Introduction

Hello. My name is Mindy. I am 24 years old and have been married to my husband Raymond for three years. This is our story.


I was three days over due and on the morning of Febuary 6, 2007 I notived that I was bleeding a little so we went to the hospital to get ckecked out. they said everthing was fine and sent us home again untill my albour picked up. I went to bed at about 9:30 after an uneventful though uncomfortable day. About an hour later I got up to go to the bathroom and as I stood I felt a gush. I wne to the washroom and passed a large blood clot. Trying to stay calm we called the hospital and they told us to come in. WE on;y leave a few minutes away and we were there is about ten minutes. The nurses hooked me up to the montior and checked me out. They said everything was fine, that sometimes there is bleeding in early labour. But a few minutes later they started to have trouble getting a steady heart beat. I remeber asking them if our baby was ok and the nurse said yes. That the baby was just a littled stressed because of the bleeding. Within twenty mintues i was surrounded by five nurses and three docotrs who who putting all sorts if IV's and this. I was so afraid and nobody really understood what was going on. I had had a prefect pregancy, no dificulties whatsoever. I started hyperventalating and they had to put a mask on me. I remeber hearing the words ( call down and get on OR ready". Before i knew it i was being wheeled off for an emergency c-section. Next thing I know I am stariing up into the very fuzzy looking face a nurse, who says " I'm sorry Mindy, your baby died." I don't remeber much else, except telling her no and askling repeatedly where my baby was. I jsut remebered that after I asked that the nurse said "she's with your husband" and I though OH, well that's Ok then" I tpold here I waned my baby and she taold me again that she had died. I think she had to tell me four of five times untill I saw my doctor sobbing in the arms of the surgen. Then i knew it was real.

We had a beatiful girl that we named Emily Ann. She was Seven pounds Ten onces and perfect. She died of Velamentoud placenta with vasa previa bleeding. A very rare and undetectable condition where the cord is only attached to the plecenta with blood vessels and membrane. When me water broke it severed and my baby girl bleed to death inside of me. The doctor who did the surgry said it was on;y the second time he had seen it in 30 years of practice.

Emily would have been 8 months old on October 7 at 12:49am. It still hurts everyday but I hold on to the promise that God will bring something good from this pain. I thank you for listenin got my story. It helps the healing to remember and to know there are other out there who understand my pain.

Hi Mindy. I'm so sorry for the loss of your sweet little Emily. I lost my daughter Isabel not long before you on December 28, 2006.

Thanks for sharing your story, we are here whenever you need us.
Melissa

Mindy - I am so sorry for your loss. I lost my little boy Brian on July 9th, 2007. I went through 36 hours of labor and held him in my arms and just cried. As soon as I went into labor I knew that my little man wouldnt make it for I was only 18 and a half weeks along. We are all here for you!!

Ashley

Mindy, I am so sorry for your loss!! I lost my son 3 months ago after we induced our pregnancy as our son had a severe defect that left him with a less than 10% chance of surivial....

I love knowing that there are other women who have been through similar things as me, it really helps!
~Kim

Hi Mindy... it's Ginger!!
You must have a great memory when I told you about this place.
Thanks for sharing your story, you will find TONS of us women here to talk to and really it was one of my best forms of healing.

FYI... Mindy and I live in the same town and our doctor got us in contact with each other because we have NO support groups here, but somehow I want to start one.

Mindy, I'm so, so sorry...

I hope it is even a little comfort to know that we are all here for you. whether you need advice or just need to vent...

You are a strong women, especially if you can put up with Ginger...!  

Thank you for sharing your story, I would love to see pics of your little girl if you'd like to share?

Sending you lots of hugs!
- Jess

I am so sorry to hear about your loss. The girls here are great, I hope you find lots of support. I have only met Ginger through here, but I think she is great, so you are lucky to have her living so close!!

Hey I am so sorry to hear your story. I don't come on here much, but we are all here for you. I don't understand why anything like this ever needs to happen to anyone. It's not right. I also lost my little girl Emily Leanne just over a year ago.