72 results for tag: Stillbirth
“Do you have kids?”
The days when that was a “simple” question to answer seem so long ago. “No, no kids yet,” was the easy answer right after my husband, Brendan, and I got married. “Not yet, but hopefully soon,” was the anxious but hopeful answer while we were waiting for God to bless us with a child. “Our first is on the way,” was the answer full of excitement and dreams coming true once we finally found out that we were expecting. Now, that question holds more emotion than I ever knew possible. “Yes, I have one precious daughter… she was born into the arms of Jesus.” This is my answer, my story, now.
Paige Abigail was, ...
February 1, 2012, is a day that will be etched in my mind and heart forever. It is the day, nearly seven years ago, that I met and said goodbye to my son the very same day. That previous fall, my husband and I were so excited to find out we would be adding a new baby to our family. Our oldest was already one, and we couldn’t wait for her to be a big sister and experience everything that came along with having a sibling. The beginning of my pregnancy started off very smoothly. I was having all the normal first trimester pregnancy symptoms, and at our first appointment we were able to hear a beautiful heartbeat and see a sweet little baby that was ...
In September 2016, I walked down the aisle to Sara Groves’ song “He’s Always Been Faithful”:
This is my anthem, and this is my song,
The theme of the stories I’ve heard for so long:
God has been faithful, He will be again.
His loving compassion, it knows no end.
All I have need of His hand will provide.
He’s always been faithful to me.
My husband and I had seen God’s faithfulness woven through the stories of our lives up to that point, but only God knew how fitting those words would be as the next couple of years unfolded.
Just a few months into our marriage, we found out I was pregnant. We were surprised ...
“There’s no heartbeat.” Four words—words no parent ever wants to hear. My husband and I have three daughters, so at our 20 week sonogram, the four words we were hoping to hear were, “You’re having a boy!” But on September 13, 2016, those other four words changed our lives forever. We left the office, drove home, and told our daughters that the baby we all wanted so badly was not going to be coming home with us. Two days later, we delivered the son we hoped for, but not the way we hoped to. Angel was stillborn due to chord issues. The pain of saying hello and good-bye to our son in the span of a few hours was crushi...
In March, 2017, I took a home pregnancy test and it was positive. It was such a surprise! My husband Jason and I were overjoyed at the news.
At our first doctor appointment we had an ultrasound to show how far along our little one was. She was a bit hard to find on that first ultrasound picture. Just a tiny little blessing and everything with baby and I looked great.
At my next appointment, my doctor wanted to take extra precautions because I was pregnant in my 40’s, so she ordered a genetic and gender panel for me. This would allow us to know the gender of our baby earlier than I had ever previously experienced. A week after taking the test we ...
Back in the Summer of 2015, my husband and I found out we were pregnant with our third child. By October, we had traded in my sedan for a minivan. Early on in the pregnancy, I had a subchorinoic hemmorage and had significant bleeding. My HGC numbers were lower than expected, and combined with the bleeding, I was certain I had miscarried. My husband and I were shocked and thrilled when we found out I was carrying a healthy baby. The pregnancy was moving along like my previous healthy pregnancies, and I even began to feel regular movement around 15 weeks. In October, I found out that I was having another little boy! Dreams of brothers wrestling, playing ...
I have desired to share my story for a while now, but truth be told, I have also been very hesitant because I feel like my story may be too hard for even some loss mothers to bare. Rather than leaving it to my own judgement, I want to choose to let the Lord do with my story as He pleases. Ultimately, my story, our stories, are not our own. They are His to do as He pleases with them.
My pregnancy with Katherine was my third. It was also my happiest pregnancy. I had more joy being pregnant with my daughter than I had experienced with my first two children. Maybe, it was because I was a seasoned mom and had confidence that I could take care of a third ...
My husband Jeffrey and I got married on August 4, 2012. We found out we were expecting our first baby by October and we were beyond excited! My pregnancy was picture perfect—I did not have any problems, I was never sick, and I had tons of energy. In February we had an ultrasound and found out we were having a baby boy and we could not wait! We started buying everything for a boy, we had baby showers, we tried to narrow down the names on our list of names we liked, we had everything ready for our little guy.
On Friday, June 14 at 38 weeks pregnant I went in for a routine checkup. My entire pregnancy had been perfect, so I just assumed this would ...
My story is hard to tell because it holds a lot of regret. When I learned I was pregnant with my little Elizabeth Morgan, my first reaction was, No! I have two beautiful, young, crazy children and I was not planning to have another child. In fact, my husband and I had already made arrangements to make sure that we were done. I had finally felt at peace with the decision and was sure that I was ready to move forward in life. A child would have changed everything. Well, God had bigger plans for me.
When I saw a positive pregnancy test, I shut down completely. I couldn’t see past the plans that I had made for us as a family of four. It was ...
On December 29, 2011 our world was forever changed in a blink of an eye! This is our story, this is us, and this is our hope!
My husband and I have been blessed with three beautiful, healthy girls, and we were beyond elated when we found out we were expecting again. After having three healthy pregnancies, I instantly knew something wasn't right when the ultrasound tech took a deep breath and sat on my bed.
I uttered the dreaded words, "Is the baby okay?" and was so scared for the answer; her reply shocked me.
She said, “I am going to be honest; I have never seen this before. Your baby is fine but there is something else occurring too. I ...
