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Jetaun and her husband's initial excitement of learning they were pregnant came to an abrupt halt at their very first prenatal appointment. Jetaun found out that she had a fibroid, which was blocking her birth canal. As the pregnancy progressed, she started to experience a lot of pain because the fibroid was getting larger. When the pain was too much to bear, she and her husband went to the hospital and their son, Owen Christopher Roland Jr., was born at 22 weeks of gestation. They watched him take two breaths and then pass away.

Jetaun learned about March of Dimes and the community of fellow families who share, comfort and support each other while participating in a March for Babies walk. "To be around women with the same experience was so powerful, and all of us felt so much support from one another," she says.

"What I would say to dads that are experiencing loss is, if you need to talk to somebody, it’s ok," says Owen, Sr. "There's nothing wrong with that."

Two years later, they were able to conceive again. They now have a two-year-old daughter named Olivia.





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