| Location | Kidderminster |
| Age | 0 |
| Cause of Death | Still Birth |
| Date of Birth | 07/06/2005 |
| Date of Death | 07/06/2005 |
| Visitors | 4,214 since 15/08/2005 |
| Creator |
"An angel too perfect for this world".
My name is Ann. I`m 24 and now live in Leamington with my husband Richard,Son Luke and daughter
Libby.
We lost our first and second babies in 2005.
This is our story.....
I met Richard in December 2003 and we fell in love instantly, well..i say instantly but to be honest
for the first hour an half i was convinced there must be something wrong with him-he seemed too
perfect.
We were set up by a friend that i worked with, Rich was his best man. Two weeks after meeting, Rich
asked me to marry him and i said yes.
Everything was perfect.
On 31st October 2004 i found out i was pregnant, i couldnt believe it, we had been trying for months
and i was starting to think it would never happen. I told Rich and he was over moon. We were going
to have a baby and we told the whole world!!
Things carried on as normal, everything went really well and we were so excited. All of the scans
showed our baby growing well, we had a lovely midwife and life couldnt be better.
In February 2005 we decided that we`d like to be married BEFORE the baby was born, the baby was due
July 7th so it didnt leave much time but we could do it. I called the registry office and they had
some dates free so i called Rich at work he said to go for it so we did and the date was set for 9th
April 2005.
Our year was set we`d be married, have our first baby and i would be turning 21- the perfect year!!
We decided from the start that we wanted to know what we were having, boy or girl so we asked at our
next scan. "It`s a boy" they announced.
We decided to call him Reece, and have the middle names Eric Vincent after Richards grandad.
Our wedding was great i was 6 months pregnant and although i was tired i was blooming. We were
already living together so we asked for presents for the baby instead of us-we had so many lovely
things!!
When we got back from our honeymoon we got Reece`s room ready-it was lovely, my favourite room in
the house. Now all we needed was the baby. I spent hours just sat in there talking to him and
reading him stories.
Things went well, on May 25th we had a scan due to me having an irregular heartbeat but everything
was fine so we got ready for our little ones arrival.
On June 6th we went to bed as normal Rich kissed my belly goodnight and told Reece how much he loved
him then went to sleep but i couldnt sleep, i just lay there for hours. I had a ache at the bottom
of my back and then i started to get pains at the bottom of my belly, just the right side. It didnt
hurt it was just a dull ache. At about 2am it was still there so i woke Rich. He said we should call
the hospital as the pain was coming and going but said i`d wait til morning, Rich called them anyway
and they asked us to go in.
I grabbed my bags (just incase) and off we went, I was so excited....our little boy was on his way!!
We stopped for petrol on the way, the man was so slow it took ages and by the time rich was back in
the car the pain was really bad and it was regular. I dont know why but i said " what if i`m losing
him" i didnt think for one minute i was and i dont know why i said it.
20 mins later we were at the hospital.
The midwife got one of those little trumpet things and out and put it to my belly "i hate these
wooden ones" she said and she went in search of a plastic one instead. "He`s hiding from me now" she
said "i`ll just get a scanner and we`ll see what he`s upto in there". When the doctor came with the
scanner i looked at Rich and i knew my baby was gone, the doctor didnt have to say a word. The look
in my husbands eyes said it all, our baby and our dreams were gone.
I knew i had to give birth to him but i didnt know if i could take it, i went to the toilet and i
didnt know if i should run away or just sit and cry. I cried.
Reece took 15 hours to be born. I had every pain relief possible, i didnt want to feel it. I was
numb and couldnt feel a thing but the contractions kept coming and Rich could see them, i`ll never
forget him showing the doctor and asking if his baby was ok now. He must`ve thought that the
contractions he could see were Reece kicking, they werent.
Rich and my dad kept disappearing outside with the doctor, i didnt notice it at the time but i know
they did now. What no one had told me yet was that i had suffered a concealed placental abruption.
