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Reader Stories: Stillbirth and Late Pregnancy Loss

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Updated March 06, 2010

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Stillbirth, or loss after the 20th week of pregnancy, occurs in about 1 of every 200 pregnancies. It's probably safe to say that late pregnancy loss is a highly traumatic life event for nearly everyone who goes through it. If you have lost a baby to stillbirth, tell your story here or read through stories submitted by other parents.

Stillbirth at 21 Weeks

After our stillbirth happened, I frantically combed through webpages reading other people's stories and trying to make sense of what happened to us. At 14 weeks, our ultrasound was fine - measured 14…More

Stillbirth Stories - My Angel in Heaven (Loss at 21 Weeks)

All was ok till week 17 when I started spotting. I was given Primolut Depot injection to control the bleeding but it never stopped. I had very heavy bleeding in spurts and then finally the SAC ruptur…More

Stillbirth Story - Lost and Confused

I'm a 29 year old mother of three girls 12, 7, 4 years. In November of this year was expecting our 4th girl until I noticed leaking and I called my doctor and he told me to go to the hospital. When I…More

Stillbirth Story - Rohan, Our Beautiful Angel

My son passed away due to my placenta coming away, starving him of oxygen. I remember laying in the hospital bed, a midwife and someone with a scanning machine entered the room. While the scanning ma…More

Our beautiful girl Bella Rose

I have already told my story on here. My little baby girl Bella Rose born 9/5/2010, Mother's Day, also sadly passed away. When I told my story I signed in as a guest and now I'm a member. I would lik…More

Stillbirth Story - Stillbirth at 22 Weeks, 4 Days

I don't know why but I squatted in the shower and put a finger inside me and to my shock I could feel something squishy. I was a mess. I thought it was the baby's head.I was crying to my partner the …More

Stillbirth Stories - Devastating Loss at 37 Weeks

It was on a Monday morning 24 August 2009 when I felt that my baby was no longer kicking as he used to be very active. I went to hospital and was asked to go to scan and I went to scan on Tuesday 25.…More

Stillbirth Stories - Loss of Baby Lewis at 27 Weeks

On the thursday morning I felt my baby make a small movement, which I found a bit odd as he was usually very active. However I was not overly concerned at that time. I started to worry more as the da…More

Stillbirth Stories - Cervical Weakness Causes Loss of Twins, Stillbirth

I gave birth to a set of live twins at 25.5 weeks. They lived about 30 hours. I gave birth 2 years later to a stillbirth at 23 weeks. I had cerclages with both of the losses but only after I develope…More

Stillbirth Story: Loss of Twins at 23 Weeks

I lost my babies at 23 weeks. I didn't know what to do or say. All I wanted was my baby girls Miracle and Faith. They was perfect in every way. I wanted to take them home but I couldn't and it hurt m…More

My Baby Girl Kyla Nichole-Lynn Witty

On March 15 2010 I went in to my ob/gyns office to get a sonogram telling me the sex of my baby. In the sonogram they couldn't finda heartbeat. They told me I would still have to deliver my daughter.…More

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