Lauryn Deo's Family....
Mom's lifelines

It is so sweet of you to want to hear my story. 
 
Well i am 30 years old and have three living daughters and one angel in heaven.  Lauryn Rae, she was 7 lbs 11 oz and 22 inches long with a full head of black hair.  Like mine. She was stillborn at 38.5 weeks. 
 
December 2005 my family and I went to FLorida to for a vacation.  I woke up at my moms house one night terribly sick and throwing up.  Come to find out one week later i was 6 weeks pregnant.  It was totally unexpected bing that my youngest daughter was only 9 months old.  My husband and i set out to find a larger house for our ever growing family.  In my 5th month we found out we were having a girl,  so excited to add to our clan of girls.  Just a couple of wees after my husband had a accident at work and had to be off work for 6 weeks.  Money was tight to say the least.  He returned to work and was only back about 2 weeks when he got layed off.  It was devasting because we didn't know what to do.  He was layed off the rest of my pregnancy and it was very stressful.  I had far from what was a uncomplicated pregnancy although my doctors would disagree.  The baby was very inactive and i kept telling my doctors something was wrong.  I had several "premonitions" of losing my little girl and finally at my insitance i was given twice a week non-stress tests.  There were several occassions in which her heartrate dropped down below 85 bpm and the doctors did an ultrasound and sent me home.  I complained and beeged to be incuded knowing that my baby was in trouble.  They ignored my pleas and on August 25 i woke up knowing that she was gone.  I am filled with so much anger and pain some times i can't even cope.  I feel I could have saved her becuase God was giving me som many warnings.  I remember reading somewhere about a cord accident and it flashed through my head like a neon sign the whole nine months.  I told everyone the day she would be born and i ened up being correct.  I still try and make sense of all of these things.  I received the autopsy results today and they showed NOTHING.  She was perfectly healthy.  Why was my youngest daughter taken from me,  i will not know until the day i see her in heaven. I can't wait for that.
 
 In the meantime I am determined to make my life and my childrens life the best it can be in Lauryn's honor.  I have become a better person and a more spiritual person becuase of her death.  I am more patient and more giving.  That is a good thing that i have gotten from all of this.  I had a horrible time at thanksgiving and I am so scared of Christmas.  I am trying to stay strong but i fall apart often and this christmas will be so bittersweet as i watch my other childrens joy i know there should be four instead of three.
Thanks for listening it helps to tell others. 
Take care and have a wonderful holiday,
 
Kimberly Deo