Heather Lombardo
05-13-2007, 12:14 AM
This is an email I received today. Here is a new way to offer a memory to families dealing with an early loss. Encourage them to get a copy of their ultrasound photo and PRESERVE them.
Hello-
I just wanted to share our "short story" with you and thank you for touching my heart.
My husband and I lost our first baby very early in our pregnancy. When we went in for our first checkup and ultrasound, within a matter of three minutes we experienced on of the most joyful moments followed by one of the most devastating moments of our lives. I am a worrier by nature and had feared miscarriage, so when I saw the baby on the monitor I felt an overwhelming joy. Finally the baby was "real" to me. When the ultrasonographer said that she was going to get the doctor to discuss the findings, I knew instantly that my fears had come to be true, and our hearts were shattered. The baby did not have a heartbeat.
We are "trying again", and in the process of moving. I had asked my husband to save all of the newspapers to pack dishes. He went out of town this weekend, and I was alone in the house packing when I saw your article in the "Pioneer Press". My husband is very sensitive to my feelings, and I think that he may have "planted" it for me to read so as not to be so bold as to suggest it. The strange thing is, we have not been saving the paper that long (the article was February 4th), and we subscribe to the "Star Tribune".
The reason that I am writing is to let you know that your article gave me a sense of closure that I didn't think I even needed. We are doing just fine, but if there was one dark cloud that continued to hang over my heart, it was that I didn't request a picture of the ultrasound. I had been afraid to inquire into whether or not the hospital kept it, and request a copy for fear that my inquiry would appear odd- perhaps even morbid. Your article gave me a sense of peace in knowing that this feeling is not so unusual, and as little as our baby was, she was real- and the memory of the ultrasound will always bring back the moment that she became real to us. I had to write (before my tears dried...) to give an extra "thank you" on behalf of all of the families for whom you have provided these everlasting memories.
I hope that you are are blessed over and over for the wonderful gifts you give.
Sincerely,
Rachel
Hello-
I just wanted to share our "short story" with you and thank you for touching my heart.
My husband and I lost our first baby very early in our pregnancy. When we went in for our first checkup and ultrasound, within a matter of three minutes we experienced on of the most joyful moments followed by one of the most devastating moments of our lives. I am a worrier by nature and had feared miscarriage, so when I saw the baby on the monitor I felt an overwhelming joy. Finally the baby was "real" to me. When the ultrasonographer said that she was going to get the doctor to discuss the findings, I knew instantly that my fears had come to be true, and our hearts were shattered. The baby did not have a heartbeat.
We are "trying again", and in the process of moving. I had asked my husband to save all of the newspapers to pack dishes. He went out of town this weekend, and I was alone in the house packing when I saw your article in the "Pioneer Press". My husband is very sensitive to my feelings, and I think that he may have "planted" it for me to read so as not to be so bold as to suggest it. The strange thing is, we have not been saving the paper that long (the article was February 4th), and we subscribe to the "Star Tribune".
The reason that I am writing is to let you know that your article gave me a sense of closure that I didn't think I even needed. We are doing just fine, but if there was one dark cloud that continued to hang over my heart, it was that I didn't request a picture of the ultrasound. I had been afraid to inquire into whether or not the hospital kept it, and request a copy for fear that my inquiry would appear odd- perhaps even morbid. Your article gave me a sense of peace in knowing that this feeling is not so unusual, and as little as our baby was, she was real- and the memory of the ultrasound will always bring back the moment that she became real to us. I had to write (before my tears dried...) to give an extra "thank you" on behalf of all of the families for whom you have provided these everlasting memories.
I hope that you are are blessed over and over for the wonderful gifts you give.
Sincerely,
Rachel