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Parents of lost babies and potential of all kinds: come here to share the technicolour, the vividness, the despair, the heart-broken-open, the compassion we learn for others, having been through this mess — and see it reflected back at you, acknowledged and understood.

Thanks to photographer Xin Li and to artist Stephanie Sicore for their respective illustrations and photos.

for one and all > There is not a day that goes by.....

On Nov. 30th 2009 we lost our baby girl Camilia due to an aggressive placental abruption. I was 34 weeks pregnant, and Dr. said that even if I was standing in the hospital when the placenta detached from the uterus; they would not have been able to save her. She died instantly, I had massive blood loss and till this day I... have so many what ifs and no answer. I took good care of myself and did everything right to make sure our baby was healthy, and unfortunately we don’t have her here. There is not a day that goes by that I don’t think about her and remember how beautiful she was. She weighed a whopping 4lbs. 2oz; lots of hair, long legs like her mom, perfect like dad had envisioned her! This is by far the hardest situation our family has come across, the pain of loosing a child is extremely difficult. We have two boys, and to come home and explain that there baby sister is not coming home was very hard. We always talk about her we keep her in our hearts, our memory, our little angel watches over us. In her memory my husband and I got matching tattoos of her foot print that was given to us at the hospital. We love you Camila….Always in our heart!!!
August 26, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterPaulina A
Paulina,
I'm sorry your Camila isn't with your family. I'm glad you've found this community.

I hope you can find support and peace here,

Sarah
August 26, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterSarah H
Paulina - I'm so sorry about Camila. Such a pretty name.

We also lost our son to an abruption at almost 32 weeks this May. My heart is broken too. So sorry to hear this horrible thing happened to you.

S
August 26, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterS
Thanks to all of you...and my heart goes out to every parent that has loss a child. There is no greater pain and there are good days and bad days. Reading your thoughts and experiences makes me feel that were not the only ones going through this.
August 26, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterpaulina
I'm so sorry for your loss Paulina. I love the name Camila and I know she is watching over you....your own personal little guardian angel. I'm glad you found this site and I hope it is as comforting to you as it is to me. xoxo
August 27, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterKeely
Camilla is such a gorgeous name. I am so sorry, Paulina. Just so sorry. I hope you can find some comfort here.
August 28, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterAngie
Thank-you I'm happy I found this site.
August 28, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterpaulina
Oh Paulina, Im so sorry to welcome you here. Thinking of you and your little girl...
August 29, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterMindy
Yesterday was a hard day for me; it was nine months that we lost our girl. I didn't really feel much of anything, sucks that I have to come to work when in reality all I want to do is cry my eyes out and be alone. Although, I am truly grateful that I do have a job in these hard financial times. With that said I hope every one has a great day, thank you for the support.
August 31, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterPaulina