Angela
Mom to three angels:
Caden – November 2003
Skylar – January 2008
Alex – February 2009
Lynchburg, Virginia
My name is Angela & I am the proud Mommy of 3 angels. [Read more...]
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Kelsey
Mom to Justin Allen
April 22, 2008 – August 11, 2008
Roanoke, Virginia
I was 17. Me and my on again off again boyfriend had just found out we were going to have a baby. We had just gotten back together and were completely surprised. I never once questioned what I was going to do. I had wanted to be a mommy ever since I could remember. [Read more...]
February 14, 2012 By 9 Comments
Nicole
Mom to Rory Benjamin Halpern
August 19, 2011
Alexandria, Virginia
David and I had our first date a little over three years ago. I began to fall madly in love with him each passing day and I knew in my heart this was the man I would spend the rest of my life with. I was overwhelmed with love for him and I had never been happier.
We did things our own way, on our own timetable. In less than a year we bought our first home and a little more than a year after that he asked me to marry him. There was so much love between us that we didn’t want to wait to get pregnant. We were ready to start a family before our second anniversary passed. Rory likely had other plans though as it wasn’t until a week after David put a ring on my finger that we found out we were pregnant with our sweet baby. [Read more...]
January 14, 2012 By 1 Comment
Erica
Mom to Little Angel
Lost August 31, 2011
Portsmouth, Virginia
When my kids were 8 months and 2 years old, we got the shock of a lifetime when we found out I was pregnant with our third child. I was so shocked and scared. We were not financially stable enough to have another child, we lived in a small two bedroom townhouse, and my 8-month old stayed sick and was in and out of the hospital. [Read more...]
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Augie
Mom to Dominic McDylan, Feb 2, 2007 (EDD: Oct 10, 2007)
Gwendolyn Elizabeth, Jan 30, 2008 (EDD: July 8, 2008)
Aiden Alexander, Nov 10, 2008 (EDD: July 20, 2009)
Jillian Evelyn, Jan 19, 2010 (EDD: Sept 28, 2010)
Katherine Anne and Samuel Kenneth, Dec 31, 2011 (EDD: Aug 19, 2012)
Winchester, VA
Our journey started unexpectedly in January 2007 when we conceived our first son. We hadn’t been trying and in fact had just started birth control. We lost our little boy before we even knew of his existence. For the longest time, I didn’t even tell Chris (or anyone else for that matter). I just dealt with it on my own and reminded myself that we were nowhere near ready to have a child together. [Read more...]
January 7, 2012 By 1 Comment
Erika
Ectopic pregnancy
July 29, 2011
Stafford, Virginia
My husband and I hadn’t planned on having a baby for a few years, since were both still young and starting out our marriage. On July 21st, I went to my physician to get my hypothyroidism checked out like I do every 6 weeks, and while I was there I had asked the physician randomly about how my thyroid disease would affect my fertility. She had said, “You will have a hard time getting pregnant, if it even happens at all.” After this I had just given up hope of ever having a child, even though it’s all I had ever wanted. [Read more...]
November 7, 2011 By 4 Comments
Meneke
Mom to Deron Mekhi Rountree
Born Born June 11th, 2011 at 10:43pm
Died June 12th, 2011 at 12:08am
Chesapeake, Virginia
On February 14, 2011 I had my first OB/GYN visit to determine if I was pregnant. I found out I was 6 wks pregnant. I was told my uterus was bigger then it should be and found out my fibroids had returned. I didn’t know how to feel at that time cause I never thought I could get pregnant again. I had a miscarriage in 2003 due to fibroids and other problems and the Dr told me I wouldn’t be able to have anymore kids. I also wasn’t sure how the father would take it cause when I told him I thought I may be pregnant the first thing he said was we needed to get rid of it. So all of those things consumed my thoughts and I didn’t have time to have joy of being pregnant. My Dr set an appointment for 2/25/11 for a sonogram to see where the fibroids are and if they would effect my pregnancy. I went home and had so much to think about, but in the end I decided to keep my baby and go through with the pregnancy. [Read more...]
