by Michelle Stein posted in Pregnancy

In July of 2010. Rebekka and Randy Hauskins lost their daughter, Hayden Ruth, to stillbirth. Seven years later, they keep her memory alive by supporting other families who have experienced the same devastating loss ? through paying a portion of hospital delivery bills.
"I did not feel well on July 4, 2010 and went to bed concerned," Rebekka told BabyCenter, of when she was 32 weeks pregnant with Hayden. "July 5th, I woke my husband, called the doctor with my 'symptoms' of 'she has been very still and my stomach is tight. We were told to come in immediately, still not allowing ourselves to comprehend what was actually happening."
Hayden's umbilical cord had twisted around her neck, suffocating her. "We were checked into the hospital and after testing, told that she had no heartbeat," Hauskins said. "I simply wanted to die at that point, the pain was excruciating. She was delivered on July 6."

In honor of their beloved daughter, Rebekka and Randy decided to do something to help ease the financial stress for families grieving a stillbirth. They created a nonprofit organization called Hayden?s Helping Hands, which pays $1,000 of the hospital delivery bill for parents of stillborn babies in Oregon and Washington. Since the organization's 2010 inception, more than $40,000 has been paid to 43 families.
"I think that most people don't realize that when you deliver a stillborn baby, your body...