Josephine’s Headstone – One Mums Heart -breaking Story
I met my partner in January 2006 and found out we were expecting on 7th July 2006, making me 6 weeks, my due date being 3rd March 2007. A pregnancy not planned but very much wanted and loved from the minute we found out
We had our first dating scan at 14 weeks and this made it all the more real. All our midwife/ consultant appointments and scans went very well. Xmas 2006 passed and we knew that next Christmas we’d be a family. We had another scan on 27th December, our baby was kicking and so lively it made my heart melt, knowing my baby girl was fine.
New Year’s Day came and we had dinner at my partners aunties with the whole family, all eagerly asking about my pregnancy, which was going great except for period time pains in my lower back. We decided to go home at 3pm so I could have a rest.
I woke at 5pm with horrendous back and belly pains so decided to have a bath, my baby girl gave me 3 massive kicks, the pain was torture, I got back out the bath to take some Paracetamol and there it was blood streaming down my legs.
In a panic my partner ran to his uncles thinking I was in labour, we were rushed to hospital and stupidly joked we may come out of hospital with a baby (at 33 weeks).
We saw the midwife straight away who checked my bleeding, checked my blood pressure which was very high and tried to trace the baby’s heartbeat.
No heartbeat was found
She tried with 2 monitors, still no heartbeat
At this point we knew something was wrong, the senior midwife came into the room with the scan machine, and within minutes, my life crumbled.
Those dreadful words I dare not repeat again OUR baby girl had grown her wings on 1.1.2007.
I was offered a section straight away which I refused. I wanted to give birth myself, the way I’d planned it
I was induced within the hour…. things are a blur whilst I was in labour….
18.31pm on 2.1.2007 my baby girl was born.3lb exactly and 49cm long.
The most beautiful angel I had ever seen. OUR daughter, WHY our daughter?
I was rushed to theatre once I’d given birth, because my placenta was stuck. We were then put in to a bereavement suite where my partner stayed with me. We had Josephine with us for 4 days, where we had her blessed; we then went home to our empty house, full of baby stuff.
It was the most heart-breaking thing ever.
We visited Josephine in the chapel of rest twice and then the day before her funeral she came home for the night, in her little white coffin.
I lay on the sofa and held her hand all night, wishing she would wake up.
Her funeral was held 11th January 2007, when we said our final goodbyes, we put a picture of us in her coffin, along with a very special teddy, and a necklace, the identical necklace I still wear to this day.
Her daddy carried her little coffin into the church where we had a little service, walking in we played “baby girls window” by Robbie Williams, my mum who’s now in heaven with my angel wrote and read out some very special poems.
On our way out it was twinkle twinkle little star. Again her daddy carried her to her grave, where lots of family and friends were waiting.
Now finally after over 4 years of waiting my princess has the headstone she deserves.
Not a day goes by that we do not talk about her or to her, my baby girl Josephine. Mummy & daddy miss you so much, you have made me the person I am today, a very proud mummy to an angel.
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Big hugs hun xx
Thank you for sharing your experience with the blog.
Huge hugs babe, i cant imagine what you’ve been through. i have tears running down my face right now! The head stone is beautiful. xx
i cant even begin to imagine how you must have felt, the headstone is amazing xx
Such a brave lady sharing your story. So sorry you had to go through such an awful experience, can’t even begin to imagine how you feel. Big hugs. Xxx
My heart breaks for you and your husband.
Thankyou for having the courage to write this.
Love and hugs xx
Big hugs to you. My little boy was stillborn at 36/37 weeks, it will be his 3rd birthday tomorrow. Maybe i can write about him too. Lots of love xxx
I was in tears just reading her beautiful headstone. Fly high baby Josephine. Too good for this earth darling x x x
Big hugs hun cant even begin to imagine what you and your husband went through
well done for sharing your story xx
Wow. I can’t imagine the pain you must of gone through, losing a child has to be the worst thing anyone can go through. Big hugs hun. What a beautiful head stone xx
hugs hun xx
Massive hugs hunni x x
Big Hugs xx
big hugs hun xx
You are an amazing lady for sharing such a personal and heartbreaking story!! reading this story made me cry my eyes out!! remember your beautiful perfect bay girl is always in your heart. huge hugs sent your way xxxx
Big hugs xx
I’m in tears hun, I don’t think I’d ever be as strong as you x
Cried reading this, it must be the most devastating thing to go through
massive hugs xx
big hugs xxx
Beautiful headstone for a beautiful little lady x
OMG I cryed when I read this, I cant imagine your pain. I hope you have more kids in the future and I just want to send you my love xxxx
Makes you remember how precious our lo’s are no matter how much trouble they have caused during the day. Stories like yours remind you how special each day is Thank you x
Aww such a sad story hugs to u hun xx
big hugs. Such a sad sad story. X
Big hugs xx this made me well up xx
this had me in tears, im so sorry for your loss hun xxx
i am so so sorry for ur loss hunni cant imagine wht u must have felt hugs also that headstone is amazing u have doen ur baba proud xx
absolutly heartbreaking x x
omg so sorry hun, heartbreaking x
big hugs x
beauitful hun r.i.p angel im so sorry for your loss hugs hun xxx
im so sorry hun i have tears reading this xxxx rip angel xxxx
awww such a very brave lady i feel so much for the mummy goin through something so heart breaking i felt my eyes filling reading it big hugs to the mummy n family of a very speical angel baby xxx
Awwww big hugs..what a awful thing for any mum to hav to go through:( well dome for finding the strengh to write your story <3 RIP little angel xxxx
Big hugs xxx