October 14, 2011 By 1 Comment
Jessica
Early Twin Miscarriage at 11 weeks
January 2nd, 2011
and “Spock” – Miscarried at 14 weeks
August 4th, 2011
Virginia Beach, Virginia
My story begins in March 2010 when my husband and I started trying to conceive. We are in our twenties and like any young, military couple, we wanted to start our family a little earlier than most. A long seven months later, we discovered we were pregnant! At just 5 weeks, we made multiple ER visits due to bleeding and spotting and discovered there was not just one but TWO gestational sacs. Shocked and in disbelief, my husband and I started telling all our family and friends. Although my hormones were still increasing, it was still too early to see any heartbeats. [Read more...]
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April
Mom to Hope Snider
July 23rd, 2011
Portsmouth, Virginia
My angel daughter, Hope, was stillborn on July 23, 2011 at 20.4 weeks. At 17.5 weeks, I went to see my doctor because I was having some bleeding. I was diagnosed with a small placental abruption (a condition where the placenta begins to pull away from the uterus). At that time they were not too concerned because it was so small. I was ordered to do no heavy lifting or exercise and to just take it easy. I did that, but ended up back at the doctors a few days later with some cramping and continued bleeding. At that point, they put me on a modified bed rest to try and get everything under control. [Read more...]
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Bethany
Mom to Lucas Allan Tucker
Born still on June 8, 2011
Danville, Virginia
On June 6th, 2011 -I was 22 weeks pregnant. After not feeling movement over the weekend, I called the doctor just to be cautious. After having two kids already I figured it was probably nothing. Just to ease my mind, the doctor told me to come in. As I lay on the table sort of anxious, the doctor used the Doppler to search for an audible heartbeat. I honestly expected to hear that sound just as I …had heard at all my other visits. Afterall, I just had an ultrasound two weeks prior and everything was fine. She searched and searched — the only heartbeat heard was my own. [Read more...]
June 21, 2011 By 2 Comments
Caitlyn
Mom to Rowan
June 15th, 2011
Culpeper, Virginia
My baby was taken too soon from us. From the moment our first son was conceived, we knew we wanted another baby less than two years apart. We wanted brothers who grew up as best friends. Or, a big brother who’d protect his little sister at any cost. We decided to start trying, again, in March. April came and my period arrived. May came. I waited and I waited. No period. I tested every single day. Negative every time. Finally, on May 21, I got the faintest pink line. I took another test two days later. That same day I took a digital and confirmed with a big, fat “YES+”. We were more than over-joyed. [Read more...]
June 15, 2011 By 3 Comments
Leanne
Mother to Brennan Esther
Stillborn January 19, 2011
Burke, Virginia
My husband and I found out we were expecting our first child in September of 2010. I started a blog as letters to my baby so that one day she could read her birth story from day one. I never thought the letters would end up chronicling the life and death of my first born. Some girls dream of their wedding day but all I ever dreamed of was becoming a mother. [Read more...]
June 10, 2011 By 2 Comments
Heather
Mom to 8 angels
December 2008
March, May, September 2009
March, June, September 2010
May 2011
Alexandria, VA
I believe that we sometimes find ourselves in a place that never occured to us as possible. We prepare ourselves for so many things, “girding our loins” so to speak for many different scenarios….yet this one never truly seems to be a possibility. [Read more...]
March 10, 2011 By 7 Comments
Maggie
Mom to Caris AnnaBelle Tate
January 30th, 2011 – February 5th, 2011
Newport News, Virginia
I had the best pregnancy of anyone I have ever met. I never had any morning sickness, I didn’t gain a lot of weight, I always took my vitamins, I saw my doctor a couple times a month… the only issue my husband and I thought we may be facing is possible Down Syndrome, which was mentioned at our 20-week ultrasound. While that came as a huge blow to us (I cried every night for Caris, praying that if she did have Down Syndrome, that the Lord would bless her with the ability to still enjoy life to the fullest).
