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I prayed that God would stop this nightmare and let my baby live
Rachel Pearce thought she knew how it would feel to suffer a miscarriage. The heartache of a life lost; the physical pain from the bleeding; the fear that it might happen again. It turns out she had no idea…
I breezed into my 12-week scan, excited about seeing baby number three for the first time and pondering how to announce the happy news on Facebook. I stumbled out, minutes later, having been told there was no heartbeat.
The first person I saw was a glowing new mum holding a sleeping baby. I made it back to the car and texted my husband, then wept like I had never wept before. When I was finally ready to head home, my car wouldn’t start. I couldn’t even get home to hold my beautiful kids.
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