Adrianne is the mother of three precious boys. As a part of our Love You Forever Project, she has graciously shared her story of her youngest, Owen. Thanks to Adrianne for sharing her story: Nothing prepares you for the news that your baby has died. After two healthy pregnancies and straightforward deliveries, I was preparing myself and my family for the arrival of our third child. I had experienced a miscarriage between my two living children, so I thought I was out of the woods after the 1st trimester. I was so wrong.Because of a decrease in movement, which I contributed to being 39 weeks pregnant and the baby running out of room, I went into the hospital for a...
As part of our Love You Forever Project, we are honoured to share another story of Love and Loss. Meet Jenna, mother to three precious girls: On Christmas day 2014 we told our two girls that they were going to be big sisters. They were so excited and so were we. This baby would complete our family. Fast forward to February 25th, 2015. We went in for our 20 week anatomy scan and hoped to find out the baby’s gender as well. The ultrasound tech took her time and when she seemed to be finished she said I could go use the washroom and to come right back. When I got back to the room my husband was there. A...
As the first of our stories of families that have experienced infant loss or still birth, my sister Heather wrote about her experiences. Her daughter Eden, and son Lucas inspired the Love You Forever project. This is her story: There was a time in my life when stillbirth was that scary word at the back of the pregnancy guide. A word that described the uncommon experience of women in past generations. I was certain it was in there only to convince me, a newly expectant mom, to take extra good care of myself and my body during pregnancy. That chapter was for other women-those who knew they had risk factors. I was young, healthy and did all the right...
When we launched the Love You Forever Project in early November 2015, it was important to me to not only raise funds for NILMDTS, but also to allow parents who have lost children to share their stories, and create more awareness about stillbirth and infant loss. A sentiment I hear from most of the infant loss families I have spoken to, is that their experience tends to be isolating. I truly believe that through individuals sharing their story, a greater understanding of, and caring for, an individual who has experienced a difficult and incomprehensible loss, like that of a child, is possible. We have posted some of these stories on our Instagram account. While this worked to share stories, the...
This blog represents one of the new features of our new and improved website! We loved our former site, it was good to us for a year and a half, but it felt like time to move to something different, and here we are! We have improved sizing charts, more photos, and overall it's easier to get around and check out what we've got! We're excited for the potential this blog has as well. For us, here at Little Orchard Co., it will let us give you more background into the inspiration behind designs, introductions to the people over here and those you might meet at a craft market, keeping you up to date on what's new and, and allowing...
