Mum Whose Son Was Stillborn Shares How She Made The Best Of Her Devastating Experience

A mum, Wendy Cruz-Chan, whose son was stillborn has shared the touching story of how she used her breast milk to help others in need by continuing to lactate.

According to reports, she was 19 weeks gone when she tragically gave birth to her stillborn son Killian, due to Chorioamnionitis – an intra-amniotic infection which causes an inflammation of the fetal membranes due to a bacterial infection.

However, she managed to turn her devastating experience into something positive, and set out to begin donating her own breast milk to those in need.

In her Instagram posts, she revealed:

“3 months ago today, I embarked on a lactation journey 3 days after my#stillbirth of my son Killian. I had pumped and donated 2,038 ounces of my #breastmilk to 6 babies. I had finally reached my personal goal at over 2,000 oz in 3 months. Now it’s time to end my lactation journey and concentrate on myself as I get my body ready for the next #pregnancy. I have to be on a month long of penicillin therapy.

I am so grateful for helping out all those babies with my milk and meeting their families. Pumping every 3-4 hours a day including nights was very tiring. But it was so worth it.

Seeing those babies thriving from my milk, really helped me through my healing process. I know I’m going to miss lactating. I wanted to show that even after a tragic stillbirth, you can turn that into something positive and inspire those around you. Through my grief I evolved and learned to pull myself out of the darkness.

I’m so blessed to have so many people, friends, family and most importantly my wonderful husband, John and my daughter Ariya supporting me and able to share my journey.
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Now my next journey is to get a CuddleCot in NY Methodist Hospital and hopefully other hospitals in NYC in Killian’s memory.

All this for the unconditional love for my Killian in heaven. All this to break the silence of stillbirths. #RIPKillianChan #stillborn #infantloss#liquidgold #breastfeed#. ”

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