Baby Nate’s Memorial

In June 2021, we learned that we were expecting our sweet baby boy. After years of infertility treatments and eventual IVF to conceive his big brother, this pregnancy was an answered prayer. He was so welcome and so wanted. We were all excited and couldn’t wait to meet him! Then, in August, we saw his little face on ultrasound, heard his little heartbeat. Just 3 weeks later, on September 13th, I sat in an ultrasound room by myself while they called my husband to ask him to please come to the office, our baby was gone and I needed him.

on September 14th, I was admitted to the hospital to give birth to our sweet sweet boy too soon. We held him, we said hello to him, we loved on him and we said goodbye to him all on the same day.

I have never understood how one survives the loss of a child . I’m not sure I do even now. While we can’t know why he’s gone, and we can’t have him back, we can honor him.

Our hope is to raise enough money to help cover a beautiful personalized urn, some flowers for his memorial, and a few other final expenses that we just weren’t prepared for. We appreciate all the love and support and prayers that we have received so far, and we covet those most of all. Please keep praying for us, for our hearts to mend and for our children. This is so so difficult to navigate, and most days I feel like my compass is broke .