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My baby stillborn at 35 weeks - I'm lost

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cantgetcomfy · 29/12/2007 17:40

My beautiful baby boy Finn was stillborn on Wed 19th Dec. I was 35 weeks and it was the last thing in the world I expected. I went to the hospital expecting to be told I was having braxton hicks to be told that they couldn't find a heartbeat and that he had died. I was already 5cm dilated and had a further 7 hours of labour before I could hold him.

We have a DS who is 5 and if it wasn't for him both DH and I would have fallen apart but I feel lost. Sometimes I forget what has happened and I still expect to have my labour and my son at the end of it and then it hits that he's already arrived and gone again. My precious boy's life ended before it even got a chance to begin and its breaking my heart. People on the outside looking in must be saying to themselves that we're carrying on as normal but thats our way of coping. We can't have a funeral for another 2 weeks because he won't be back from his post mortum till then and if i don't have some sense of normality for me, my DH and my DS then I know I will fall into a black hole so big I won't be able to pick myself up from it.

I just want him back - its so unfair that he's been taken from us. I feel so guilty but know its not my fault. I'm angry, sad and numb. I'm scared to let myself go because if i do I don't think I'll be able to pick myself up again and my DS needs me. I just want Finn here too!

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poppy34 · 29/12/2007 18:11

so sorry to hear about this - as others have already pointed out SANDS can be a really valuable source of help. I'm so sorry for the loss of Finn xx

cantgetcomfy · 29/12/2007 18:11

Thank you for all your kind words

Our DS is coping amazingly. To him its just a case of Baby Finn isn't coming home because his heart stopped beating so he's going to go and live with his granny in heaven. He's asked questions and we've answered them as truthfully as we can and he's accepted these answers.

DH is trying to be strong for me and DS but I know its killing him. We talk about it and he says he's OK but when we finally get to have the funeral that will be when he crumbles - he knows this and he's expecting it to happen. I can't have asked for him to be any better with me - he has been amazing. We both wanted Finn so badly and were delighted after a year of trying to finally fall pregnant. He had joked that night before it all happened about how he could see us with three boys - which made me laugh because this was a man who had always been adament that he only wanted one child.

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MaryAnnSingleton · 29/12/2007 18:18

cantgetcomfy - this is so unbearably sad - my thoughts and sympathies are with you and your family

marina · 29/12/2007 18:31

cantgetcomfy, I am so sorry to hear about the stillbirth of baby Finn. What a horrific shock it must have been.
My ds2 Tom was prematurely stillborn at 22 weeks five years ago. We also had to wait for post mortem results etc so I know how hard that can be. I hope the hospital is supporting you well at the moment.
As others have said, SANDS was a great help to me, and by extension for dh. But at that time there wasn't so much published for bereaved dads. I think and hope that this page from their website Fathers Feel Too might help you and your dh grieve together.
I found the love and friendship on Mn a great help as we learned to live life without Tom, and I hope you keep posting and reading.
Much love XXX

ILikeToMoveItMoveIt · 31/12/2007 21:05

I don't know what to say. Much love to you all and thinking of you all xx

Shitemum · 31/12/2007 21:11

So sorry

kindersurprise · 31/12/2007 21:14

My deepest sympathies to you and your family, so sorry that you lost Finn.

jaz2 · 31/12/2007 21:17

I am so sorry to hear about Finn. You must be heartbroken. Thinking of you and sending you hugs.

HappyBiglipsYear · 31/12/2007 21:21

im so sorry for your loss

blueshoes · 31/12/2007 21:26

cantgetcomfy, my deepest condolences for the loss of your lovely son Finn. I'm sorry he could not come home with you and dh. Please take care. All my love.

BumperliciousIsOneHotMother · 31/12/2007 21:44

I cannot imagine how you must feel. How awful for you, the loss of your precious Finn and your hopes and dreams for him

I hope you manage to find some support for you and your family. Don't worry what everyone else thinks, you have to deal with this in your own way.

xxxxxxxxxxxx

weeonion · 31/12/2007 21:51

CGC - what an awful thing to have happened to you and your wee boy. xx

ibroughtxmascake · 31/12/2007 21:55

How truly awful, you will all be in my thoughts tonight xxx

MUMOFDJandP · 31/12/2007 22:01

sending you so much love I cant imagine what youre going through

our close close friends lost their daughter recently

this organisation helped them so much...
here they are

god bless xxx

cazboldy · 31/12/2007 22:06

feeling very and sorry for all of you who have had to endure such terrible pain x

differentYearbutthesamecack · 31/12/2007 22:22

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RGPargy · 31/12/2007 22:25

OMG, i'm so sorry for your loss. Thinking of you. xxx

Chamomile · 31/12/2007 22:26

I'm very sorry to hear of your loss. I hope you can give yourself time and space to grieve for baby Finn and take comfort in your little DS.

stripeybumpsmum · 31/12/2007 22:32

No words, thinking of you and all your family

x

lennygrrl · 31/12/2007 22:37

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Ledodgy · 31/12/2007 22:39

I'm so very, very sorry. Thinking of you. x

ScottishMummy · 31/12/2007 22:43

sorry to hear your harrowing news alow yourself time to recover - it takes time, lots of crying too. you have a beautiful son who will get you through this.

talk about finn, look at your pictures. don't punish your self.please take care

Bubble99 · 31/12/2007 22:46

Sadly I can imagine what you're going through. My DT2, Bo, died during labour nearly 3 years ago.

It is going to take time for you to get over the shock and you will have to go on a very painful journey before you can come out at the other side of this.

The links to SANDS may be helpful to you but I know that initially I couldn't even contemplate facing up to the feelings that I had. Only now, three years on, am I at a point where I feel that counselling may help.

Mnet was a lifeline to me, as I know it has been to others. Keep posting here and let it all out, if you want to.

There will come a point when you won't feel the physical (and it is physical) pain that you are feeling at the moment. It will ease. And though it will never completely go away - you will be able to live with it.

Much love

xx

FaGiN · 31/12/2007 23:03

I have no words, not sure what to say,
just, i'm so so sorry x

threelittlesnowberries · 31/12/2007 23:21

Oh darling, I am so so sorry

Like bubble, Val and others, I have been through a similar experience. My first born Joseph would have been 6 on January 2nd. I so wish I could fast forward a bit and ease some of that pain that really does ache. Things will get better, but please give yourself all the time you need. It's still so recent and raw for you. I'll be thinking of you and Finn, I'm so sorry you had to say goodbye to him. Please email me at stacey 4 mike at aol dot com, or CAT if you want someone to talk to. Wish I had something more useful, some magic words to help.

Take care, lots of love S x

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