Life After the Loss of a Child …

14 Weeks, 15 Weeks, 16 Weeks, Stories

Finding out we were pregnant with our first child was so exciting and scary all at the same time. Our story started like any other, we told our family and friends at 8 weeks, everyone was so excited! We couldn’t wait to find out if it was a boy or girl! Weeks...

It Can’t Happen To Me

Neonatal Loss, Stories

It can’t happen to me. Famous last words; another untrue statement, along with “God only gives you what you can handle”. What in Heaven or in Hell made God think I could handle this? When one of my premature twin boys got sick, I tried bargaining with God. I got on my...

Surprises ~ Good and Bad

06 Weeks, 11 Weeks, Stories

This was our second pregnancy and a bit of a surprise as we had not really been devoted to “trying” for another baby. We had a hard time conceiving with our first and a handful of complications with our first pregnancy (healthy 2 year old girl now!) We had...

So Tiny

20 Weeks, Stories

It will be 3 years ago on October 19th that we found out we were having a little girl, 3 years ago on Oct 27th she was born sleeping at 20 weeks. We went for our routine ultrasound to find out the sex of our 3rd child. A little girl. Everything looked perfect from...

Everything is fine ….

15 Weeks, Stories

My ex and I had tried for a baby with no luck so I figured I couldn’t get pregnant and we decided to just let it be. I ended up falling pregnant to my surprise in January 2007 and found out in March. Everything seemed to be going good, I had horrible sickness...

No Closure

10 Weeks, 12 Weeks, Stories

From the moment I found out I was pregnant with my second child, something in me knew that something was wrong. Call it instinct or mother’s intuition but for some reason I didn’t let myself get too excited. I really had no reason to feel this way as I was...

There is Hope

23 Weeks, Stories

I wanted to share my story with hopes it helps someone who has had to endure the pain of losing a baby. Reading other people’s stories has helped me. So I hope this helps someone else. My husband and I got married June 9 2012. We wanted to get pregnant soon...

Christmas Twins

20 Weeks, Stories

My husband and I got married in 2006 and were blessed with a daughter the following year. I say blessed because I was told that I wouldn’t be able to hold a pregnancy do to my PCOS and surgeries done prior. After my daughter was born we got pregnant 6 years...

A Matter of Time

15 Weeks, Stories

My husband and I found out we were pregnant with our son on March 1st 2012 and right from when I found out I had a feeling something was wrong with my child. I went for my 12 week ultrasound and within 2 hours my doctor called me and said something is wrong and was...

Someone’s Missing

06 Weeks, Stories

My husband and I decided we were missing someone from our family and we wanted to try for one more baby. Our third and final baby. After some difficulty conceiving our second, I expected it to take a while. After a year we got in touch with a fertility clinic and...