“It is time for me to share my story about what happened to my Daughter, Lyla June. The good, the bad and the ugly truth. You’ve probably heard it from my friends and family, maybe my ex in his own words, acquaintances or the bits and pieces I have shared over the last two years. This post is not to bash any doctors, or to place blame on anyone, but to really bring awareness of this silent killer many people may not be aware of. I have felt compelled and inspired by many women to finally share my story.
I’ve wrote this and rewrote this so many times....I have finally come to a point where I can share my story and maybe help someone else in a similar situation. I will go ahead and add a “trigger warning” because this story is brutally honest and, for some, may be hard to read. For some it may bring you hope, may bring you fear, may even bring some tears but it is something that should be shared and awareness brought too. This post will be long so please bear with me through it, and you are allowed to share this and ask questions.
Babies die for all different reasons, some reasons are known and some are unknown. The reason for my baby girl dying is honestly something that has never been fully explained to me by a doctor. They can “speculate” and try to come up with scientific reasons (even though there was none) but none of them want to admit that an IUD was the cause. Which I wholeheartedly believe.
In 2018, 6 weeks after I gave birth to my son I had the Mirena IUD placed as a birth control method. A few weeks later I began having the same pregnancy symptoms that I had with my son so I took a test and there showed up two pink lines. I was terrified, shocked, fearful, and so many other emotions overcame me when I saw the positive test. I was also overwhelmed by love and happiness, knowing that I would get to feel the same love I have for my son, for a new baby. I immediately made an appointment with my doctor so that the IUD could be removed.
At my appointment when they were performing the ultrasound the Sonographer said that she could not find the IUD. She brought the doctor in and they could not find it either. Once again, overcome by so many different emotions (don’t forget I’m still 6 weeks postpartum and going through a very large hormonal shift) I was told that my IUD either fell out without me knowing or it perforated my uterus and was floating around in my abdomen and there was “nothing they could do” until after the baby was born.
Nothing they could do. Nothing? It’s these moments you look back and wonder what more could have been done, what more should have been done, what
3 measures could have been taken to figure out what happened and if the outcome ……”

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