I'm not really ready to talk much,
which is very unusual for me. Almost wordless for the first fortnight. Just
starting to think (and feel) now.
Aria was my rainbow baby - the last living part of her dad, and I lost her. I felt her move for the first time on the day her dad was cremated. She was born two months to the day from his birthday (14th July) and died two months to the day from the day he died (15th July). Probably coincidental, but seems significant.
Yes, we loved the names too.
Her dad and I had named her Aria - at conception actually. For three reasons – we both loved music (aria is a musical term), it is similar to Amalie (both starting with “A” and three syllables), linking her to her sister and thirdly, because she was conceived in the Aria hotel!
Aria was my rainbow baby - the last living part of her dad, and I lost her. I felt her move for the first time on the day her dad was cremated. She was born two months to the day from his birthday (14th July) and died two months to the day from the day he died (15th July). Probably coincidental, but seems significant.
Yes, we loved the names too.
Her dad and I had named her Aria - at conception actually. For three reasons – we both loved music (aria is a musical term), it is similar to Amalie (both starting with “A” and three syllables), linking her to her sister and thirdly, because she was conceived in the Aria hotel!
Wanted to find a middle
name that linked to Mark and thought about the feminine forms of “Mark/Marc”. Don’t
like Marcy or Marcia, then it came to me – Marcella. “Marcella is an Italian given name, the
feminine version of Marcello (Mark in English). Marcella means warlike,
martial, and strong. “
Was perfect for 4 reasons:
1) Link to her Dad – “Marc-”
Was perfect for 4 reasons:
1) Link to her Dad – “Marc-”
2) Link to her sister Amalie – “-ella” (Amalie’s middle name was Ella)
3) Link to her grandmother Noella – “-ella”
4) Link to her Aunt (my sister-in-law) Amy – her initials (Aria Marcella Yates) are AMY
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Genevieve Yates
Genevieve is a GP, medical educator, medical writer and musician from the Northern Rivers region of NSW. After a long and difficult road to motherhood, her beautiful daughter, Amalie Ella, was born in December, 2014. Tragically, Amalie died of neonatal sepsis after only four days.
Through her clinical work, teaching and writing, she hopes to she can use her experiences to help support both patients and other doctors in managing the complex emotions surrounding fertility issues and perinatal loss, and also encourage more open discussion in the general community.
Her website can be found at: http://genevieveyates.com
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