The feelings, thoughts and event leading up to one of the worst news a pregnant woman dreads to hear she has a stillborn baby inside her.
The sharp pain is unbearable
She grabs a hold of her belly in agony
As the pain disappears she closes her eyes and falls asleep, simply brushing it off
Days later she realises
Something is not right
She feels different
She feels nothing
The doctors run the probe of the ultrasound machine over her large pregnant belly
The room is quiet so quiet you could hear a pin drop
No one speaks, just sits….and waits
The doctor puts down the probe and turns off the machine
She looks at her patient and says “I’m sorry, I cannot detect a heartbeat, I’m afraid you have lost your baby”
She lays there for a minute to take in the news, not sure if she heard correctly she looks at everyone in the room waiting to see their facial expressions.
Finally she breaks down and starts wailing for the child she was to give birth to only days after, the child she had put her life aside for, the child she had waited nine months to meet, the soul of the child inside was no longer inside but had gone to another place.
She doesn’t understand why?
She closes her wet, red, and puffy eyes that night and imagines the smile of the sweet child she’ll never get to meet.
Those seven simple words will be stuck in her head until the end of her days,
I’m sorry I cannot detect a heartbeat
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