The placenta which shouldve been giving my baby everything he needed had fallen away with no warning
signs and the blood that should be flowing through it was now flowing into me, i was bleeding to
death. They couldnt do a c section because it could kill me but if they didnt get the baby out soon
there was just as big a chance. I had two blood transfusions, morphine and god knows how many
needles.
Reece was born at 16.51 on June 7th 2005 at 35 weeks and 4 days gestation. he weighed 5lb 11oz and
was perfect. A miniture daddy.
The first thing i did was move away from him, i was scared. The hospital dressed and bathed him and
i didnt realise until we went home but i only ever held Reece when no one else was around.
We stayed in hospital for two days in a lovely private room with a garden. Family came to see him
and cuddle him, they all cried. He was so perfect.
Next came the funeral. We didnt have a PM as they knew what happened so we could do it as soon as we
wanted. We didnt want anything religious. We went for a simple grave side service, Rich carried him
and i said a poem and did a reading. Everyone was there. My little boy touched so many lives and
they never even knew him.
It`s now over 4 years since i gave birth to my first baby. I used to visit him everyday now i try to
get to him as much as i can. Alot has happened since then. A few people have said that they thought
losing Reece would break us but it didnt, it made us stronger and we even renewed our wedding vows
in June 2007. Since Reece was born i have also had a miscarriage,and two healthy babies - Luke and
Libby. We will NEVER replace Reece though.
We have decided we will never have to sit Luke and Libby down to explain to them that they have a
brother, they will always know. Luke was born on June 1st 2006, almost a year after his brother, he
was born a little earlier and weighed less but he`s growing well! He is a spitting image of Reece.
He comes to the cemetery with us all the time and we talk to Reece and send him balloons. Libby was
born on July 20th and is a little fatty, she was also 5 weeks early like Reece and Luke but weighed
a very healthy 6lb and 1oz!!
Our lives have changed a lot since Reece was born, so have we but he will always be a part of our
lives and we will love him until the day we see him again.
He was wanted so badly and will be missed so much.
ON JUNE 7TH 2009 (REECE`S 4TH BIRTHDAY) I AM DOING A SPONSORED SKYDIVE TO RAISE MONEY FOR SANDS,
PLEASE SPONSOR ME AT - http://www.justgiving.co.uk/reecelynch THANK YOU!!
They say there is a reason
They say that time will heal
But neither time nor reason
Will change the way we feel
For no-one knows the heartache
That lies beneath our smiles
No-one knows how many times
We have broken down and cried
We want to tell you something
So there won't be any doubt
You're so wonderful to think about
But so hard to be without
Our Babies - The Journey's Just Begun
Don't think of them as gone away-
Their journey's just begun,
Life holds so many facets-
This earth is only one.
Just think of them as resting
From the sorrows and the tears
In a place of warmth and comfort
Where there are no days and years.
Think how they must be wishing
That we could know today
How nothing but our sadness
Can really pass away.
And think of them as living
In the hearts of those they touched...
For nothing loved is ever lost
And they were loved so much.
These are My Footprints
These are my footprints, so perfect and so small.These tiny footprints never touched the ground at
all.
Not one tiny footprint, for now I have my wings. These tiny footprints were meant for other
things.
You will hear my tiny footprints, in the patter of the rain. Gentle drops like angels tears, of joy
and not from pain.
You will see my tiny footprints in each butterflies' lazy dance. I'll let you know i'm with you, if
you give me just a chance.
You will see my tiny footprints, in the rustle of the leaves. I will whisper names into the wind,
and call each one that grieves.
Most of all these footprints are found in Mummy's heart, cause even though I'm gone now, we'll never
truly part.
