11/30/2022 🖤 3 weeks since the worst day of my entire life, but also one of my most treasured because it was the day I got to meet our Sweet Baby Angel, Roman Brooks Woodward 👼🏼 Roman was born at 6:24 pm at 8 lbs 3 oz on November 30, 2022. Taken from us far too soon, as the doctors believe it was just hours before he was delivered. I had been having back pain & contractions for about 48 hours, but it was irregular and I assumed it was just false labor. But on the morning of 11/30/2022, I noticed that I hadn’t felt many of his sweet little kicks in my belly. Usually he would kick all night long, but I hadn’t woken up once the night before from kicks. We decided to go to the hospital for a scan, and that’s when our world came crashing down. I will never forget those minutes that felt like hours where nurse after nurse & doctor after doctor came in to try and find his heartbeat. Eventually they did an ultrasound and confirmed there was no cardiac movement. Our sweet Roman had passed away in my belly 4 days before my due date. It just didn’t seem possible. I was at the doctors 2 days prior for my regular checkup and everything was perfectly fine. How does this happen?! WHY does this happen?? The nurse came in and told me they were going to have to move me to labor & delivery. I was still in disbelief and the thought of delivering my sweet precious baby stillborn was enough to make me physically sick. We got to the hospital around 10 am and delivered Roman at 6:24 pm. Those 8 hours Killian & I sat and cried together, while I labored, wondering what we did to deserve this. Our sweet baby never even got a chance. He was so so close to entering the world healthy and was just ripped away from us. At 6:24 pm, I delivered the most perfect, beautiful boy I have ever seen. The doctor immediately put him on my chest just as she did with every other baby. But our baby was lifeless. I kept praying for a miracle that he would come out screaming, but he was silent. I held him up against my chest, skin to skin, just soaking in every ounce of him I could. I professed my love for him out loud between sobs. I just hope he knows how much I loved him(cont in comments)