Heartfelt Update: Our Baby Dominic's Arrival

Navigating Heartbreak with Gratitude for Your Support

Hi everyone,

I wanted to take a moment to share the message that Katie sent to our families and close friends a couple days ago. She wrote this on October 2nd, while we were still at the hospital, using her phone. I didn’t have access to my computer right away, and between bringing everything home from the hospital, our luggage, clothes, and all the documents for my case preparations, it’s been a lot to manage. Yesterday, our in-laws were still here helping, and they headed home today.

I’ve been trying to catch up on emails, weekly chores, and get back into the groove of things, but there's just so much happening all at once. I also want to take this opportunity to thank everyone for the heartfelt messages we’ve received, they mean the world to us.

Katie’s message sums up what we’ve been through over the past few days as we welcomed our baby boy, Dominic, into the world, even though the circumstances have been heartbreaking. We deeply appreciate your continued love and support as we navigate this incredibly difficult time.

Here is the update from Katie:

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“Hey all,

Here is the latest update:

I delivered baby boy, Dominic Givogue early this morning (Oct 2nd) at 12:17am. Dominic was delivered inside the amniotic sac, which was still intact -- which helped to preserve Dominic while we waited  for morning. The placenta was also delivered at the same time as Dominic, so no extra measures were necessary. One thing to note, when Baby Dominic was delivered still inside the sac with the fluid still intact, the doctors and nurses kept saying how very rare this is! Most often, the sac breaks in utero, then Baby is delivered and often time the placenta needs to be extracted medically - all this to say, I am very blessed and grateful everything happened the way it did. This is the absolute best case scenario.

Details :

Weight : 81 grams
Length : 17.5 cms

We have sent Dominic for an autopsy to help and see if they are able to confirm why this has happened.

There will not be a funeral service. We had a private blessing for Baby Dominic this morning.

Lastly, we have received confirmation yesterday when we arrived at the hospital that because Dominic was born at 20+2 gestation, this is classified as a stillbirth and no longer a miscarriage.

Katie & André Givogue”