by Cynthia and Andrew · posted by Rachel's Gift

Birthdate: December 13, 2017
Parents: Cynthia & Andrew 

​On December 12th, 2017, I went in for my last OB appointment at 40 weeks pregnant, to check on our sweet baby boy. I notified my doctor that I had not felt my baby move much all weekend. She checked for his heartbeat for what felt like hours, then she tells me that his heartbeat wasn't as loud or as strong as she needed it to be. I was then sent to the hospital to check on everything. When we got to the hospital, they tried to find the heartbeat with the heart monitor and then with an ultrasound. At this point, even after all of this, the thought that my precious child had passed away never crossed my mind. Then my doctor walks in, shuts the door and pulls the curtain behind her and at that moment I knew. She looked at me and said "I am so sorry but he has passed away". I just cried as she sat at the foot of the bed and as my husband held me crying as well.

Did you know?

The first observation of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day in the U.S. was October 15, 2002.
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On September 28, 2006, House Concurrent Resolution 222 was passed in the House of Representatives proclaiming October 15th of each year to be Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day in the United States.
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The full Resolution can be read here: https://www.congress.gov/…/house-concurrent-resolu…/222/text

by Nicole Diller · posted by Rachel's Gift

​Birthdate: October 12, 2017
Parents: Nicole & Herman

​In honor of Ava's 1st birthday.

​My husband and I met in high school gym class, I was just 14 and he was 17, but we immediately fell for each other. We started dating, and after 4 years we had our first son. Shortly after we had our son, we continued to try to grow our little family and had a daughter and another son. Unfortunately, along the way we lost 6 babies to miscarriage and decided it was time to stop trying. Enduring all of those losses was hard, but I had this feeling that we were still missing a piece to our puzzle. That’s when Ava’s story started.

by Megan Lee, Matt Lee · posted by Rachel's Gift

​Birthdate: February 4, 2018
Parents: Megan & Matt

In May of 2017 I married my best friend and we knew we wanted children as soon as possible. We were so happy to find out I was pregnant just a few months after our wedding day. A healthy little boy would be joining our family and we could not have been more excited. As most families do, we waited until we were in the “safe” zone to announce our pregnancy, or so we thought. Absolutely nothing forecasted what we were about to endure in the coming months; you never imagine yourself being that unexplained 1%.