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Amelia Rose, was born sleeping on September 8, 2020

Headstone for Amelia, angel baby

By Nicole Torretti, Publisher of Macaroni Kid Enfield February 21, 2021

 Chauncy Pincince shared her story with me. A story that no mother or family should have to go through. Please consider donating to the families gofund so they can purchase a headstone for Amelia, their angel baby.

Here is their story:

In 2020 we were a family of 5, my husband and I and our 3 boys. We knew we were not yet complete and knew that our family would be complete only after we had a daughter. 2020 brought us our dream and our nightmare together. In May we found out we were pregnant with a little princess and we so ecstatic that our family would now be complete. When you find out after 3 boys that you’re finally having the little girl of your dreams, you go out and splurge on all the pink stuff and cute clothes and headbands and you are able to create the nursery that only a princess could imagine! 

Everything was going great with the pregnant, despite being high risk in the past. She was growing great and very active. Our princess was going to be born via c section on October 13, 2020. On September 3rd 2020 I presented to the hospital with contractions and was monitored and sent home. I felt fine afterwards, even hosting a small family gathering for my husbands birthday in September 6th. I had a routine prenatal visit on the morning of September 8, 2020 when our entire life would change forever! 

I remember posting on social media how it was such a beautiful, glorious day. That the boys had started school and I was off to visit our princess at the doctors appointment. I got there and was seated in the room where the doctor brought in a handheld Doppler and rubbed it across my lower abdomen. She couldn’t find a heartbeat, but told me that that’s happened with that particular piece of machinery in the past as it was an older one. She said she’d go get the ultrasound machine to find her heartbeat easier. After having 3 children and numerous ultrasounds when she put the ultrasound screen on, I saw no no movement on the 4 parts of Amelia’s heart. She looked at me and said I’m so sorry. I lost it as you can imagine.

I was sent to St. Francis to deliver Amelia via c-section and was able to hold her afterwards. I was so highly medicated I couldn’t cry, but I have cried every day since. We had to call the funeral home on the day our family completion, our little princess was born. It was the worst thing a parent could go through. We then planned her funeral and purchased her plot. We brought a diaper and smallest clothes to the funeral home. We now have a true angel, Amelia Rose. 

She was as perfect as could be weighing almost 5 pounds with a head full of hair. Weeks later we found out that a blood clot in the placenta stopped the oxygen flow to her, causing her demise. Since then, our life has been in shambles. We are torn, lost and incomplete.

 Through donations we were able to give her a proper service and burial, but the funds quickly depleted with the purchase of plots, the funeral expenses themselves, and the service. We are reaching out to the community once again to ask for help in purchasing a headstone for her. We purchased an area at the cemetery that would allow for a stand up gravestone as opposed to a flat one. We would love nothing more than to get her the most beautiful stone possible as she’s our most precious angel in Heaven. As well as the fact we are going to spend countless hours there celebrating her and making sure she knows she’s not alone, that we love her more than anything. Please consider donating by clicking HERE. All donations made will go towards the headstone for Amelia.