I created a scrapbook for our pregnancy with George; it was something I started pretty early on in the pregnancy to give me a way to express my excitement, despite everything going on. When George was delivered stillborn at just under 20 weeks, I went ahead and finished the scrapbook with an entry about his delivery & adding the below cover page.
I’ve decided to put this online to share with people because most of our friends haven’t had the opportunity to see it in person. This includes discussion of things that some people might think strange to put online – mentions of my bladder control issues during pregnancy, some discussion of my anatomy during the page on labor & delivery, but at the end of the day there’s nothing wrong or inappropriate or embarrassing about any of this. I don’t get to make new memories with George (or Sara) and this scrapbook is the best thing I have to share him with people.
I don’t get the opportunity to talk about George often, and even though George isn’t here with us alive, I like to remember that he was our son and Sara and I were his parents. He was with us for 20 weeks… Below the cover page image is a link to the various weeks’ pages from the scrapbook – you can navigate from week to week or come back to this main index page in between.
