According to a 2004 National Vital Statistics Report issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2000, 15.6% or 1,003,000 of the 6,401,000 pregnancies in the United States ended in either a miscarriage or stillbirth; the CDC also indicates that in 2003 the number of live births in the United States was 4,093,000; of those births, 27,500 ended in the death of an infant under the age of one.*What devastating statistics. I have lost babies, and sometimes I feel like I'm the only one that remembers them. Thinks about them. I have had those nearest and dearest to me suffer great losses. I know some of the pain they feel, but I will never pretend to fully understand. I think about their babies and my babies often. Who they would have been, how old they would be now. I know one day we will be with our babies again, and I picture that time.
Today, especially, I am taking time to remember.
I want my loved ones to know that they're NOT the only ones that think about the babies they lost. They're NOT the only ones who remember. Don't for one second think you're alone in remembering. I am right there with you!
*Source: http://www.october15th.com/
2 comments:
Many hugs, Brianne. I wrote on the same topic for the same reasons.
What a beautiful idea of a day. Sending you love.
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