Yuma woman didn’t expect her pregnancy to end so sudden

In October, the nation brings awareness to pregnancy and infant loss.

One in four women will lose a baby during pregnancy, delivery, or infancy.

That’s not just a statistic, those are women like Analy Cuevas.

Mother’s Day was approaching when she found out she was expecting.

Cuevas said, “Actually I ended up doing like five tests because I couldn’t believe it.”

Her family had already predicted the gender.

” Since the beginning, I felt like it was a boy. I’ve never been pregnant but I feel like it’s a boy, ” said Cuevas.

She also started planning the baby’s future.

” I’ll see my baby take his first steps. I’ll hear him say his first word. I wondered whether he’ll say mom first or dad first. ”

However, her fairy tale ended in tragedy when four months into her pregnancy, Cuevas experienced excruciating stomach pains that sent her to the hospital.

Dr. Patricia Fletcher from Yuma Regional Medical Center’s ( YRMC ) Labor and Deliver described the pain as ” It’s cramping. There could be some bleeding. [Women] could think their water is broken. ”

After a gallbladder and emergency surgery, Cuevas said the doctors didn’t find the baby’s heartbeat.

She miscarried.

According to Dr. Fletcher, Labor and Delivery at YRMC treats about 50 perinatal losses per year.

” Usually [women] don’t come in knowing the baby has already died. So it’s something they will learn when they come in, ” Dr. Fletcher said.

In the midst of grieving, Cuevas felt comfort in sharing her story to break the silence around miscarriage.

Cuevas said, ” I got to hold my baby. Some moms didn’t get to hold their babies. The baby that I hoped for, he was in my hands. He had my nose and my husband’s feet. ”

On Saturday, November 2, Cuevas along with other families in Yuma will walk to remember the babies born sleeping, carried but never held, held but could not be taken home, and those who came home but could not stay.

YRMC will host their 10th Annual Walk to Remember on November 2, from 8 am-9:30 am at the West Wetlands Park.

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