I found out I was pregnant with Levi a few days before Christmas in 2024. We found out he was a boy at 12 weeks and had a wonderful healthy pregnancy. He was born September 11th at 42 weeks via c-section because he was a chunky little guy weighing 10lbs 10oz. When we all came home everything was perfect. We were so happy to be a family of four and looking forward to all the memories we would make.

On March 31st, 2025, I unexpectedly lost my son Jaxon. I was 36 weeks along with a scheduled c-section at 37 weeks. I had everything ready for him to come home. Stillbirth was always something I had feared being a diabetic, but you never actually think it’s going to happen to you. It felt like the world had stopped. I can still hear the doctor telling me “I’m sorry, your baby has passed away." My world stopped but everyone else kept moving.

Our sweet Maxy, or Papoose and his dad called him, is the baby that completed our family. Chase and I were married in 2019, a family of 4 with his twin daughters Aubrey and Kaylee. After 2 years of struggle we went though IVF to have our first son, Alex in 2023. Thinking we were done and couldn't have any more children we were surprised to get a positive pregnancy test when Alex was 6 months old. Scared and excited we were so happy to welcome Maxwell Wayne Krueger on August 27, 2024. Max was the perfect addition to our family, Chase gave him the nickname "Papoose" after we heard it on a nature show in reference to a baby beaver.

When I found Walk With You, I was in the darkest, most helpless place I had ever been. I had just lost my daughter Brooklyn after only 5 days of life, and the weight of that grief felt impossible to carry. I was searching for someone, anyone, who understood the depth of what I was feeling. I wasn’t even sure what kind of help I needed beyond the financial burden we were suddenly facing. In my late-night scrolling, I came across a post from GoodGriefs that mentioned Walk With You, and I felt something shift.

The first time Caelah-Beth and Landon Butler got to hold their beautiful daughter, Evangeline Salomé, she was five weeks and one day old. They were saying goodbye. Evie looked right at them, alert as always. She wasn’t in pain. She wasn’t afraid. They held her, bathed her, and her father baptized her. They rocked her and sang to her. And then Evie closed her eyes for the last time. Only a few days earlier the doctors had explained to Caelah-Beth and Landon that they would never bring Evie home.

Where do you start with the hardest and most bittersweet story you will ever have to tell? The story of our beautiful baby boy that died, the longed for baby that we tried for nearly nine years to conceive. The story of the worst yet simultaneously the best day of our entire lives. The day we not only had to say goodbye to but also got to meet and hold our baby boy.

As I anxiously watched two lines show up on a test, I was nervous but so blessed to be welcoming a baby into this world.

My pregnancy was very exciting but also had some ups and downs. We found out early on that we would be welcoming a beautiful babygirl into this world. We picked the name Tatum Summer Romans.

Sarah's family are refugees, originally from Haiti. They had to pass through 9 countries before officially making it to the United States, making it a very difficult journey. They finally ended up here, in Des Moines, IA, just a few short months before Yolande (Sarah's mom) was to give birth to baby Sarah.

Several months ago, I anxiously waited for Blake to get home from work so that I could share the news that I couldn’t contain any longer- We were pregnant with our third baby who we prayed so heavily for!

In May we lost our almost 3 year old granddaughter to complications from brain cancer. She completed nine months of grueling surgery, chemotherapy and stem cell treatment, but lost her battle after six weeks in a coma.

Our sweet Maisyn Jane unexpectedly went home to be with Jesus 5/20/23 at 4 months old. We were and are still distraught. She was an awesome little girl. She loved to sing and babble anytime she was awake. She brought so much joy to our family and was in awe of her big sister.

I remember really distinctly the day our whole world shifted. I look back on photos of our pregnancy announcement and I hold the people in that photo so tenderly: my husband, daughter, and I all so thrilled to be welcoming a new baby with no idea what was to come.

When I found out I was pregnant for the first time in May, I was so excited. The thought of becoming a parent made me so happy, and I couldn't believe how connected I already felt to them even though they were so small.

We found out at our 20 week ultrasound that we were having a baby girl, and that our sweet one would have a long, hard journey ahead of her that would entail multiple high-risk and across-the-country open heart surgeries. That was just the beginning of the whiplash journey our sweet girl's life took us on.