[blparent] Re(lost babies): French Braid

Sun Sep 6 03:26:53 UTC 2009

I lost my baby in March of 1994.  He would have turned fifteen this month.

Jo Elizabeth

Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify 
the hunters.--African Proverb

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From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 9:21 PM
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] French Braid

> The baby we lost on Dec. 7, 2000 was Sage Dakota.
> Barbara
>
> If wisdom's ways you wisely seek, five things observe with care:  of whom 
> you speak, to whom you speak, and how and when and where.
>
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> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
> Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 3:16 PM
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] French Braid
>
>> We called ours Barret.  That's what the couple called their baby in the
>> movie Love Story. V
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Elizabeth Cooks
>> Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 11:25 PM
>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] French Braid
>>
>> I was thirteen weeks in June of 2006.  The weird thing is, i feel in my
>> heart that my little Joshua is the baby i lost back then.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 7:57 PM
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] French Braid
>>
>>
>>> Ya and I miscarried on Mother's day in 1991.  After that, for years, I
>>> hated
>>> that day and had trouble celebrating it.  When Gab was born in 1999, it
>>> made
>>> things a lot better.  I was 14 weeks. V
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Elizabeth Cooks
>>> Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 6:31 AM
>>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] French Braid
>>>
>>> I'm so sorry, Jessica.  I know what it's like to lose a baby through
>>> miscarriage, but not after birth.  I'm glad you got ot say good-bye,
>>> though.
>>>
>>> You never get to do that with a miscariage.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Jessica Lucken" <pete1744 at umn.edu>
>>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 6:49 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] French Braid
>>>
>>>
>>>> Great plan.  I do mean to respond to your previous email you sent a
>>>> couple
>>>> of months ago regarding the new baby but it has just been so crazy, 
>>>> that
>>>> I
>>>> didn't want to elaborate too much.  Needless to say, we found out at 20
>>>> weeks in the ultrasound that our baby had many unexpected life
>>>> threatening
>>>> problems including being way too small, a cyst on her neck and
>>>> nonfunctioning kidneys.  This was right before Christmas and we were
>>>> devastated.  We did an amnio and found out that the baby had Turner's
>>>> syndrome which is the opposite of downs which means she was missing a
>>>> chromosome.  Needless to say, there was no way she would have survived
>>>> much
>>>> longer in the womb, so we scheduled an induction on December 31. 
>>>> Angela
>>>> Grace was born at 12:42AM on January 1 weighing 1LB 8 ounces; she was 
>>>> so
>>>> heavy due to all of the extra fluid on her heart and brain.  I 
>>>> basically
>>>> had
>>>> to recover from a normal birth without the baby as a reward.  The one
>>>> good
>>>> thing was that we got to hold her and to take pictures of her.
>>>> A
>>>> Anyway, we are now expecting again, and it is little boy.  Everything 
>>>> is
>>>> perfect and he is due January 14.
>>>>
>>>> I hope all is well with you and your family.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>>>> On
>>>> Behalf Of Dena Wainwright
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 9:20 PM
>>>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] French Braid
>>>>
>>>> Jessica.
>>>> I am about 40 mins from your house. We should get together for a play
>>>> date/french brade lesson. Just email me offlist.
>>>> Dena
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Jessica Lucken" <pete1744 at umn.edu>
>>>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 7:47 PM
>>>> Subject: [blparent] French Braid
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> So my three-year-old daughter always wants her hair in French braids, 
>>>>> I
>>>>> think mainly because her teachers often do this at school for her. 
>>>>> She
>>>>> has
>>>>> long thick hair, so definitely braidable.  Wondering if anyone has a
>>>>> good
>>>>> resource for tactile descriptions of how to do the French braid.  I
>>>>> basically have the concept, but would like to learn the real way so it
>>>>> stays
>>>>> nice and tight all day long.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jessica
>>>>>
>>>>>
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