Hi! My name is Krystal. I am 17 years old and this is my first child. Though my story is sad, it is my story.

I didn't go to the doctor for a while because I was scared of telling my mom. I finally went and found out that I really was pregnant. I never have been that scared of something in my life but I couldn't help but be excited. Though deep down I knew it would be hard to bring a child up, I was going to do the best I could.

I remember hearing the little heartbeat and that really put it in my head that it was coming and him moving around all the time just made me feel like the happiest person in the world. Then I got my ultrasound on January 5, 2005, and found out it was a boy and that I was due May 5.

As the days went by, I was getting more excited and happier. I started not feeling sick, legs hurting, back hurting, funny belly pain. I went to the doctor and he said that it was just the baby getting bigger and stuff.

I was now 24 weeks. On January 16, 2005, I started bleeding. Turns out I went into labor three months early and there was no stopping it. I already was dilated to 9. At 5:15 a.m. on January 17, 2005, I gave birth to a beautiful little boy.

They worked with him all morning and transferred him to another hospital around 9:30 a.m. After a short life of 10 hours my baby passed away. I never felt so ashamed of myself. I felt like I failed at the most important job ever even though it wasn't my fault. There was nothing I could have done to change it. I have what's known as an incompetent cervix. It's where the cervix goes soft. It's rare but treatable if you're looking for it and they catch it early enough.

I spent near a half an hour with him before he passed away and I never got to hold him and comfort him. The only thing I got was to hear what sounded like a tiny cry. I will keep that cry and what little memories we have in my heart forever. All I have left is a few pictures.

Though this isn't the kind of story you're used to, it is my story.
In Loving Memory of Cameron Michael Lyon