"Approaching our second prenatal appointment, which was a targeted sonogram, I felt weird and sad. I couldn’t hear our child’s soul in my womb anymore.

I didn’t let my husband know how I felt, but I knew I couldn’t hear him or her talk to me like they were several months ago. The baby was still small, so I couldn’t detect movements until I reached a certain stage in the pregnancy.

During the targeted sonogram appointment, I noticed our child was face down in the womb, and the screen wasn’t moving as much compared to our previous pregnancies. “Ma’am, there’s something wrong inside of me. Our child shouldn’t be face down like this in the womb.” I said.

The sonogram technician told us she couldn’t talk about the sonogram until after they posted the results via MyChart. I grew livid, and my husband did his best to translate how I felt. “I’m sorry,” she said, “I cannot tell you until I run this by the doctor and we post the results from today’s lab on MyChart. Here, let’s reschedule you an appointment for October!”

We left without knowing the worst has already happened…"

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