March 9, 2011 By 9 Comments
Jessica
Mother to Liam Ellis
Born and Died February 16th, 2011 at 7:35PM
Arlington, Virginia
Our story begins in October of 2010 when my fiance Jordan and I found out we were pregnant. We were excited, but also scared. This was our first pregnancy and we had no idea the amount of love we would experience for our baby. I had nausea a lot early in pregnancy and as we reached 15 weeks, my nausea subsided and I started to enjoy all aspects of my pregnancy. I felt so happy and full of life (literally). At around 16-17 weeks I started having some pain in my lower abdomen area but when I told my doctor and researched online, I was told it was round ligament pain and dismissed. It subsided slowly until it was gone.
March 1, 2011 By 7 Comments
Jillian
Mom to Judy Amena
Born Still December 22nd, 2010
Arlington, Virginia
I became pregnant with my first child in April, 2010. My husband and I were thrilled and the pregnancy was unbelievably easy for the first several months. All of my prenatal appointment went well and I never had morning sickness or any seriously bothersome symptoms. Like every new mother, I was very anxious to see my baby, and so I did an elective 3-d ultrasound around 18 weeks. We found out we were having a girl, and I was thrilled. However, the first tech left us for a very long time during the ultrasound and when she came back in she had her co-worker with her. The co-worker was acting very strangely with us, but neither said a word about what they saw as the continued the ultrasound. When my mother asked if the baby looked okay, she simply waved her hands back and forth and said “we don’t EVEN LOOK for that sort of thing”. Although I noticed that their behavior was very strange, I was so excited that ignored it completely.
February 8, 2011 By 4 Comments
Denise
Mom to Triplets
David, born still on April 12, 2008
Lucas, April 12, 2008 to May 9, 2008
Chilhowie, Virginia
February 7, 2011 By 1 Comment
Kristie
Mom to Harper Grace
July 8th, 2008
Front Royal, Virginia
“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 That is my life verse. A verse I have treasured ever since I became a Christian many years ago. I knew that choosing to accept Jesus as my personal Savior didn’t mean that I would suddenly lead a charmed life, free from heartaches or suffering, but I truly never thought I would have to go through what our family did in 2007-2008.
January 22, 2011 By 2 Comments
Tiffany
Mom to Marcus Sammuel Dwight
Born Still on August 31, 2010
Centreville, Virginia
“Why are you drinking that coffee drink?” asked my friend Janice, as I was sitting down at my desk for work. “Oh, because I haven’t felt Marcus move this morning so I am trying to give him a jump start. It’s decaf, I just want the cold and sweet to hopefully get him moving!” was my response. After that came the question of when was the last time I felt him move and that is when it hit me. At first I did not panic or think too much about it. I just thought to myself and tried to remember the answer. As I thought really hard, I realized that I had last felt him move the the afternoon of the day before. Again, I did not panic but continued talking to Janice. She came over to me and started poking at my belly to see if she could get Marcus to move. Five minutes go by and nothing. That is when I actually started to worry. Janice gives me a look and says that I should call my doctor.
January 19, 2011 By 2 Comments
Amanda
Mom to Moriah Pearl
Born and passed on December 3rd, 2010 at 21 weeks
and an Ectopic Pregnancy
Hampton, Virginia
I am a wife, sister, daughter, and an amazing friend. I am married to the love of my life Aaron, we have been together for two years. We were married November 15, 2008 after a whirlwind long distance relationship. We grew up and graduated together but were just good friends. Fate had it that I would text him one day 3 years after last seeing him, 9 months later we wed. God has blessed me with the opportunity to wed my best friend. We knew immediately we wanted to start a family but I was nervous as I had PCOS which is a condition effecting the ovaries…
