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His Life

Matthews Birthday

May 3, 2012

Matthew was my second child. He has an older sister who was born 9-11-01. I started bleeding just a week after I found out I was pregnant. I bled heavily the whole pregnancy. Doctors were certain at first that I was having a miscarriage. An ultrasound showed that I was still pregnant but had a blood clon my uterus. My doctor said he had never seen anything like it and advised abortion. I personally do not believe in abortion. I chose to carry my baby. Every week I had an ultrasound and held my breath and waited to hear his heartbeat. Every week the tech said, "baby is still there and so is the blood clot." Things progressed normally besides for the bleeding. at 21 weeks, I was staying at my aunts and got up to go to the bathroom. Something was off. I was bleeding like usual but very dizzy. I went to the ER and was sent straight to OB. My doctor was very concerned and wanted to ship me to another hospital. I was given a shot of steroids and sent to a hospital an hour away. At this hospital an ulrasound showed I had almost no fluid. I was admitted and told I would stay there until he was born. They tried to build up my fluids but it wasn't working. Exactly 1 week after being admitted, Matthew was born after 12 hours of labor. He weighed 15.6 ounces and was 10 inches long. Beautiful,perfect and mine. Although he was only expected to live 10 minutes he survived for 2 days. He is always loved and forever missed!