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Will and I have had quite the adventure together since we started dating. Everything from buying a house, job loss, getting married, anxiety, puppies, Grad school, pregnancy, and most recently the loss of our first child, Liam, and much more in between.
Will and I found out we were pregnant and the pregnancy went rather easy with literally no complications, nothing abnormal, and everything totally smooth. We were expecting our first little bundle of joy on May 11, 2017 and we were totally excited. A little over a month early (April 21) I didn't feel Liam moving as much as normal and told Will I wanted to go to dinner that maybe I was just hungry and he was too. Shortly after dinner, my mom took me to Kaiser where they couldn't find a heartbeat and told me that Liam had passed away but I would still have to go thru the labor process to get him out. Our handsome, perfect son was born on April 22 at 6 pounds 7 ounces. That was the day our life was literally shattered into a million pieces. We questioned everything and tried to hold eachother up with the never-ending support of our family and friends as well. Things were hard, really hard. Not only financially, but emotionally and mentally as well. Being in the labor and delivery wing of the hospital, hearing other babies cry, having nurses who didn't know you had given birth to a stillborn baby ask where your baby was, was super hard. I was released 3 days later, and Will took that week off work to heal some mentally, but really to allow me to cry a ton of tears into his arms.
A week later, I was re-admitted to the hospital for postpartum preeclampsia, another rare condition to happen to so few women that my doctors didn't even know to look for it. I would spend another 3 days in the hospital for treatment. Again, Will stayed by my side in the most uncomfortable of beds possible while I received treatment for this.
Although off on disability, I have been fighting with disability to get my claim finalized and qualified to get paid some of what I would be making if I was still teaching. The medical bills and house bills are piling up. We have attempted to re-rent out both our spare bedrooms in our house (1 is rented out) to pay for some of these costs. Will and I have recently decided that we do want to go start seeing a counselor to help us thru all of our many emotions and grieving....but that is not covered by our insurance.
We are asking for your help to get us thru this difficult time. We thank you in advance so much for your love, support and prayers.
Will and I found out we were pregnant and the pregnancy went rather easy with literally no complications, nothing abnormal, and everything totally smooth. We were expecting our first little bundle of joy on May 11, 2017 and we were totally excited. A little over a month early (April 21) I didn't feel Liam moving as much as normal and told Will I wanted to go to dinner that maybe I was just hungry and he was too. Shortly after dinner, my mom took me to Kaiser where they couldn't find a heartbeat and told me that Liam had passed away but I would still have to go thru the labor process to get him out. Our handsome, perfect son was born on April 22 at 6 pounds 7 ounces. That was the day our life was literally shattered into a million pieces. We questioned everything and tried to hold eachother up with the never-ending support of our family and friends as well. Things were hard, really hard. Not only financially, but emotionally and mentally as well. Being in the labor and delivery wing of the hospital, hearing other babies cry, having nurses who didn't know you had given birth to a stillborn baby ask where your baby was, was super hard. I was released 3 days later, and Will took that week off work to heal some mentally, but really to allow me to cry a ton of tears into his arms.
A week later, I was re-admitted to the hospital for postpartum preeclampsia, another rare condition to happen to so few women that my doctors didn't even know to look for it. I would spend another 3 days in the hospital for treatment. Again, Will stayed by my side in the most uncomfortable of beds possible while I received treatment for this.
Although off on disability, I have been fighting with disability to get my claim finalized and qualified to get paid some of what I would be making if I was still teaching. The medical bills and house bills are piling up. We have attempted to re-rent out both our spare bedrooms in our house (1 is rented out) to pay for some of these costs. Will and I have recently decided that we do want to go start seeing a counselor to help us thru all of our many emotions and grieving....but that is not covered by our insurance.
We are asking for your help to get us thru this difficult time. We thank you in advance so much for your love, support and prayers.