After I found out I was pregnant, I was so excited I couldn't contain myself. I told everyone. At 19 weeks and five days, my worst fear came to life. I awoke with light back pain and only a bit of bleeding. Of course I went straight to my doctor's office at 7:30 a.m. At 8:15 a.m., I was diagnosed with an incompetent cervix and was on my way, by ambulance, to the best NIC unit in our area (an hour and a half away).

At 10:30 a.m., my water broke and all our hope was lost – there was nothing left but to deliver what had become my heart. I delivered Lane at 2:20 a.m. on Friday, December 20, 2002. She just wasn't ready to be a part of our lives, only our hearts. That angel changed my and my husband's lives forever, and I can never thank her enough.

We are now 13 weeks and four days into our second pregnancy. I say "we" because now this is truly a team effort. Lane brought my husband and I closer than I thought possible, and that made me love her even more. I cross my fingers and look to heaven and pray this baby will come home with us, and I can tell her/him all about our first angel, Lane.

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