In loving memory of
REECE ERIC VINCENT LYNCH
born sleeping
7TH JUNE 2005
♥ Imagine ♥
♥ Imagine a desert
♥ without sand
♥ Imagine an arm
♥ without a hand
♥ Imagine a butterfly
♥ without wings
♥ Imagine winter without
♥ the promise of spring
♥ Imagine night without
♥ the arrival of dawn
♥ Imagine a life spent
♥ being just a pawn
♥ Image a soul
♥ that never connects
♥ Imagine a world
♥ that always rejects
♥ Imagine eyes that
♥ do not see
♥ Imagine knowing
♥ it can never be...
♥ Imagine a touch that
♥ does not feel
♥ Imagine a heart
♥ made out of steel
♥ Imagine a body
♥ that does not yield
♥ Imagine life’s storms
♥ without a human shield
♥ Imagine a tear
♥ that never cries
♥ Imagine an ache
♥ that never dies
♥ Impossible to imagine….
♥ It’s life without you!
♥ Copyright� Mary Thong-Garner ♥
A Birthday In Heaven - Author Unknown
I heard you crying yesterday,
And felt your heart-sent love.
So I’m sending you this message
Now, from Heaven up above.
You’re wondering if I’ll celebrate
My birthday (way up here).
I know you’re missing me today
I feel your essence near.
God planned a special day for me,
He told me with a wink.
He’d ordered me a special cake
(It’s Angel food, I think).
Balloons will fill the streets for me,
They float up through the clouds.
And we have lots of friends up here
That make us laugh out loud.
There is a birthday carousel,
Jewelled horses ride the wind,
With music playing, oh so sweet…
The magic never ends.
I’ve made so many friends, you see
We laugh and play and sing.
We ride our bikes and play the fool
And sleep in Angel’s wings.
But we don’t blow out our candles here
Instead, they light the skies.
With love from your little Angel xxx
Special Angel Day - by Sam & Gordon Winson
We do not need a special day
To bring you to our minds.
The days we do not think of you
Are very hard to find.
Each morning when we awake
We know that you are gone.
And no one knows the heartache
As we try to carry on.
Our hearts still ache with sadness
And secret tears still flow.
What it meant to lose you
No one will ever know.
Our thoughts are always with you,
Your place no one can fill.
In life we loved you dearly;
In death we love you still.
There will always be a heartache,
And often a silent tear.
But always a precious memory
Of the days when you were here.
If tears would make a staircase,
And heartaches make a lane,
We'd walk the path to heaven
And bring you home again.
We hold you close within our hearts;
And there you will remain,
To walk with us throughout our lives
Until we meet again.
Our family chain is broken now,
And nothing seems the same,
But as God calls us one by one,
The chain will link again.
teddy just 4 you..xx
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love you little angel
hello babe
Its aunty here mommys in hospital at the moment she's just had libby, so i thought id let you know were all thinking about you. nobody really speaks about you anymore and not many people visit your resting place and that annoys me but i supose they do things there way. every day i see your cousin grow and everything he does new makes me wonder what you would be doing if you was with us now, lil lukeys getting big now spent the last two days with him, i know i need to make more time for him and i will, as youve seen luke and connor and chloe have been playing lovely, but you are missed, there's always someone missing and thats you but i know your looking out for us all. someone said the other day that your lucky in a way cus you didnt have to live in this awful world i couldnt understand it but the more i think about it the more i see theyre probably rite the only part of that i will never understand is if thats true then why arent you with your family??
nobody has all the answers theres obviosly a reason for the pain.
i think about you everyday and always will, sleep tight sweetheart and keep watching over your brother, sister and cousins.
brought you some lil prezzie's mommy will bring them when she can.
you always in our hearts reece!
love you lots
aunty amy
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
big kisses and cuddles
p.s im sorry i could nt be there to say goodbye , i did what i thought was best and gave connor your name as his middle name in your honor!
I just realised how long its been since i actually wrote to you, ive been lighting candles but i havent been on this part of your page for so long.
Things are starting to feel different now, you are still always in my thoughts and my heart but its like i dont have to say anything anymore because you are always with me.
Lots has happened lately, your little sister should be born on saturday...its all so scarey. Everyone keeps saying things will be ok and nthing can go wrong now but i know far too well that it can.....i couldnt cope if i lost another baby.
