In honor of our precious daughter Olivia Danielle Brode we wanted to keep her memory alive, so we are asking for anyone that can help donated wedding dress for baby burial gowns , nicu items, things to give to grieving parents. She also has a GoFundMe me that will go towards donating a cuddle cot to the hospital. A cuddle cot like a cooling bassinet so grieving parents can spend more time withe their angel baby. Hopefully avoid the horrible way they treated Olivia.
Oliva Danielle's story
I wanted to share my daughter Olivia Danielle's story. My husband and I started planning for our third baby on Dec 2013. As months passed by, I became more and more anxious. Taking tests left and right. Then March came. Finally! A positive pregnancy test! I was too excited and very impatient to share my news. So I decided to announce my pregnancy at our family cook off that same month. Weeks passed and my sister announced she was pregnant as well. I was excited that we both had the opportunity to experience these special moments together. We were inseparable. We also began to attend drs. Appointments together. Although we had the same dr. I had to take different precautions because of my first born son who was born at 26 weeks. To prevent me from having another early labor, my dr insisted I start taking Makena shots weekly. He also proscribed me zofran for Hyperemesis. Couple months later everything was going great. We both found out we were having girls. We were so excited! We spoiled our girls and even bought them matching clothes. Then, at 32 weeks I started having contractions so I was taken to the hospital. I was already 3 cm dilated! They decided to give me medication to stop the contractions and had me on bed rest for a couple of weeks. They also arranged weekly nst and ultrasounds. On Nov. 6th I went in for my routine check up and ultrasound. I was 37 weeks and 3 days and everything looked great so I was taken off bed rest. At that point, it was just the waiting game.
That same night i went to bed feeling great, she was being her normal active self. At 9:00 am the next day I began to have horrible pains. Thinking it was contractions, We rushed to Redlands Community hospital. As we were on our way to the hospital I realized that I have not felt my baby move all morning. I thought it was normal because my nieces movements slowed down before she was born but I still didn't feel right so I notified the nurses. They rushed me into the triage room and put me on a monitor. A nurse began moving the Doppler around looking for a heartbeat. All I can remember is how nervous she looked. She ran to call another nurse. The second nurse started looked for a heartbeat. You can see the distress on her face, so I began to panic. They called in an emergency ultrasound. The doctor confirmed that there was no heartbeat and gave me two choices. If I wanted to be induced or if I wanted to go home and let It happen naturally. I felt helpless. I couldn't imagine going home knowing that my precious babygirl in my belly is gone, so I had them induce me right away. I never realized how much love and support I had until that day. The room was filled with uncles, aunts and cousins who stood hours holding my hand through it all. On November 8th 2014 Olivia Danielle Brode was born sleeping.
she was perfect! She weighed 5 lbs 15 oz. she looked so much like her brothers. Until this day It seems like a nightmare I cant wake up from. My family and I had the opportunity to hold my precious babygirl for a couple of seconds. As minutes passed things became a little fuzzy to me. I told my cousin Cindy that I felt a huge wet puddle underneath me so she lifted up the blanket and noticed a puddle of blood. I was hemorrhaging! As my family was getting sent out of the room I was in and out of consciousness. Seven bags of plasma and a blood transfusion later I had finally woken up. The first thing I thought of when I woke up was, "where is my baby?" By the time I woke up they already had taken her to the morgue. The next day we asked the nurses to bring Olivia up to my room because my mother in law had arranged for a priest to bless her body.
As we sat waiting for Olivia we realized two hospital employees came into our room with a cardboard box. They sat the cardboard box on top of the trashcan.
Thinking we are still waiting for Olivia someone decided to take a peek inside the box. Someone yelled its Olivia! I was dumbfounded that my little girl was in a cardboard boxes. She was treated like garbage. My heart couldn't handle the pain of loosing my baby, even more treated as if she was nothing! She was wrapped up in a trash bag in a tiny cardboard box. How cruel can one be! Treating her body the way they did in front of her grieving parents. Didn't they know I was already in so much pain?! My stepdad did me the favor and confronted the nurses about it. The nurses rushed back to my room and took Olivia and brought her back into the room swaddled up in a blanket in her cradle the way she should have been treated, Like a baby! It was time to leave the next day. As I was being helped on to a wheelchair, it hit me harder! My baby is gone and I'm leaving the hospital empty handed.
I've never felt so much pain in my entire life. Seeing other mothers being wheeled out with their babies on their lap ready to go home, while I sat there with only a box with my babies belongings. My husband leaving that hospital with the only memory of his daughter is seeing her in a cardboard box on top of a trash bag. At that moment only blaming myself. Asking myself what did I do wrong or why did this happen to my baby? A week later we had a beautiful funeral for my baby girl. Although not everyone had the opportunity to see her, You can see the love for Olivia in every persons eyes who attended her funeral. As days past A depression so strong took over my life to where it effected my daily routine with my other kids. so I started seeking for help. That is where I ran into a group on FB who went through the same things as I did. I met some amazing women that have helped me through my nightmare. I'm so grateful for every single one of my angel mommas. If it weren't for them I believe I would still be stuck in a dark hole not knowing what to do with myself. Thank you to everyone who was there showing me love and support! Olivia Danielle there is Not a second that goes by where i am not thinking of you! Thank you for making me the strong women I am today. I love you with all of my heart Olivia Danielle Brode, My Angel baby. Thank you for your time. Please share Olivia's story.
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