Today, November 17 is dedicated to raising awareness of the crisis of premature birth. The March of Dimes invites bloggers like us to get involved.
• Learn about premature birth at marchofdimes.com/fightforpreemies
• Put a badge on your blog during November, Prematurity Awareness Month®
• On November 17, blog for a baby you love and to help othersWe need to fight
― because babies shouldn’t have to.
I often wonder if it were 10, 15, 20, or more years in the furute, if my girls would have a chance of surviving. If the day comes when babies who are born at 21 weeks have a chance of survival, it will be very bittersweet for me. Sweet because less mommies will have to loose their precious babies, but bitter because that means my girls could have survived, just not at this time.
Anyway, it really doesn't matter...it's just something I think about.
Missing and loving you as always Sophia & Ellie. xoxo
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I think about it, too. When I was in the hospital, I thought viability was 28 weeks! Apparently that's "old news" . . . But, I'd never really cared before - I never dreamt "viability" would be such an important milestone (being so innocent as to think nearly-full-term was all but guaranteed, of course).
ReplyDeleteI often wonder what the future holds. If there might be a time to come where all our babies could have survived, that the technology will exist to save babies born so early. How I wish that could have been the case for your beautiful daughters. xo
ReplyDeleteIt always feels a little bitter sweet when I hear of babies born at 23 weeks that survived. I wonder why that wasn't my baby. I hope that in the future we find more ways to prevent preterm labor, ways to keep our babies in the womb longer.
ReplyDeleteMissing your babies with yoU! Thanks for sharing this button, sending *big* HUGS
ReplyDeleteI think it's so incredibly special that you're making this movement. :)
ReplyDeleteI wish your girls had gotten the same chance that my girls did. I know that they're proud of their Mom for standing up for preemies.
ReplyDeleteI do not wish a dead baby on any parent. It changes lives. I wish your babies were here with us today. Hugsssssss
ReplyDeleteJust last night I was on the March of Dimes site and saw the bands that you can purchase in honor of or in remembrance of a child or children. It clicked in my mind that remembering a child in this way would make a wonderful gift in the form of a Christmas present to honor our angels.
ReplyDeleteNo one should have to endure this pain and my heart hurts for you and all the other baby lost mama's out there. Thank you for standing up for premies, as you are making a difference and I thank you :)
Thank you for posting on this important topic this week. I'm so very sorry for the loss of your little Sophia and Ellie. We do really hope that in the future, hopefully not too far away, we'll be able to turn the tide and prevent the loss of these little ones. We all need to fight for preemies to help make this happen.
ReplyDeleteOne day, I hope that our littlest ones would have a fighting chance. Until then, all we can do is work for that day, in memory of our babies, with the hope that one day there will be parents who wont know the sorrow we feel.
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ReplyDeleteEven though I didn't lose Leila as early as you, I do know how you feel, in another respect. My mother died 25 years ago to stomach cancer and 6 years ago they found a cure for it. i read it in the newspaper while at work and just fell apart. I'm so glad that they found a cure, but dammnit, why so late?!
ReplyDeleteMissing your girls with you.
love,
christy