October 30th, 2023. Dean called me on his lunch break and a question he frequently asked during our pregnancy startled me. Had I felt the baby today?… No, I hadn’t. At 33 weeks, 5 days gestation I went to the ER half expecting to be told she is too big to move around much at this point. Instead I was told “I’m sorry, she’s dead.”
In the ultrasound her arms lay limp at her sides, no movement. Preeclampsia they thought. When the doctor pulled her out, I heard him say “I had no idea”. We held her for as long as I could tolerate, it was painful feeling her turn cold and seeing her skin peel.
“She died from a tight triple Nuchal Cord. A one in a million odd; like winning the lottery nobody wants to win.” Our doctor told us. The fetal demise report confirms but I don’t understand. I saw the cord at our 32 week ultrasound and was told it was common and nothing to worry about.
We loved our little Gia. You will always be our “One in a Million” baby.
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