Catherine Elizabeth Embly and Justice C.C. Myers-Cannon
Catherine Elizabeth Embly and Justice C.C. Myers-Cannon
Two families shared a loss that every parent can’t bear to think of: losing their children to stillbirth.
However, they honor their babies in the effort they determined to do together: donating a Caring Cradle to Meritus Healthcare Foundation.
“As a family who has lived and continues to live with the tragedy and pain of losing a child, our hope is that the Caring Cradle will provide families with peace, comfort and the extra time they may need to spend to say goodbye to their baby,” Dee Myers, Justice’s grandmother, said in the release.
Sunny founded LovEvolve with a simple vision: to wrap all newborns in Love from day one and provide postpartum support to mothers/caregivers. The signature Love Swaddle® was created to serve as a visual cue of Love connected to the emotional experience of birth. When a mother/caregiver receives a Love Swaddle®, they are also given access to resources for a multitude of situations that occur during the fourth trimester. To date, we have wrapped over 55,000 newborns in Love!
Scott and Alison Duley lost their son, William James Duley, in 2010, only a week after he was born.
When I designed the Caring Cradle, I knew that nurses needed helped when babies were stillborn.⠀
In 2019 Meredith “Mera” Maimone only lived nine days. Her mother Kim Maimone of Fernandina Beach has used her loss to start a nonprofit that brings other families’ comfort.
After the loss of their daughter Harper in 2018, the Kerlins have raised enough money to donate a Caring Cradle and a Caring Cradle Mini to Christ Hospital in Mt. Auburn.
After hosting a fundraiser among family and friends. Arlee and Jonathon Hultgren Sr. were able to donate a Caring Cradle a little over a year after the loss of their infant son Jonathon Michael Jr.,
In Clovis California, a woman is helping families at her local hospital by giving families more time to grieve the loss of their baby. With “Project Loreal” she was able to get a Caring Cradle donated to Clovis Community Hospital.
As you know, the Caring Cradle is a device that cools the body of a baby immediately following stillbirth. The facts are that the changes a baby’s body goes through may be difficult to view or manage.
Again and again, the legacy of these babies shows us what compassion-in-action looks like. Their families honor their memories by giving in advance to other families who are unaware that stillbirth will become part of their future.
Augusta County couple honors stillborn daughter by raising money to donate Caring Cradles to area hospitals