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Birth Stories

Jordan – Pregnancy of a Stillborn

3/8/00 – 27 weeks – Belly is getting bigger…

4/14/00 – Almost 33 weeks. Nice and round like a basketball!

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Jordan – Stillbirth (after)

After Jordan’s stillbirth.

The nurse cleaned me up, the doctors left the room, the nurse made sure we had the placenta and could get it home to a freezer and then she left.
We begin the process of healing, grieving the loss of our baby, the loss of our child.
Jordan was with us from birth until our

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Jordan Riley – Stillbirth Story

This is Jordan Riley’s stillbirth story. An infant loss is so heartbreaking. A baby loss is unexpected, we don’t typically think of losing babies. It’s hard for anyone to know what to do, how to react. I hope my sharing the story of our stillborn baby will help others find some peace in knowing

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Jordan – Stillbirth (disclaimer)

We had plans for Jordan Riley to experience a gentle, homebirth, into our loving hands. However, other plans where in store for our baby. This is a story of infant / baby loss. My way of creating my own infant loss memorial. My remembrance pages… See her pictures.

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Ryland Quin – Birth Story

I know I have more than a few people wanting to read this birth story. There isn’t much to tell (didn’t seem to be). It was quite a tame birth, particularly considering my previous two.
Ryland was born at a quiet little hospital in Xenia, Greene Memorial. We hoped there would be no tornadoes, as is

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Cassandra – Birth Story

Birth of the First Child

She lies writhing on the bed, under the scutiny of apathetic doctors. The seemingly dispassionate nurses finish the preparations. Bright lights, a hard bed, the many eyes watching are nothing but background noise for the oblivious woman crying in pain.

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