New blog about Joyous pics: Mom celebrates her rainbow baby with rainbow hair
After a tough first pregnancy, mom and nail technician Meleasa wasn’t sure she could handle going for baby #2. “So needless to say I was shocked to see a faint positive on a pregnancy test five months later,” she told BabyCenter in an email. Still, Meleasa and her husband were overjoyed at the prospect of having another child.
“Unfortunately our joy and excitement didn’t get to last very long,” the crushed mama told us, adding that although she wasn’t very far along, her grief was overwhelming when she realized she’d never get to hold this baby, whom they named Graisyn Leigh, in her arms.
“I have learned through this that no matter how far along you are in your pregnancy, to lose that baby is very hard. Because I felt guilty for the longest time that I almost didn’t have a right to grieve that baby like a momma who had a much further miscarriage/still birth/loss of a child. But my heart still ached for that baby.”
Soon, Meleasa was pregnant again. “Out of fear I waited till I got an ultrasound to really feel excited,” she says. “But lo and behold the little bean was there on the screen!” For nine months, Meleasa confesses she felt anxious. “Even with the kicks I still was worried. There were some serious mixed emotions because I wanted to be excited, but was feeling like I was forgetting my second baby. The loss and getting pregnant again was so close I feel like I couldn’t fully grieve. So I wanted to find a special way to honor our Graisyn and remember [this] life in the birth of [our] third baby.”
“What better way to do that than through something that is a signature of mine; my appearance!” Meleasa explained to BabyCenter. “Everything was rainbow themed for me then. My hair was the biggest area to show it off, but I also made sure my nails were sparkling the rainbow as well.”
Birth photographer Brezi Merryman captured the emotional day Meleasa’s rainbow baby was born.
Meleasa says adorning her hair and nails with rainbows helped in her healing process.
“I will never forget our angel baby, and I’m very grateful that God blessed us with the sweet one even for that short time,” she told us. “Even more so I’m very excited I still will get to some day hold my baby in my arms, but for now I will get to hold Graisyn in my heart!”
“I plan on making sure my boys know growing up about their sibling in heaven. But I’m very blessed to have the two babies I was given. I pray that I never take any of my time with them for granted!”
Thank you to Meleasa for sharing your story, as it will no doubt help other mamas who are going through loss, at any stage.
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