South suburban mother celebrates son's first birthday after 20 miscarriages, years of pregnancy loss
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October marks Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, and for one southwest suburban family, the observance carries special meaning as they celebrate a milestone they once feared might never come.
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For more than a decade Raneem Haddad struggled with recurrent pregnancy loss, but she never gave up on her dream of becoming a mother. Twenty miscarriages later, the suburban mother finally welcomed her son Emanuel. “We did have about 20 miscarriages, 90% very early on,” Haddad told NBC Chicago.
October marks Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, and for one southwest suburban family, the observance carries special meaning as they celebrate a milestone they once feared might never come.
