{"id":214780,"date":"2019-12-03T14:14:24","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T20:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=214780"},"modified":"2019-12-03T13:26:27","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T19:26:27","slug":"lived-three-hours-birth-donated-breastmilk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/lived-three-hours-birth-donated-breastmilk\/","title":{"rendered":"Her son lived for three hours after birth. In his memory, she donated her breastmilk to save other babies."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sierra Strangfeld\u2019s son, Samuel, had Trisomy 18 and lived for three hours after birth. Strangfeld, who also has a daughter, was devastated.<\/p>\n

In the wake of tragically losing her son, Strangfeld decided to commemorate his short life. In a moving Facebook post<\/a>, Strangfeld wrote, \u201cI couldn’t save Samuel’s life, but maybe I could save another baby’s life.\u201d<\/p>\n

The experience was challenging; she shared<\/a>, \u201cPumping is not for the faint of heart. It’s hard. Mentally and physically. And it’s even harder when you don’t actually have a baby. There were times I was angry because why did my milk have to come in when I had no baby to feed? Why was I waking up in the middle of the night for this? The other part of me felt it was the only thing connecting me to Samuel here on Earthside. I sure hope he’s proud of me!\u201d<\/p>\n

In the end, Strangfeld wrote, \u201cI pumped for 63 days after his birth. I am not an over supplier by any means- but I did it. \u201cAnd today, his due date, I donated my milk to the NICU milkbanks for the first and last time. Walking through the hallways of the hospital was just another step in healing. And I know, (because I felt him), that Samuel was there with me.\u201d<\/p>\n