“It would be days before he connected with Finley. I, on the other hand, held her in my arms and felt alive once more. Her eyes, just like her brothers, looked up at me.”
‘She was born at 9:42 p.m. on her dad’s birthday. He was tearful and triggered by the scene and remembering our Finn.’: Mom shares journey having daughter 2 months after losing son, ‘She is everything we needed’
‘We’re about to have a HARD conversation.’ This was my 7th baby, it COULDN’T happen to me.’: Mom shares journey with organ donation, pregnancy after loss, ‘Your baby is loved and remembered’
“Even though she didn’t get to stay, a mama SOMEWHERE was going to get to hold her baby a little longer.”
‘Only 2 weeks after Rosie’s due date, we discovered we were pregnant. I had to give myself permission to embrace my beautiful son, while holding Rosie’s in my heart forever.’: After loss of daughter, mom braves difficult rainbow baby pregnancy
“I felt Rosie’s presence in the room so strongly. I couldn’t see her. But I could feel her. As if my midwife knew what was going through my head, she reassured me, ‘This birth is different. This is your son’s birth. It doesn’t have to be sad and awful, it can be beautiful.'”
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“What makes it especially awkward is these words are often being said by people who care.”
‘Something was terribly wrong. She wasn’t crying. ‘Your girl is very sick.’: Mom loses 19-day-old baby to Trisomy 13, ‘God will turn these ashes into beauty’
“I went for car drives and SCREAMED. I felt so much bitterness and anger. No one could tell us how long she’d live. Maybe just a few more hours, maybe months… we had no idea.”
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“One in four pregnancies end in loss. It is time to open the dialogue.”
‘I know it’s gone, I just know it.’ I sat in the back room, alone and bleeding. The guilt hung over me. We needed answers.’: Woman shares journey to rainbow baby, ‘Your grief is valid’
“I felt like I failed my husband, who had dreamed of being a dad. I was embarrassed to call our family and friends. How do you tell them, ‘Never mind?’ I didn’t want to be pitied. I wanted my life to return to normal.”
‘I heard the words no momma wants to hear, ‘We couldn’t find a heartbeat.’ It felt like too much to bear.’: Woman suffers miscarriage, gives birth to rainbow baby, ‘The future is bright’
“She wanted me to come into the office as soon as I could. I didn’t make it to that appointment, though. The bleeding started a day later. The rest was a blur.”
‘Please, don’t say it,’ I begged. I saw the truth in his eyes. I almost laughed in disbelief THIS could be happening.’: Mom welcomes rainbow twins after sister’s death, ‘God gave us new hope’
“Not only was my sister lying in a hospital bed on ventilators, but now I had lost my son too. My world spun into absolute chaos. And then one day, they were there again. Those two pink lines.”
‘Get the monitor, PLEASE!’ I needed more time! The nurse said, ‘It will be OK.’ But it WASN’T.’: Woman has rainbow baby, ‘I never take my boys for granted’
“I tried to get back to the person I was, but she wasn’t there. Especially after the test results came back. I felt sick, crying happy and sad tears.”
