Megan

Mother to Isaiah 

August 4th  - August 10th, 2004

and Stacey Jr.

Born and Died July 19th, 2005

Capitol Heights, Maryland

I never realized how delicate life was until I lost my two infant sons.

I am a mother to a little boy, who is eleven, going on fifty, and I am also the mother to two other little boys who never got to see the sun rise or the sun set. When strangers saw my round belly two years later (while I was then-pregnant with my little one, who is now three), they used to ask me, “Oh, is this your first?” And I didn’t know if I should tell them, “No, this is my fourth, but I lost two,” or keep them out of my business and simply smile and tell them, “No, this is my second.” But if I had told them the latter, I would have ended up feeling guilty, as if I were denying my two little boys’ existence.

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Kerstin

Mom to Jenna Marshal

April 3rd, 2004 - April 9th, 2004

Minneapolis, Minnesota

I was 38 weeks pregnant with our angel Jenna when I woke up feeling like something was wrong. I waited to get out of bed for a while to see if she would start moving but she never did. 

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Jolene

Mom to

Baby Roth, June 2003

Aiden Robert, July 2, 2004

Centerville, Minnesota
 

Soon after our first wedding anniversary, we became pregnant. We were ecstatic! We were in the process of buying our first home and couldn’t wait to start a family.

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Angie

Mom to Ella Joy

Born October 2nd, 2004

Heaven Bound October 6th, 2004

Guthrie, Oklahoma

Where do I begin to tell the story about one of "God's greatest gifts?" I know people may think I am crazy by saying this but this year I finally figured it out...God picks only the very special people to be parents of his "angels".  I am so sad yet honored that I got to carry her...So this is where my story begins.  

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April

Mom to

Caseylynne Marie November 25th, 2004

Jacob Alexander September 2005

Rebekah Elizabeth Faith October11th, 2008

and Gabriel Andrew April 12th, 2009 (Easter Sunday) 

Des Moines, Iowa

In 2004 my husband and myself were just married and had planned on having a baby right away.  So you can imagine how happy we were when the test was positive.  We felt such joy in our hearts, we went right out and got baby stuff.  We wanted this baby to have everything we could give to it.  We had planned on telling every one around Christmas-- we had made a baby tshirt that said "Hi grandpa" Coming in 2005-- my due date was July 4th, just 1 day before my husbands so it made it even more exciting.  My dad knew that I was preggy somehow.  He told me to name it Casey if it was a girl.  Sadly, on 11/23/04 my dad died of a heart attack at age 49.  I was with him.  The stress was way too much on me.  Two days later on 11/25/04 at the funeral home, planning dad's funeral, I started to bleed in the bathroom.  I felt very a scared and I knew what was going on right then and there I had a miscarriage.  I was around 3 to 4 weeks along.  To honor my dad I named the baby Casey and I added Lynne after dads middle name, so she became Caseylynne Marie.

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Kiley

Mom to Miles

Born on October 6, 2004

Passed away October 7, 2004
Portland, Oregon
 

My first child Miles was born on October 6, 2004, after a healthy and normal full-term pregnancy. At one month shy of my 35th birthday, I was an older first-time mother. We are now approaching his 6th birthday and the details are beginning to be a little bit smoother around the edges, and the grief somewhat diminished.

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Amanda

Mom to Fernando Michael Phillip

August 24th, 2004

Rancho Cucamonga, CA

I was blissfully pregnant for the first time at a young age of 23 years. It was so easy. I was glowing, feeling great. I wanted to get pregnant and it was granted to me with ease. Who knew that within 2 months I would be waking up in a pool of water, realizing that my dreams had been shattered and that there was no turning back...

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