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Today, October 15, is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. This day has been declared in all 50 states as National Pregnancy and InfantLoss Remembrance Day. Across the United States, and now also in Canada and many other places in the world, remembrance ceremonies are being held for families who have lost babies. According to the October15th website, almost one million babies died in 1996 from miscarriage and stillbirth. That does not include infant deaths. Please, join us celebrating and honoring the lives of all babies lost, by lighting a candle at 7 p.m. your time, in honor of a baby lost in your family or in the family of a friend. As they put it onthe October 15th website, “if everyone lights a candle at 7 p.m. and keeps it burning for at least one hour, there will be a continuous wave of light over the entire world on October 15th.” go to http://www.october15th.com/ From the October15th website: "Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day is to promote Support,...

This week eight years ago, Dylan's mom had an ultrasound and the doctor commented "There's almost enough fluid for me to be concerned." With that he sent her home. She was scheduled for an induction in a matter of days, anyway. The fluid remained in her womb with her full term baby boy. But before the scheduled induction, Dylan's mom experienced a an unnerving and shocking sudden pain from within her belly. It made her feel like her insides were going to fall out. She was forced to crawl on her knees for the pain was unbearable. She was also quickly losing strength. She called the doctor and was told, "If you aren't in labor, we'll have to send you home." She and her husband raced to the hospital immediately and no one was waiting for their arrival. It seemed to the doctor(s) that there was no emergency. She made it to the hospital. Then waited. And waited. And waited. Dylan's mom had insurance. Yet, she still waited an interminably long few ...