My angel baby.

I've posted in this forum but wanted to share some pictures and a little more of my story. At my 20 week ultrasound, on top of finding out that I'd be having a boy, I also discovered he suffered from a defect called an encephalocele, which pretty much means his skull never finished forming. Doctors urged me to get an abortion, but I wanted to give my little man a chance. I was told he probably wouldn't even make it out of the womb, but with every kick I felt, I knew he was my little fighter. Sure enough, my Donovan Alexander was born on November 2, 2010 weighing 7 lbs. 13 oz. I decided to take him off of life support because I wanted his few hours here to be as comfortable as possible, not hooked up to wires and monitors. He lasted six hours and changed my life forever.


Me and my baby boy.


Being held by daddy, wearing his first and only outfit.


His first stretch!


We miss you baby boy.<3

He was precious, mama. So chubby and pink and perfect!

  I'm sorry for your loss.

Oh, he is the most precious little thing ever.

I am so sorry for your loss.  

  <3 He is so handsome

He is super cute!
That is amazing you had 6 hours too.  

He's beautiful, *look at that smile on his daddys face such love!.
Im sorry for your loss   <3

He's so perfect
i'm so sorry for your loss <3

Sorry for your loss mama! He is adorable! Look at those chubby cheeks! I could just pinch 'em! He's perfect!

God bless your baby boy! He's beautiful and perfect. I'm so sorry for your loss <3

This just about made me cry. -hugs- he was a beautiful baby!!! ♥ so sorry for your loss hon... I think you made a good decision, though.

Thank you everyone! It's been over two years now so I'm a lot more comfortable talking about it, but now that I'm 21 weeks pregnant again it just made me think back to what I was going through with my last pregnancy around this time, and I'm so thankful that the last ultrasound had good results! But yes, he was my little fighter and he was absolutely perfect. 

Quoting Carmen B. Rotten:" Thank you everyone! It's been over two years now so I'm a lot more comfortable talking about it, but ... [snip!] ... I'm so thankful that the last ultrasound had good results! But yes, he was my little fighter and he was absolutely perfect. "

I'm glad to hear everything is going so well!!!! :-D

Absolutely beautiful, and you are clearly a very strong woman...I give you a lot of credit!!

Not sure if you've seen this, but this woman went through something almost exactly the same....if you're interested ....

https://www.facebook.com/LovingLondonLara?fref=ts

Oh my aching heart... I'm so glad you got those few precious hours with him and will always have him in your heart. I wish you could have him in your arms.   <3