It’s been eight years since Shawn Whittemore and his wife, Cynthia, had their world turned upside down. They lost their son, Noah, when he was 32 weeks gestation. He stopped moving when the umbilical cord strangled him. Once at the hospital, Shawn and Cynthia had to make a million on the spot decisions. Thus began their journey of being parents of a deceased child.

Learn how Shawn’s parenting role shifted from anticipation of a healthy baby to being the father of a baby that’s passed. And how he has a sort of dual identity, as the father of four live children and three that didn’t make it—Noah, plus two others (one ectopic pregnancy, one miscarriage). How he answers the question “How many children do you have?” depends on the circumstances. Sometimes he says four, other times, seven.

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