The story of Margot Kate

Nine months pregnant and rushing to the hospital, everything runs wild in your brain. Did I get my bag? When will we get there? Who to call and when? When should I contact my photographer? It was July 1st, and we were anticipating the arrival of our second daughter. A healthy pregnancy. A super excited big sister. 

As we arrived and checked into the hospital, our lives shifted with devastating news I could not process. There was no heartbeat. I was about to be forced to learn how to live without my baby. I would deliver by cesarean and our second baby would be born sleeping or stillborn.  

In the moments after her delivery, I held my sleeping angel. I wanted to memorize every inch of her body, the way she felt, her sweet sleeping face.  I knew my arms would soon be empty. Her little body would need to rest. Although my newborn photographer was canceled, I desperately wanted to capture our moments with our angel. My nurse asked us if we would like a photographer to come and photograph our sweet, sleeping angel.  NILMDTS came to the hospital that evening. 

Margot Kate by NILMDTS Affiliated Photographer Carmen Bucka

The photographer was so very kind, patient, and offered us deep compassion.

Loss and grief clouded many of the details of those moments in the hospital, …