On Wednesday, March 25th, I walked into the hospital with severe headaches and preeclampsia. I was about 30 weeks and 4 days pregnant with our little girl, Nooreya Martina Madrid. After a few days of not feeling better and just being so sick, the doctors recommended that we induce her to relieve the preeclampsia symptoms. After two days of having my water broken and being on Pitocin, nothing was helping me dilate. The doctors decided at 3am Saturday morning that the best thing would be to have a c-section after being in labor for two days. Nothing was helping, nothing made it better. So we had our baby girl at 3:45am on Saturday, March 28th, 2026. She was born at exactly 31 weeks gestation, weighing 2lbs 14oz. Because of how long we were in labor, she was introduced to infection like sepsis. After hours and hours of trying to save our girl, she passed away yesterday at 4pm. This is probably the biggest heartbreak of mine and my husband's life. Never did we imagine having a baby and losing her all within the same day. What was supposed to be the happiest time of our lives quickly turned into the worst nightmare. I never understood heartbreak, but now my whole world is shattered because we are only left with what-ifs. I really would appreciate any donations and any kind of help to get costs paid for our baby girl. This is such an emotional roller-coaster that I wish I could get off. I feel so defeated that all this time we carried her and hoped for her to be here with us, and so quickly she was taken from us. I have never dealt with grief, but dealing with the grief of a newborn is probably the worst kind of pain we will ever have to go through. The thought of leaving our baby girl here all by herself in the morgue and then having to bury her and choose her headstone is pain I never imagined we would have to bear. As I type this, I'm recovering from a c-section and having to cope with the loss of our daughter. I really don't know what we did to deserve never seeing our angel again.

The funds raised will help us cover the funeral service expenses and the cost of a headstone for Nooreya. They will also allow us to take a few days off work so we can grieve and take care of everything we need to do for our daughter. Any support or donation, no matter how small, would mean the world to us as we try to honor Nooreya's memory and get through this unimaginable time. Thank you for your kindness and support.