Comments on: a page is turned http://amandagroce.com/2009/06/a-page-is-turned/ Before I even speak a word, you know what I will say (psalm 139:4) Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Amanda http://amandagroce.com/2009/06/a-page-is-turned/comment-page-1/#comment-451 Amanda Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:31:47 +0000 http://amanda.briangroce.com/?p=107#comment-451 Thank you for sharing your story. I am a woman who doesn't use the internet for much but my daughter was diagnosed with LBWC at 22 weeks. She would not survive delivery and her life was incompatible outside the womb. We miss her so much and my grief still runs so deeply but I can at least breathe a little easier with each passing week. She was our firstborn and all of our family is stricken at our loss. I appreciate other stories and I wish I had the luck to hold her alive but I held her inside, alive, happy, kicking and for those moments I am grateful and the nursing staff, doctors were incredible and gave us so much to remember her by. Again-thank you. I am so touched that others have the courage to share so those of us who think we are alone, learn that we are not. Blessings to your beautiful family- Amanda, Craig and our angel Ceiliedh Thank you for sharing your story. I am a woman who doesn’t use the internet for much but my daughter was diagnosed with LBWC at 22 weeks. She would not survive delivery and her life was incompatible outside the womb. We miss her so much and my grief still runs so deeply but I can at least breathe a little easier with each passing week. She was our firstborn and all of our family is stricken at our loss.

I appreciate other stories and I wish I had the luck to hold her alive but I held her inside, alive, happy, kicking and for those moments I am grateful and the nursing staff, doctors were incredible and gave us so much to remember her by.

Again-thank you. I am so touched that others have the courage to share so those of us who think we are alone, learn that we are not.

Blessings to your beautiful family-
Amanda, Craig and our angel Ceiliedh

]]> By: Heather http://amandagroce.com/2009/06/a-page-is-turned/comment-page-1/#comment-195 Heather Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:40:49 +0000 http://amanda.briangroce.com/?p=107#comment-195 Oh, I so wish I would have found you earlier so we could have gone through this together. I also got a scary mid-pregnancy ultrasound at almost 20 weeks. We also chose to carry our baby. In our case, there was always a chance she might have made it - the doctors just didn't know. We even spent 8 weeks in the hospital hoping to save her. I was induced at 34 weeks at 8/28/09 because they thought it might be better for her outside the womb at that point (we were dealing with severely low amniotic fluid, and it's standard to induce early once the baby is nearly finished developing, usually around 34 weeks), but what the doctors didn't know is that her kidneys were extremely underdeveloped, and she could not live. I feel so deeply for you right now, because I know all too well how difficult going through all of this is: the scary mid-pregnancy ultrasound, the 2nd half of pregnancy being full of fear and hope and not knowing how to balance such hope with the reality of things, and then the terrible, terrible feeling of watching your baby die in your arms. I am sending you so many hugs...I wish I could give you more than that. Just know you are in my thoughts. Oh, I so wish I would have found you earlier so we could have gone through this together. I also got a scary mid-pregnancy ultrasound at almost 20 weeks. We also chose to carry our baby. In our case, there was always a chance she might have made it – the doctors just didn’t know. We even spent 8 weeks in the hospital hoping to save her. I was induced at 34 weeks at 8/28/09 because they thought it might be better for her outside the womb at that point (we were dealing with severely low amniotic fluid, and it’s standard to induce early once the baby is nearly finished developing, usually around 34 weeks), but what the doctors didn’t know is that her kidneys were extremely underdeveloped, and she could not live. I feel so deeply for you right now, because I know all too well how difficult going through all of this is: the scary mid-pregnancy ultrasound, the 2nd half of pregnancy being full of fear and hope and not knowing how to balance such hope with the reality of things, and then the terrible, terrible feeling of watching your baby die in your arms. I am sending you so many hugs…I wish I could give you more than that. Just know you are in my thoughts.

]]> By: Noelle http://amandagroce.com/2009/06/a-page-is-turned/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Noelle Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:42:02 +0000 http://amanda.briangroce.com/?p=107#comment-112 You are so full of grace. I'm praying for a miracle. You are so full of grace. I’m praying for a miracle.

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