartbeat, and my blood pressure was quite high, so she suggested we go to the nearest hospital emergency room. [Read more...]
