Isa Valdés was born stillborn on December 3rd, 2024. I found out I was pregnant in April of the same year. On our first sonogram, we confirmed that I was pregnant with not 1 but 2 babies! My husband and I were both scared and over the moon with the news of having twins!
Baby A was a girl and baby B was a boy. Our original OB told us he was going to send us to a Maternal Fetal Specialist so that she could help monitor my twin pregnancy.
The first time we went to MFM we were told that our baby boy seemed a little smaller than his sister but nothing seemed to be concerning. At 22 weeks returning again to MFM our doctor told us that our baby boy seemed to have markers that could signify a genetic disorder and advised an amniocentesis. After our amniocentesis, we waited two weeks for the results praying to God that the our baby boy would be healthy and would be able to come home. We got the call. My baby boy was diagnosed with Trisomy 18. Every inch of my heart broke as soon as the doctor read the results. I had now become a high risk pregnancy and had to transfer to a new hospital where my babies and myself would have better care.
My husband and I decided that we would not prolong our son’s life and we would allow God to take him when his time came. Days turned into weeks, weeks to months, and every month my baby boy would have something new that was affecting him causing potentially a stillbirth. However, my little guys heart would pump to the max. On our last visit to the MFM a week before my scheduled delivery. My baby boy was still holding on.
December 3rd came around, an ultrasound had to be done because the nurse was not able to find my son’s heartbeat to connect me to the monitors. My son, my sweet darling boy that spent 9 months in my belly and had fought so hard had passed away. I like to think that the reason he fought so hard was because he wanted to keep his sister company to the very end.
We gave him the name Isa (meaning Jesus in Arabic). We believe that Jesus returned to God. My baby boy returned to God.
My baby girl will forever have her twin brother in heaven and every year on their birthday I will honor them both!
Isa Valdes
