Putting a face on miscarriage, stillbirth and infant loss
Amy
Mom to Anna
Born still April 25, 2011
Early loss December 2011
Troy, Michigan
In honor of my daughter, Anna, who would have been 1 year old this April 25th, I have decided to share her story in hopes of creating awareness and helping even just one person experiencing the death of a baby. [Read more...]
Jodi
Mom to Isaac Joseph
June 26 - June 28, 2004
Waterloo, Iowa
I am the face of neonatal death. In November of 2003, we learned Isaac Joseph was on the way. We were so excited. This was our second child and we couldn’t feel more blessed. After an early ultrasound, his due date was set for July 7, 2004. I had a fairly easy pregnancy. With the exception of having low iron, everything went perfectly. [Read more...]
Cristina
Mom to Lorelei
Born sleeping November 5, 2011 at 10:08 p.m.
California
I am really not sure where to begin…but I will start by saying that my life and those of my husband and our families has been changed forever. [Read more...]
Nicole
Mom to Gracen Maize
Born asleep May 3, 2011
Mount Pleasant, Michigan
My story initially starts in October 2010 – the 25th to be exact. That was the day we got our first positive pregnancy test after 16 months of actively trying. We were blissfully excited until about 5 weeks along when I started spotting. Beta draws revealed that the numbers weren’t doubling like they should have been. An ultrasound at 6 weeks determined there to be nothing in the sac. My OB suspected a blighted ovum. We scheduled another ultrasound for a week later. The night before the ultrasound, I miscarried, on my own, at 7 weeks.
Sara
Mom to Lucas Alexander
Born Still on October 18th, 2010
Old Fields, West Virginia
I found out very “late” that I was an expecting Mommy…I conceived while on birth control pills, and my partner & I used condoms as well…..so needless to say, “surprised” didn’t quite cover the emotion I felt when I discovered I was pregnant! I was already almost six months into my pregnancy, with only 8 pounds of weight gain, no skipped periods, no nausea, NO signs what-so-ever. At any rate, once I recovered from the shock of “Wow, how did this happen?!?!”, I was elated! I couldn’t wait to see my Little Man, hold him in my arms, and watch him grow. All of my neonatal appointments went smoothly, his heartbeat was always strong. Clockwork. [Read more...]
Lindsey
Mom to Garrett
Stillborn July 31st, 2004
Eden Prairie, Minnesota
My baby angel Garrett was stillborn July 31, 2004 at 38 weeks. I had a perfect pregnancy and had no reason to suspect anything would go wrong. I was surprised to wake up one morning at 2:30am with a horrible feeling that something was wrong. It wasn’t until a few hours later that I realized I wasn’t feeling my baby move. Despite that, I was completely blindsided when the doctor told me my son’s heart had stopped beating. After delivery, we learned that Garrett had died from an umbilical cord accident. [Read more...]
Melissa
Mom to Cohan and Gavin
June 11th, 2011
Wilmington, North Carolina
March 9, 2011 was one of the happiest days of my life. After eight months of being off of the pill, I had a positive pregnancy test. Later I found out I was exactly five weeks on that day. This was the first pregnancy for my husband and I. We were not really trying, but we were not preventing… we were just going with the flow. We were so excited to begin this new chapter in our lives. I consulted my OBGYN the following week to confirm my pregnancy and schedule my first appointment. We couldn’t wait. At ten weeks we went for our first visit and ultrasound. To everyone’s surprise, we saw not one, but two little peanuts on the screen. We couldn’t believe it, and neither could our family. We were totally beside ourselves with joy. Two tiny miracles, on our first pregnancy, and without fertility help. [Read more...]
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...]
Crystal
Mom to Nathan Allen
July 21, 2011 @ 2:32am
16 weeks, 5 days gestation
Archdale, NC
Alyssa
Mom to Paxton Lucas
June 3, 2011
Commerce City, CO
My husband and I had been trying to conceive for a few months and I had been having some cycle abnormalities and had a HSG scheduled for early October 2010 as well as a prescription for clomid to take in October. Well to our surprise we got a BFP on September 27th 2010. It was a very faint positive but a positive none the less and we were ecstatic. I had always wanted 2 children close in age and we would be getting our wish, 2 kids 22 months apart, everything was going to be perfect. [Read more...]
Shaina
Mom to Silas Max
March 8th, 2011
Petaluma, California
My husband and I were just ecstatic to find out I was pregnant, surprised, but very very happy. I had an incredibly easy pregnancy in comparison to other women. No morning sickness, leg cramps, weird food cravings or aversions. I definitely got very fatigued in the early months and late months of pregnancy, but that was it. Women told me the last couple of months were the worst, but those were my favorite because I got to feel without a doubt my little boy, Silas, kicking around and dancing in my belly everyday. He also had hiccups on a pretty regular basis. On most days, I sang to Silas, my regular songs were “good night sweetheart” or “you are my sunshine.” At night, I would read him a story before we went to bed or Nate would make up a fairytale and lay his head on my belly and tell the story to our little boy. We just couldn’t be happier and we eagerly anticipated the day that he was born. [Read more...]
Nicole
Mom of Caroline Elizabeth
Born sleeping October 20th, 2010
Knoxville, Tennessee
I decided that I thought it would be a good thing if I went ahead and told my whole story. Maybe sharing this will help me; maybe it will help someone else who is questioning God’s involvement in such a tough world. If nothing else, maybe someone will learn that they are truly not alone. [Read more...]
Tara
Mom to Anthony Brian Martinez
Born Still June 27th, 2010 at 32 Weeks Gestation
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
On Friday, June 25 I noticed Anthony wasn’t moving like he usually did, but we were in the middle of a heat wave and I was in my 3rd trimester & had been told it was normal for babies to move less in late pregnancy. [Read more...]
I was almost 36 weeks pregnant and had started my maternity leave a bit early to get the house ready for baby #2. I had noticed a bit of lightening and a decrease in movement for a couple of days, but that’s normal in the final months of pregnancy because the baby has less space to move, and I still felt the baby rolling and turning and at times it felt like he was stretching out in there so I just brushed it off as being normal. The Friday before he was born I went to Toys R Us to buy him an infant rocker and I remember while I was sitting on the floor at home putting it together that it seemed a bit easier to move around, I just figured it was the lightening you hear about as the baby begins to drop…
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While he was away, I had a routine doctor appointment. The visit started with finding their heartbeats like all the times before. First Kate’s……….then Jack’s……..wait no, that’s mine……..Kate’s again……mine…….then nothing. The doctor took an ultrasound and the moment Jack appeared, it was clear that something was wrong. Kate nudged him a little and his tiny limp body moved, but he was no longer with us.
DeniseMy name is Denise. I am the face of a stillbirth. I am the mother of an angel named Addison Marie. Addison was born “still” on March 20, 2008 due to a umbilical cord accident in my 9th month of pregnancy. You are loved and missed everyday.
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