I had to repost her post here...
had i not had the miscarriage last june at seven weeks along, my due date would have been tomorrow.
woulda coulda shoulda.
i think of that little baby, the one who was not to be.
life is so precious, it sometimes takes my breath away.
Yesterday I found out that a girl we know, and who has a 2 year old daughter, lost her second child when he was 8 1/2 months old. He died in her womb somehow. The girl is my age. I assume she had to have a c-section to remove the baby. They had a funeral for her son.
Then I read the news about how Anna Nicole Smith is dead. She has a daughter--a 2 or 3 month old daughter. A daughter that just lost her mom, and lost her older brother a few days after she was born.
Tomek's parents came for a visit last night and Tomek's dad mentioned that he had a brother who died in childbirth and a sister who died at 9 months old...
I don't think much of infant death. I guess because I was so lucky with Lily. Sure, she was an unexpected pregnancy, but she moved my life in the right direction. It was a pregnancy nearly free of complications, and she is happy, healthy and so loving.
So today I hug her a little tighter, keep her a little closer to me, in memory of those babies without mothers, and mothers who've lost their babies.
Friday, February 09, 2007
had she not
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Infant death used to be much, much more common than it is today.
The one at 8-1/2 months was probably induced. I have a friend whose baby died on the due date; she was induced and had to go through the birth. She was AMAZING about it, she said her theory was that the soul was almost enlightened and only needed to reembody itself for a brief while, and that's why he died.
Hug your child and be grateful! *hug*
i do this every day. cause no matter what else i have, dreams or finances, that love keeps me going.
I hug Jay as often as I can for this exact reason. I know how lucky I am. When it comes to infant death, I just try to think that the baby would have had so many problems if it ahd lived, that it is much better for that sweet innocent child to not have to suffer through that kind of life. That is the only way my brain can handle the thought of infant death.
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