Luke is getting big, he`s cheeky and still a spitting image of you, some nights when he`s sleeping i have to do a double take....you would have been so gorgeous.
Anyway, i just wanted you to know i havent forgotten you...i never will.
Love you always!
Mummy
x x x
Hello angel,
I cant sleep so im here again.
We had a call from the midwife that delivered you the other day, she was sorting out the safe at the hospital and she found some photos of you so she sent them to us.
Its been over 2 years now, i didnt expect anything like that to happen. It was strange when they came...happy but sad.
It was so nice to have more picture of you but it bought back so many memories, your other pictures are so familiar now but these were different..we hadnt seen them before.
Im missing you so much at the moment..id give anything to go back to the day you were born, it was such a sad day but at least then i could hold you again. There were so many things we shouldve done but we didnt know and no one tells you what you should do if your baby dies.
We did the best the could, we werent prepared...i just hope you are happy with all of the decisions we have made.
Love you always,
Mummy
x x x
I wonder if you know how many times a day i think of you? If im honest i dont even know myself, is it every minute? every 3 or maybe every few seconds? I dont know but you are always there no matter how much time passes no matter what i am doing and i hope you always will be.
You`d be a big boy now, running around and making a mess with your brother....we`ve lost so much.
We took Luke to the beach today but you already knew that, i turned to look at him in the back seat and i knew there should be two of you sat there, life is so unfair.
I dont know why but im questioning everything again lately, did i do something, did the hospital miss something...did they cover it up? Daddy says ill always do this but no one is to blame. I hope he`s wrong, i dont want to question myself forever.
I just miss you so much, its not true what people say- you CAN miss what you dont know. I did know you, you grew inside me, you are me and i miss you everyday.
I love you so much darling.
x x x
Daddy please dont look so sad,
Mumma please dont cry,
'cause i am in the arms of Jesus,
he sings me lullabies,
Please try not to question god,
Dont think he's unkind,
Dont think he sent me to you,
Then changed his mind,
You see i am a special child,
And im needed up above,
Im the special gift you gave him,
The product of your love,
I'll always be there with you,
And watch the sky at night,
Find the brightest star thats gleaming,
Thats my halo's brilliant light,
You'll see me in the morning frost,
That mists your window pane,
Thats me in the summer showers,
I'll be dancing in the rain,
When you feel a gentle breeze,
From a gentle wind that blows,
Thats me i'll be planting a kiss upon your nose,
When you see a child playing,
And your heart gives a little tug,
Thats me i'll be there giving your heart a hug,
So daddy please dont look so sad,
Mummy dont you cry,
I'm in the arms of Jesus,
And he sings me lullabies!
Footprints all around you ALWAYS Mommy & Daddy
We have never met this family but Im drawn like a magnet to write you something about my own little Angel, who was born sleeping March 9th 1975. I'm sure you will understand that I don't want sympathy, just to let you know that the pain will pass.
What a different world we lived in then. Friends said you're young try again ( not knowing that my husband had beaten me when I was past my due date). I was told to forget! you will understand that seeing what you have done to help ease your grief is like a little miracle to me. Has lifted my mood today. I feel so proud of you, your husband, your family and everyone who's life your precious little baby boy touched. Never to be underestimated the POWER OF LOVE. Reece was in your body, in your heart, in your plans for the future from the moment you conceived, sent as a gift from heaven, sent for a reason which may not be clear now. You are all so much stronger than you think. As your life unfolds, as you turn the corners in lifes path take time to rest a while in a quite place remembering you have an angel with you always deep in your hearts where the heaving pain is now, All these years on I still have my Angel in my heart.( Where the ache is.) I am glad the ache lives on amidst the hustle and bustle of my life, it reminds me to take some 'our' time every now and then. Take care of each other always.
Thank you Reece for touching my heart. Say hi to my Daughter from her Mommy.xXXXX
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