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GUEST ARTICLE: Miscarried in the second trimester, Lily Noelle was 'perfectly formed'
Disclaimer: Views expressed in this guest post are solely those of the author.
"A person's a person, no matter how small." ~ "Horton Hears a Who," Dr. Seuss
On July 29, 2026, I was 19 weeks and two days pregnant with my baby when I went in for a checkup and found her heart had stopped.
Our family was devastated.
The doctor gave me options, and I chose to deliver my baby so I could see her body. I’d only been a few days out from my scheduled anatomy scan, where we’d have learned the gender. Instead, I went in two days later for labor and delivery.
Nothing could have prepared me for the heartache of seeing my beautiful baby born dead.
We found out she was a girl, and it turns out she hadn’t been growing for a while. She was the size of a 13-14 week fetus, despite having gotten a solid heartbeat at my last checkup at 14 weeks.
She was whole and complete, born still in the sac. Her fingers and toes were perfectly formed. I could even see that some of her facial features were similar to her siblings. She was beautiful, and no doubt, my daughter, now an angel on the other side. We named her Lily Noelle.
My other children came to the hospital to meet her and say goodbye. They adored her, and didn’t want to leave her.
My eight-year-old son told me he feels sure her toes would be ticklish if she was still alive. Even my two-year-old held her and said, “That baby died!” They were heartbroken and still talk about her.
My mother is making her a stocking for us to write letters to her each Christmas. We chose to bury her in a cemetery with her great-great-grandfather rather than bring any harm to her body. Now we have a place we can go see her when we miss her.
It is legal to abort a baby this well-formed and perfectly complete in the majority of states in the USA. Even a small child can clearly discern that this little fetus is truly a baby, and a person, all on her own.
I have six other children, one of those through adoption. Children are not only life’s greatest blessings; they are our highest purpose.
If you are considering abortion, please take a good look at my little Lily Noelle, and reconsider. You can do this!
Love your baby, make the sacrifice, and give him or her a chance at life. I promise you, in so doing you will find your life. God loves you, and He loves your baby, too. Trust Him.
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GUEST ARTICLE: Miscarried in the second trimester, Lily Noelle was 'perfectly formed'
Disclaimer: Views expressed in this guest post are solely those of the author.
"A person's a person, no matter how small." ~ "Horton Hears a Who," Dr. Seuss
On July 29, 2026, I was 19 weeks and two days pregnant with my baby when I went in for a checkup and found her heart had stopped.
Our family was devastated.
The doctor gave me options, and I chose to deliver my baby so I could see her body. I’d only been a few days out from my scheduled anatomy scan, where we’d have learned the gender. Instead, I went in two days later for labor and delivery.
Nothing could have prepared me for the heartache of seeing my beautiful baby born dead.
We found out she was a girl, and it turns out she hadn’t been growing for a while. She was the size of a 13-14 week fetus, despite having gotten a solid heartbeat at my last checkup at 14 weeks.
She was whole and complete, born still in the sac. Her fingers and toes were perfectly formed. I could even see that some of her facial features were similar to her siblings. She was beautiful, and no doubt, my daughter, now an angel on the other side. We named her Lily Noelle.
My other children came to the hospital to meet her and say goodbye. They adored her, and didn’t want to leave her.
My eight-year-old son told me he feels sure her toes would be ticklish if she was still alive. Even my two-year-old held her and said, “That baby died!” They were heartbroken and still talk about her.
My mother is making her a stocking for us to write letters to her each Christmas. We chose to bury her in a cemetery with her great-great-grandfather rather than bring any harm to her body. Now we have a place we can go see her when we miss her.
It is legal to abort a baby this well-formed and perfectly complete in the majority of states in the USA. Even a small child can clearly discern that this little fetus is truly a baby, and a person, all on her own.
I have six other children, one of those through adoption. Children are not only life’s greatest blessings; they are our highest purpose.
If you are considering abortion, please take a good look at my little Lily Noelle, and reconsider. You can do this!
Love your baby, make the sacrifice, and give him or her a chance at life. I promise you, in so doing you will find your life. God loves you, and He loves your baby, too. Trust Him.
Live Action News is pro-life news and commentary from a pro-life perspective.
Our work is possible because of our donors. Please consider giving to further our work of changing hearts and minds on issues of life and human dignity.
Contact editor@liveaction.org for questions, corrections, or if you are seeking permission to reprint any Live Action News content.
Guest Articles: To submit a guest article to Live Action News, email editor@liveaction.org with an attached Word document of 800-1000 words. Please also attach any photos relevant to your submission if applicable. If your submission is accepted for publication, you will be notified within three weeks. Guest articles are not compensated (see our Open License Agreement). Thank you for your interest in Live Action News!
Carole Novielli
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Mark Lee Dickson
·Politics
Right to Life UK
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David Daleiden
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Right to Life UK
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