I had a normal and easy pregnancy, aside from a few weeks of spotting in the beginning (they did a color Doppler ultrasound at around 8 weeks to make sure everything was okay).  It was our first and we were happy to start a family and bring our son into a loving home.  Towards the end of my pregnancy, my blood pressure became somewhat elevated (never progressed into anything more) and the doctor recommended that I go to fetal monitoring twice per week and that I go on bed rest.

     On October 10, 2006 I went in for my fetal monitoring (37.5 weeks along) and everything appeared to be normal.  The next day I went in for a regular check up and the doctor couldn't find a heartbeat.  We had an ultrasound and saw that his heart had stopped.  This was the worst day of our lives.  We moved the c-section date up (he was breech, I also have Uterus Didelphys) and Thomas was silently delivered on October 12, 2006.  Thomas was perfect in every way.

     We were told that he had a velamentous insertion umbilical cord and that he had probably leaned on the cord and pinched it, cutting off his blood supply.

     Thomas will always be loved and always be missed.