Its surreal to be posting this here. This was the message Blinn and I sent out to family and friends notifying them of the birth of our son. We composed most of the message the Monday before he was born, wanting to be able to send out thoughts that were somewhat coherent. Maybe we planned things out too much, maybe the email said just enough. I still can't believe any of this has happened. Maybe its a dream and I will wake up. Soon.
Friends,
We are proud, but sad to announce the arrival of our son, Elpida Matthew Blinn stillborn at 6:38 p.m. today.
Throughout the day on Friday and into Saturday I was concerned that the baby hadn't been moving around as much as normal. Saturday afternoon around 4 I called one of our midwives, told them what was going on, and she asked me to come to the office right away for a check up. To our dismay we did not hear a heartbeat. Our midwife, Barbara, sent us to St. Luke's ER for a more thorough examination and to have an ultrasound to see if a heartbeat could be detected, but there was nothing. On Tuesday I was induced at St. Charles Hospital in Oregon, Ohio but did not deliver after two days and went home. Today we returned to the hospital after I started having contractions on my own at home.
Elpida (pronounced el-pee-duh) is the Greek translation of the word hope. The name was chosen because we are hopeful for the resurrection of the dead. We are hopeful for future children.
Please forgive this terribly impersonal way of letting you know this type of news, but this is the type of thing you only want to say once. The last few days have been - to say the very least - an emotionally draining whirlwind of a roller coaster. We've often looked at each other in disbelief and asked "What do we do?" and of course, we don't really come up with an answer. We aren't in shock, this is very real to us and its incredibly shitty, but we feel kind of numb.
We appreciate your prayers.
With love,
Kelli & Matt
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