Star, spreading HOPE for Baby Safena
Ambassador Star Lee Lawrence, fundraising in memory of Baby Safena Leah Lawrence
“Safena Leah Lawrence was conceived in April Between The 10th and the 12th. I had only gotten sick 6times in the second to third month, maybe at the end of the first going into the second month. Safena Leah Lawrence is a baby girl who was born on November 12, 2004. She had weighted in at 6 pounds 4 ounces. She had dark/Light brown hair. Her Lips we're dark purply black. She was white. Both of her hands were fisted up in a round ball and they could not be opened. She had on a pretty dress.
I had carried her to the middle of the first week of the beginning of the eighth month. She had gently kicked me, she swam inside of me, she had even did a few Summer saults. At first I had Lost soo much weight. Then I had gained up to 425 pounds. Is how much I had weighted the afternoon of the day I had checked in to the birthing center, which was at Albany Medical center Hospital birth center.
I was in Cohoes at the bus stop, when all of a sudden, I had stood up and my baby water had broken. I had went back to the Cohoes Family center for a baby check up. No one there did anything for me. So, I had left and I had went to the pharmacy first then I had went to see my therapist. In her office, I had told her that my water had broken. She had went to get The Behavioral Nurse in the Mental Health Outpatient Section. They took my vitals and the nurse went to get me a wheel chair in Samaritan Hospital Emergency room. The emergency room had sent me to the birthing center on the second floor in the front.
I was there for two or three hours. Then they checked me over. I had found out at Samaritan that I was Two meters dialed. The next thing that I knew, the hospital at Samaritan had called an ambulance and had sent me to Albany Medical Center Hospital Emergency room, which had sent me straight to the birthing center. I was too early to give birth and that the nick U was not at Samaritan.
I had wetted half the bed. Every time I had gone to the Ladies room, I could not go. When I was in bed for some hours, I had wetted the bed. I was angry and felt shocked that the doctors and nurses did not check on me every two hours to see if I was any further dilated. Anyway, Safena was not breathing around her Birth. They reassed air to no avail. She was a stillbirth and a stillborn”
If you would like to make a contribution to Star’s fundraiser in honor of Safena, here are the programs and initiatives your money goes towards:
Sponsorship for virtual support groups and in-person retreats
Outreach and education for healthcare providers
Peer and community support
Empowering resources for bereaved families and their loved ones
Learn more about RTZ HOPEtober and how you can help us spread hope and shine a light on pregnancy and infant loss, helping others to live a life full of hope, connection, and meaning.