Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Another one

My mom just called to tell me that a cousin of one of my friends from high school found out yesterday her baby died. They started the induction yesterday afternoon. Tuesday. It was a Tuesday for us too.

She is a couple of years younger. I remember her as a teenager. Bright, a little awkward, had issues with her parents. And now she is one of us.

8 comments:

niobe said...

This just is beyond comprehension. Oddly enough, I don't know anyone IRL with a dead baby, so I'm almost able to convince myself that these things don't really happen.

I hope your cousin's friend has people who can offer her some measure of help and support. My heart goes out to her.

Nicole said...

Oh, that is just so very sad when someone is added to the club. So very very sad. Like Niobe, I don't know anyone in real life with a dead baby.

Sara said...

Oddly enough, I do. A colleague of ours experienced PPROM at 17 weeks and lost a son in August. I thought there could be nothing worse and worried throughout the fall about how seeing me pregnant must make her feel. Well now I know. And we've become friends.

I'm so so sad for your cousin's friend. I wish we could permanently close this club's membership.

Lori said...

I actually know quite a lot of women who have had their babies die. It sounds terrible to count them up, but it is somewhere around 8-10 women and I don't know them just as a result of my own loss. Isn't that awful?

It really has made me inappropriately skeptical and worried about all pregnancies. Now I find it shocking when pregnancy goes well, when it used to be the other way around.

I'm so sorry for your friend and her loss.

Anns said...

a club we'd never want to have to welcome further members to.

Bon said...

i too don't know anyone in real life whose baby died...

sometimes i wish i did.

then i give my head a shake. but i am glad to have found others, out here.

Yankee T said...

I send my love and heartfelt sympathy to all members of the club.

kate said...

I am so sorry to hear this....i am thinking of her.