Bringing Parents' Loss Into the Light ; a Biddeford Pool Couple Acts to Foster Peace for Others Like Them Who Grieve for Pregnancies or Infants Lost.

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Lindsay and Mark Schuenke started thinking like parents the day they learned she was pregnant with their first child.

For the next 241 days, the couple from Biddeford Pool anticipated all of the things that their child might accomplish over the course of a long life. First step. First word. High school graduation. Wedding day.

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Bringing Parents' Loss Into the Light ; a Biddeford Pool Couple Acts to Foster Peace for Others Like Them Who Grieve for Pregnancies or Infants Lost.

Then, suddenly, the Schuenkes' expectation and joy turned to tragedy and despair. Their full-term baby boy was born still. The umbilical cord had entered the birth canal first and been crushed in the early hours of labor, depriving the baby of oxygen.

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