tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99400039966124695.post3531976440693560850..comments2023-12-13T02:23:37.161-05:00Comments on Baby Rachel's Legacy: Even Know-It-Alls Don't Know It AllRachel's Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05085949875951256158noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99400039966124695.post-42164576456921904132014-03-13T21:09:04.052-04:002014-03-13T21:09:04.052-04:00I saw this post on Facebook & thought you migh...I saw this post on Facebook & thought you might be interested. <br /><br />http://www.lifenews.com/2014/03/13/mom-chooses-life-for-dying-newborn-baby-god-gave-me-strength-to-reject-abortion/<br /><br />I love your blog. <br />My little sister passed away shortly after birth due to something similar to Anencephaly. <br /><br />May the Lord bless you and your family & continue to give you strength.<br /><br />:)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01317782010945433273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99400039966124695.post-6641350058874176702014-03-13T21:04:28.532-04:002014-03-13T21:04:28.532-04:00I just saw this post on Facebook & I thought y...I just saw this post on Facebook & I thought you'd like to see it.<br /><br />http://www.lifenews.com/2014/03/13/mom-chooses-life-for-dying-newborn-baby-god-gave-me-strength-to-reject-abortion/ <br /><br />I love reading your blog! May God continue to give you and your family strength. <br /><br />My little sister died shortly after birth too (not due to Anencephaly, but something similar). <br /><br />Many Blessings! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01317782010945433273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99400039966124695.post-59660912236751603932014-03-04T19:37:04.678-05:002014-03-04T19:37:04.678-05:00Is it strange that this post made me smile.? I stu...Is it strange that this post made me smile.? I stumbled across your blog a while ago amd have made a point to check in once in a while. (I remember at the oddest times.) I am a teenager. I have never been a mother. I have never lost a child. I never even knew anacephely existed until I found this blog. I am at this point not religious, I was at one point and maybe I will be again someday, but not right now. But even so, I felt like this post spoke the truth. About all of us. That we are not blond hair or blue eyes. We are not the empty space where our brain should have been or the eyes we have that cannot see. We are humans. Thank you for that reminder. In our world today that is so often forgotten. Thank you for that little reminder, because we so often forget. Clare Knutsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02919681293873439144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99400039966124695.post-38767070102297099312014-03-04T10:28:14.586-05:002014-03-04T10:28:14.586-05:00Mind you commenting? Are you kidding, this is the...Mind you commenting? Are you kidding, this is the best thing I've read in a while!! I'm sorry to hear about Neysa...I'm so glad you had time with her. I'm honored that my journey helped you and, to me, knowing that makes it so much easier to endure the difficult things I do as a result of sharing our story. Thank you so much for taking time to write that. It means more than you'll ever know! Feel free to email me if you would like to connect more! <br />Love & Hope, StacyRachel's Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05085949875951256158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99400039966124695.post-91882347515681210312014-03-04T09:26:39.512-05:002014-03-04T09:26:39.512-05:00Rachel, I've been following your blog since Ap...Rachel, I've been following your blog since April last year, which is when we received the diagnosis of my sweet Neysa.<br />Your story gave me courage, the love you have for your sweet Rachel empowered me to do everything possible to show my baby all the love that I had for her in the short months I had with her. <br />I respect you as a mother, and a lovely human being. <br />Those first few months were so tough that I found myself struggling to be happy but I knew if I didn't I'd have so much guilt later - I had to make every moment count.<br />I would read your blog and as it came towards the end of our time with Neysa I would weep - because I realised, to most people reading stories on our babies with anencephaly, it is just that - a story.<br />It's not a reality until you have to hold your own baby and let them go.<br />It is the hardest thing you could ever do.<br /><br />I remember sobbing at one of your posts, because I agreed with it, I felt your words.<br />You said something along the lines of, "maybe we are the ones with the defect, maybe she's not missing anything at all and we all just have extra growths on our heads".<br /><br />That line gave me peace.<br />I realised that in a way I was thankful that our babies don't have to know about this world that can be so cruel at times. They don't have to feel sadness and experience the horrible things that sometimes life has for us.<br />They know only peace.<br /><br />Your beautiful Rachel felt every bit of love that you and her wonderful family felt for her. <br /><br />You gave me the courage to opt for my first c-section, I wanted to give my sweet Neysa the best chance at a life and I was hovering between a natural birth and c section for a couple of months.<br />Neysa lived 2.5 hours and I'm almost sure that she wouldn't have had the strength to fight through the natural birth. <br /><br />I thank you Stacey for having the strength and courage to share Rachel's story with us all.<br />I'm so sorry for all the pain you have had to endure, also for the people who feel the need to air their "opinions" where they are not needed.<br /><br />This page is not for negativity and nobody who has been through something like this should have to read such things. This world can be a cruel place sometimes. <br /><br />I, myself am not religious, but only because my parents were not so I wasn't brought up to be.<br />I must admit, since all the sadness and lonliness I have felt from losing Neysa, I have been turning to God more and more. I hope that some day I find out the meaning behind losing our children. I'm not very well educated on God or religion but maybe one day I will get myself there.<br />Your baby would be so proud of you and you should be proud of yourself. <br /><br />I hope you didn't mind me commenting. <br />Sending love and strength your way. <br />XoAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13552830412584833474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99400039966124695.post-39527338810343576942014-03-04T08:44:39.307-05:002014-03-04T08:44:39.307-05:00Hugs! <3 Rachel Alice Aube <3Hugs! <3 Rachel Alice Aube <3Ranisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09665362687554561271noreply@blogger.com