Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 1 Location: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
We Just Lost Our Precious Baby Boy Posted: 06-05-07 09:33am
I don't understand how "cord accidents"
can happen? The doctor said that they
happen all the time and can happen anytime
during pregnancy. It happened to me at 16
1/2 weeks. I was very high risk from the
begining, so I was watched very closely
the whole time. On May 22, 2007, I had an
appointment with my regular ob/gyn. The
baby's heartbeat was a steady, healthy
sounding 151 bpm. I had a sonogram
scheduled for the following week at the
high risk doctor's office. It was just
suppose to be a quick sonogram, some blood
work and I was to go home. But, the
sonogram and doppler showed no blood flow
through the baby. I just couldn't believe
it. Why?What could have happened in one
week? Well, apparently a lot can happen in
one week. I delivered my precious baby
boy on his 17 week b-day. Luckily we got
to hold him and name him( Nathan Ellwood
Thomas) I asked the doctor what happened
to him and she told me, when he came out,
in the sack with the cord around his neck.
How does this happen? This pain is
unbelievable. I cry a little less each
day. I know that it will take time. I am
lucky to have carried that precious angel
in me for the 16 weeks that I had him. I
just wish that some how I could have taken
better care of him. I bless though. I
have 3 healthy children. They are 15, 12
and 4. I will not have anymore. I had a
PE or Pulmonary Embolism after I had my 4
year old. That is a blood clot in your
lungs. I could have died from that and
my doctor told me that I really should
have anymore. Not because the baby would
be at risk, but I would be at risk the
whole time. So, I was on blood thinners
the 16 weeks that I was pregnant and had
to give my self shots in the stomach 2
times a day. I did all of that and have
no baby to show for my efforts. At the
hopital we were pressed to come up with a
name for our son, because we were kind of
waiting to find out the sex before picking
a name. So, we chose Nathan. Our other
children are Brandon Amanda and Davey, and
if we add a "N" name we would have a
b-a-n-d of kids. So when we came home we
looked up the name Nathan on the internet
and found it to mean "giving". So, maybe
Nathan gave his life for me, so that I
would be healthy and safe and able to take
care of his siblingings. I know that I
will find out one day. Just not in this
life. Until then Nathan will be my
guarding angel. He will watch over me,
his dad, brothers, and sister (who will
now be the baby forever).
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Mommy35
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Sep 2006 Posts: 3165 Location: Vacationland, USA,
Posted: 06-05-07 10:02am
I'm really sorry for your loss. I can't
imagine the pain you and your family must
feel.
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gelkin
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Aug 2007 Posts: 4 Location: ,
So Sorry For Your Loss Posted: 08-23-07 17:59pm
My beautiful daughter-in-law just lost her
precious son this past weekend; he was
born at 23 weeks, almost 24, and, like
you, we all got to hold him and say
goodbye. No reason for it - she just went
into early labor with no explanation. He
was also given a beautiful name and a
graveside service was held. And, like
you, we have a special angel in heaven
watching over us. My sympathies to you.
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my3kids
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Jul 2007 Posts: 29 Location: san diego, ca,
Posted: 09-15-07 23:55pm
I lost my son three weeks before my due
date (the cause was a cord accident as
well), so I can understand some of what
you are feeling. Nothing will bring our
baby boy's back, but please remain
positive, if not for you then for your
other children. They need you (us) as
much now if not more than they did before
our babies passed.
Again I am truly sorry that you had to
endure such pain. I found comfort, as I'm
sure you do, in the fact that we had our
babies for the time that we did. I wish
it could have been longer, I would have
done anything to spend another day
pregnant with my son, but I know that he
is in a better place. I hope your pain
can be healed, and your heart mended.
If you need to, please feel free to PM
me.
Christina
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Micah Leah
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Sep 2007 Posts: 5
Posted: 09-25-07 18:43pm
Im so so so sorry .... ;( At a loss for
words, but I will pray for peace for you
and your family....((((hugs))))
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hopinginNJ
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 11 Jul 2007 Posts: 12
Posted: 10-02-07 15:16pm
There was NOTHING you could have done.
I'm sure you took wonderful care of
Nathan. My prayers are with you and your
family--I'm very, very sorry for your
loss.
Re: We Just Lost Our Precious Baby Boy Posted: 12-08-07 00:30am
payrollprincess
wrote:
I don't understand how "cord
accidents" can happen? The doctor said
that they happen all the time and can
happen anytime during pregnancy. It
happened to me at 16 1/2 weeks. I was
very high risk from the begining, so I was
watched very closely the whole time. On
May 22, 2007, I had an appointment with my
regular ob/gyn. The baby's heartbeat was
a steady, healthy sounding 151 bpm. I had
a sonogram scheduled for the following
week at the high risk doctor's office. It
was just suppose to be a quick sonogram,
some blood work and I was to go home.
But, the sonogram and doppler showed no
blood flow through the baby. I just
couldn't believe it. Why?What could have
happened in one week? Well, apparently a
lot can happen in one week. I delivered
my precious baby boy on his 17 week b-day.
Luckily we got to hold him and name him(
Nathan Ellwood Thomas) I asked the doctor
what happened to him and she told me, when
he came out, in the sack with the cord
around his neck. How does this happen?
This pain is unbelievable. I cry a little
less each day. I know that it will take
time. I am lucky to have carried that
precious angel in me for the 16 weeks that
I had him. I just wish that some how I
could have taken better care of him. I
bless though. I have 3 healthy children.
They are 15, 12 and 4. I will not have
anymore. I had a PE or Pulmonary Embolism
after I had my 4 year old. That is a
blood clot in your lungs. I could have
died from that and my doctor told me that
I really should have anymore. Not because
the baby would be at risk, but I would be
at risk the whole time. So, I was on
blood thinners the 16 weeks that I was
pregnant and had to give my self shots in
the stomach 2 times a day. I did all of
that and have no baby to show for my
efforts. At the hopital we were pressed
to come up with a name for our son,
because we were kind of waiting to find
out the sex before picking a name. So, we
chose Nathan. Our other children are
Brandon Amanda and Davey, and if we add a
"N" name we would have a b-a-n-d of kids.
So when we came home we looked up the name
Nathan on the internet and found it to
mean "giving". So, maybe Nathan gave his
life for me, so that I would be healthy
and safe and able to take care of his
siblingings. I know that I will find out
one day. Just not in this life. Until
then Nathan will be my guarding angel. He
will watch over me, his dad, brothers, and
sister (who will now be the baby
forever).
I'm very sorry about your loss. Maybe he did give
his life for you, kinda a neat way to look
at it. Well rest assure
that god is taking good care of him, your
special gaurdian angel, Nathan.
Maybe he did give
his life for you, kinda a neat way to look
at it. 
Well rest assure
that god is taking good care of him, your
special gaurdian angel, Nathan. 