Anyone who has suffered the loss of a child during birth, I can't imagine the pain you must feel. I found this news article. I am adding commentary (highlighted).
Tragic couple's triplets joy A CITY couple who experienced the heartache of losing a baby a year ago have just become the proud parents of triplets. Jehovah's Witnesses Jamie and Zoe Collick were eagerly looking forward to the birth of their third child, Izabella, last October, but what should have been a day of celebration became a day of mourning when baby Iza was stillborn.
Despite her death, the couple decided to try for another baby and a few months later Zoe, aged 33, became pregnant once again.
But no-one in the family was prepared for the surprise news from medical staff – not only was she pregnant – it was triplets. (Of course, the triplets will never replace the loss of Izabella. But, it depends on who you ask. If you are to believe the book of Job, God simply 'blessed' Job with 10 new and improved children to replace the ones who died as a result of a bet between J-Ho and Lucifer).
Zoe said: "We were so apprehensive and nervous when we went for the scan, because the one before that had been for Izabella. We were gobsmacked." (Do people actually still say 'gobsmacked'?).
"The woman who was doing the ultrasound first said it was twins and then she checked again and told us it was triplets. We were standing there with our mouths wide open."
Now three weeks after the birth of Jessica, Ellie and Neave, the family are approaching the anniversary of baby Izabella's death with renewed hope. (Here comes the set-up...)
The death of baby Izabella came shortly after the couple moved to their new home in Conniburrow. "We had come here two months before," said Zoe.
"When I finally went into labour with Iza, the doctors couldn't find a heartbeat. I tried to get on with things afterwards as I am quite a positive person, and a few months later we tried again. We really wanted a little girl but we had no idea we would end up with three!"
The babies, who were conceived without IVF, were born in hospital in Northampton. The couple, along with their two sons, Lewis, aged seven, and Daniel, 16, are getting used a family which has ballooned to twice its original size.
They may all have the same looks, but their parents are already noticing differences in personality among the three girls.
Jamie said: "Jessica is quite noisy and fidgety, Ellie seems very laid back and Neave is very observant and wants to know what is going on all the time." (My money is on Neave as to who will be a future member of JW.com because the kid seems to be a free thinker!)
But even as the tired couple talk proudly about the new additions to their family, Jamie saves his final thoughts for Iza.
"We will obviously be remembering her on the anniversary of her death. It's something in our lives that has made us stronger." (So the miracle of birth, let alone triplets, is not celebrated. Rather, the death of Izabella is commemorated. Why not do both? This is one bizarre religion. I don't know how I was conned all those years. )