Posts Tagged ‘Stillbirth’
April 2017 Gifts: In Memory Of…
Each month, families and friends have the opportunity to donate to Share “In Memory Of” the baby or babies they have lost and those who serve at Share. This month we honor and remember the names listed below. Madeline Antonio By: Mary Ellen Antonio John McKinley Barr By: Katherine McKinley “In memory of our own…
Read MoreA Tribute To A Share Caregiver
By: Karen Christopher On February 19, 2002, our daughter Elizabeth Christena Swader came silently into the world. I was 36 1/2 weeks and this was our first baby. We learned of her demise about 36 hours before when we went to the doctor for a routine visit and there was no heartbeat. There are no…
Read MoreA Distinguished Caregiver
A distinguished caregiver offering the gift of oneself to make a difference. His Story The Labor and Delivery nurse attended my wife when she delivered our daughter, Maria. Maria was stillborn at 30 weeks. Our nurse did not leave my wife’s side all night. Though Maria was the first stillborn our nurse had delivered, she…
Read MoreSupport, Healing, Hope and the Comfort Cub
Support, Healing and Hope -these are all of the things I hoped to bring to a grieving mother when I created the world’s very first weighted therapeutic teddy bear called The Comfort Cub back in 1999. When I was six months pregnant I got the devastating news that the beautiful baby boy I was carrying…
Read MoreGrief During the Holidays: Hope, Joy, and Remembrance
By Sari S. This is not going to be my first holiday season without my twin boys, Carter and Easton, however it is going to be a first for many things. Some things will stay the same and some I plan on changing. Carter and Easton were born at 23 weeks and 6 days due…
Read MoreEmpty Spaces
By: Ginny Limer These dark, empty spaces are haunting, yet beautiful as it is here that we are most open to finding the light within the darkness, our passions within the pain. This empty space represents your endless pain, your broken heart, your deepest despair, and broken soul, yet this vast space also symbolizes your…
Read MoreSurviving The Holidays
By: Rose Carlson, Share Program Director For most people, thinking about the holidays brings thoughts of joyous celebrations with family and friends. But for someone who has had a baby die, thinking about the holidays brings on feelings of dread instead of feelings of excitement. A time that you may have looked forward to celebrating…
Read MoreHelping Families Heal During the Holiday Season
By Shari Morash, BIS, Founder, Author, Educator, www.lovingyourbaby.ca For those of us who have lost a child, the holiday season can be an overwhelming time of anxiety and sadness. The familiar rituals of family togetherness and being home for the holidays may leave us feeling alone and isolated. While the world around is celebrating, managing…
Read MoreWhy Is Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month Important To Me?
By: Derek Haake, Esq., MBA (Share Board Member) The night we delivered our triplets 6 weeks premature because my son was stillborn, I sat in the house, by myself because we had no family within 400 miles of us. This meant we had no one to take care of our dogs that night, so I…
Read MoreSweet Isaac Joseph
By Jodi Bauler Reprinted from Sharing, Volume 14 Issue 5 Like so many others who seek the comfort and support of Share, I too, have a story of loss and devastation. A little over a year ago, my 38 1/2 week pregnancy ended with my 7lb, 5 ounce baby boy depending on ventilators and tubes…
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