OK, as if it has not been a bad enough week..... My best friend called me this morning. She went into labor last night. They lost the baby. Her water broke and she gave birth to a baby boy. They named him Simon Gabriel. The baby had a heartbeat and was moving up until birth. She called me this morning with the bad news, utterly devastated. Not that I blame her in the least. They are in the process of planning a small funeral for him. She did get to hold him. I am still in shock, I cannot believe that this has happened to her. Well, I am outta here. Goin to make some plans and go see her. Please keep her and her family in your prayers. She means the world to me and I am extremely upset.
I know that some think that a preggers woman is carrying a fetus and may not be as touched by this as others... I have to say that I think no matter the gestation of the pregnancy its a BABY. It may not be able to live outside the mother, but let me tell you, being a mother and carrying a baby is like no other feeling in the world. You love the baby no matter what. You feel the movements, you get to hear the heart beat, you fall in love with the baby regardless of not being able to hold it. So to some it was a fetus she miscarried... but to others like her and myself... he was a baby, a human being that deserves love and respect like anyone else...
We love you little Simon Gabriel. I would have loved to have spent time with you and love you like my own.