So Sad

It's amazing how close I've gotten to some of the other moms and moms-to-be on my message board. I highly recommend online support groups to anyone. However, the downside to caring so much for people is that you mourn their losses and can't offer them comfort in person. It really makes me feel useless at times.

For those of you that are sensitive to miscarriage and infant loss, just stop reading here.

Yesterday I found out that one of my friends lost her baby at 25 weeks. She went in for a normal appointment and the heartbeat couldn't be found. It was determined that the baby had died and she went in for a c-section. Apparently she's recovering well physically, but I worry about how she's doing emotionally. Last October she had her first child. Unfortunately he passed away after a couple of days due to a condition called Vasa Praevia (which if the doctors had known about they would have had a good shot at saving Zane). Obviously she mourned, but decided to conceive again and was blessed with a pregnancy in April. She is one of the kindest, funniest, most supportive women I've "met" even with her tragedy of last year. She's reached out to others to teach them about Zane's condition to help other moms. It's just so hard to believe that she has to go through such a terrible loss again. No one deserves it, but especially not someone as wonderful as her. For anyone that prays, please pray for Sarah, her husband Scott, and her two babies in heaven, Zane and Ada during this difficult time.