PADUCAH — They're shocking numbers: 40,000 babies are stillborn every year and one in four pregnancies end in a miscarriage.
Those are statistics and topics the public is not very comfortable talking about but one local woman is sharing her story.
During the 34th week of Jennifer's Lamphere's pregnancy, things went terribly wrong.
"It was like the worst rush of pain I've ever felt in my entire life and I just knew something was terribly wrong," she said. "That's when the nightmare started."
Jennifer's placenta had broken away from her body and she was rushed to the hospital.
"I see my doctor rush in and he just says, 'Your baby is dying and we have to get her out now,'" Lamphere remembered.
Gracie was born 20 minutes later but she was deprived of oxygen too long and couldn't breath without a ventilator.
"So, on Sunday, we had made the decision that we were going to let her go," Jennifer said, crying. "Let go and let God."
Jennifer knew she had to find a way to cope. So, she started a local chapter of Missing GRACE, a support group for parents of pregnancy or infant loss.
To raise money for the organization, they will hold the "Gracie's Hope & Hearts" run on Saturday, Oct. 15 at Noble Park in Paducah. Registration begins at 8 a.m. The kids fun dash is at 9:15 a.m. and the 5k starts at 10 a.m.
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