When it came to the weekly visits we found out that she was transverse(lying sideways and facing toward my spine) . I used a walkmen with soft music to turn her (yep it actually worked.} I was afraid I was going to need a c-section. Well on the 4th of April Lou was at work and I ended up getting contractions. I called him and then my mom and she was going to come over to take care of the boys while Lou took me to the dr. The contractions were getting severe so I kind of knew what was going on. So Lou came home and my mom had arrived and he took me right to the dr. While in the exam room doing the exam I ended up with a contraction and leaking fluid (he did the paper test and came back as a weak + for amniotic fluid. So the dr. told Lou to take me to the hospital to be admitted and while there they did a sonogram and there was Elizabeth flashing her daddy (the first time he saw it he said what was that lol the face was priceless) and she had hiccups (which later on I found out was indicative of something wrong with the umbilical cord) She was moving around like crazy. Well after the test the dr. came in to see me and said that he would induce me in the morning. So during the night the contractions had stopped. The doctor came in and saw me and said that everything was progressing nicely. I told him that the contractions had stopped during the night so he said that he was going to send me home. I ended up with tears in my eyes and telling him no you have to induce me know something is wrong I know it and my hubby begged and pleaded that he induce me because mothers intawishion is always right. The doctor chose to ignore me and told me to go home but come back to the hospital on Friday for a NST(non stress test) . He assured me that Elizabeth would be fine he promised me that she would be. Well I went for the NST and everything was fine.  Well on Monday I had to go back to him Lou was at work and my mom came with me to the dr. office and he said that on the 11th he was going to do a full physical and then on the 12th he was going to induce me. So when I got home I called Lou at work and told him not to make any plans for the 11th and 12th cause we are going to have our baby girl. So on the 11th Lou took me to the dr. office and we went to the room and he was using the doppler to check the heartbeat. Well I thought maybe she was lying the wrong way (I felt her move that morning that was the last time).  So he sent us back to the lobby to wait. So while waiting Lou needed a cup of coffee to get threw a long night.  I told him to get me an O.J. figuring that would stimulate her to move. Well while he was next door to 7-11 getting everything I was called into the room. I pulled up my shirt and the gel was put on and then the doppler was put on my belly and there was our baby still not moving as usual I told him to check her heart and there it was so still not beating at all.  I screamed my baby my baby is gone. The dr. had left at that point Lou walked down the hall and the dr. walked right past him and didn’t say anything to him at all.  He walked in the room and found me there hysterical. The hardest thing I had to do was tell him that our little girl was gone.  The dr. came back in and told Lou to take me to the hospital and he would meet us there. He cancelled all his appointments and met us in radiology where it was confirmed with a level 2 sonogram that she was indeed gone. So the dr. gave me a choice to either do it tonight or wait till the next day. I chose to do it that night. So 7p.m. my water was broken, an IV, PIT, and an epidural was started and at 1:16a.m I had given birth to the most beautiful angel I have ever seen in my life. She looked like she was sleeping. She was 7lbs 21 1/2" (our biggest baby yet) forgot to mention on the way to the hospital I called my mom, my mother in law, and aunt on Lou’s cell phone to tell them that our baby was gone. They doped me up so good that I was in a fog for 2 1/2 months. When she came out the dr. said we found the problem she had a true knot in her cord. He then picked up the baby and showed me the knot in her cord (god I died I am sure Lou feels the same way). They cleaned her up and took pictures for us and my aunt took a few for us as well. Lou made me hold her I really didn’t want to but I am glad he forced me to do it. Everyone that was in the room got to hold her and kiss her goodbye and it just broke my heart into pieces. My mom, My Mother in Law, My Aunt and My mom’s friend stood and watched. God when I saw her I just wanted to take her and just run but having an epidural it was impossible. That is just the feeling I had that I wanted to do. . So the next morning my relatives showed up and Lou and the boys went to make funeral arrangements for her. He had the hardest job in the world to do 1 was to tell our boys that there sister was not coming home and 2 making the arrangements. When I left the hospital I was given the shell that baptized her (I held her for that)and her baptismal certificate , a copy of her footprints and her hospital pictures with a picture of the knot that took her life(not what I wanted to see but I am kind of greatful for it because it made it a little easier to explain it to Louie-Tommy is still a little to young and we told him when he wants to see it let us know and we will sit down and talk to him about it) . On April 17th the day before her estimated due date she was laid to rest in Calverton National Cemetary where there are deer and chipmunks It’s beautiful. I have to give a ton of credit to my Husband for the jobs that he had to undertake not that any man would want to do. I am proud of him for it. I am thankful for the way he’s helping me get through this nightmare with a little less than a month to go before her first angel winged birthday in heaven. Thank you Honey and I love you and I am sure that Elizabeth daddy’s little girl forever will be in his heart where no one can hurt her is smiling down from heaven telling you that she loves you and is very proud of you.