Mom Kirby tells about how her first pregnancy with son Tommy and how it was a picture perfect pregnancy. But at around 3536 weeks, Kirby noticed a drop in her baby's regular movements. She followed up a couple times and was told the baby had a strong heartbeat. Kirby then felt that something was wrong and when they went to the hospital, they were told Tommy no longer had a heartbeat. Kirby delivered Tommy, born still at 36 weeks and 3 days in January 2018.

There were nothing conclusive about the cause of his death, but one of per providers thought it could be due to a maternal fetal hemorrhage.

Hear her husband Tom's stillbirth story of Tommy:    • Baby Tommy |  A Dad's FullTerm Still...  
Hear Kirby and Tom talk about life after stillbirth:    • Their Stillbirth, Followed by Adoptio...  

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Time Stamps:
00:00 Tommy Ryan
01:17 Who we are
05:10 Pregnancy
10:19 Events leading up to finding out
18:08 Going to the hospital
26:47 Birth
34:37 After birth
40:50 Going home
47:36 Funeral
01:04:58 Autopsy

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