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Note: This page contains scanned in photos of my deceased premature infants, if this is something that might upset you, you may choose now to not view the page any further.
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Memorial Page To My Quints
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These are the actual scanned in images of the hand and footprints of my four babies who made it past 20 weeks.This image is smaller than actual size though, the white paper that it is on is actually more like a standard sized sheet of paper.
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One baby died in utero in the first trimester. The next baby was born at 20+ weeks on Nov. 25th, 1998. The remaining three babies were born at 23+ weeks on Dec. 13, 1998. These babies were born at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Only 18 weeks pregnant
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Only 10 weeks pregnant
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Aug. 12, 1998
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Early November 1998
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Late September 1998
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In the beginning, there were five sacs, as shown here, but one baby died in the first trimester. For the majority of the pregnancy I was carrying four babies and I do often wonder which is the more appropriate term to call my babies, quints or quads. I tend to side with Dr. Seuss though in his famous quote: "A Person Is A Person, No Matter How Small".
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You are fearfully and wonderfully made-Psalms 139:14
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We
held
off
labor
as
long
as
we
could
and
nearly
three
weeks
later,
the
last
three
babies
were
born
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Caleigh Jewel 23.1 wks
11 1/2 inches & 15 1/2 oz
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Angel Rose 20.4 wks
10 1/2 in and 11 oz
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Teddy Ryan 23.1 wks
11 1/2 in & 1 lb, 2 oz
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Sarah Cynthia 23.1 wks
11 1/2 in and 1 lb, 1 oz
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Dec. 13, 1998
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Dec. 13, 1998
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Dec. 13, 1998
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Nov. 25, 1998
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Angel at her funeral with skin tone cosmetics applied by funeral director
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I realize that these photos are somewhat stark if you are not used to viewing extremely premature babies-"Gerber Babies" they are not. Their skin tone is darker than normal due to many factors all associated with thier prematurity, they were caucasian. All babies born at this gestation tend to look very "red", my babies were actually very cute despite their extreme prematurity.
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In the future, there will be a link here to the "story" of what happened. It is so hard to decide how much to tell. I have it partially typed out and it is more than 40 pages long, and that's too much for a webpage obviously so I will have to somehow condense it. It is definitely a one-of-a-kind story unlike any other you will probably ever read about concerning multiple birth babies.
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My babies died shortly after their extremely premature births and were originally buried in Utah but I had them disinterred and reburried in Michigan. This photo below was taken in the spring after their deaths (1999) just shortly before I conceived my subsequent single birth child, baby Drew, born prematurely March 5, 2000 and thriving, along with my older children, Casey (Apr. 1992), Leigh (Aug. 1994) Scott (Jan. 1997).
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Mommy will NEVER forget you. As long as the oceans crash against the shores and 100,000 years more, Mommy will never forget you. You are precious and perfect in my eyes. I love you as much as a mother can love.
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This is their special custom-made gravestone. The stone is solid black granite and imported from India. It is twice the length of a normal headstone and the images on it were etched with a diamond tipped machine. I drew the entire image and then payed a man to etch my images on this stone. The stone alone cost over $1,000 and the etching cost even more than the stone itself, for a total of over $2,000. Sending it by train to Michigan cost approx.$400 extra. Having it layed in the ground cost approx. $150. The babies are buried in four individual tiny cream colored caskets layed side by side. Had they all died on the same day, we would've considered putting them in one single casket so they could physically still be together, but regardless, we know they are together in spirit.
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