Sad News

We just wanted to let everyone know that we lost our baby girl last week at 22 weeks. I went in to see the doctor last Wednesday and after a last minute ultrasound, the doctor wasn't able to see her heartbeat. The next morning we went to the hospital and they began inducing me. After a long day of waiting, our little girl was stillborn at 2:07am on May 6th. She was so tiny and delicate. She was about 10 inches long and weighed just under a pound. We found out that the cause was hyper torsion of the umbilical chord - where the chord gets twisted and kinked around itself. Our doctor has seen it happen before, but this was the most extreme with 4-5 kinks total. He explained that it's not a common thing, but it's one of those fluke things that can happen. Since I was past 20 weeks, we had to fill out a birth certificate for the hospital and give her a name. We named her Lottie Adaire Smith. (Lottie after my great grandma. Adaire after Lance's Grandma)

It has been a really tough week, but we're doing okay. We have felt so much love and support from those we've already shared the news with. We're so grateful for the eternal perspective that the gospel gives us. We have such a greater understanding and testimony of eternal families now and look forward to the day when we can meet our little Lottie again.