Me and Zack have been through everything together. We have had the highest highs, and the lowest of all lows. Zack moved from California to emmett when he was 16. Me and zack started dating after working together when we he was 16 and I was 17. We moved into our first apartment together at 18 in June and a few months later found out I was pregnant. We were so excited for the baby, even though we were both worried about the future and money for the baby but we were figuring it out. We found out she was a girl and I was beyond excited. I had always wanted a baby girl! We decided to name her Oakley Mae. Later on at our 20 week anatomy scan we found out our little Oakley had a very rare condition called Alobar Holoprosencephaly. We were told she had a 3% chance of surviving until birth and our whole world came crashing down. We met up with many specialists, I wasn’t able to work, and had doctors appointments multiple times a week to make sure she was doing okay. Zack really stepped up having multiple jobs to support our family without me being able to work and while I was attending nail school. The doctors went back and forth a lot on if she would survive or not but I never regretted our choice of keeping her and giving her as much time as possible. Little Oakley Mae was born April 17 2023 when I was 19 and Zack was 18. Zack was such an amazing partner through her birth and I am very lucky he was so helpful during this time. When she was born she came out very purple and we were very worried. We later on found out that she did not develop an airway and there was nothing the doctors could do to save her. Obviously this news was heartbreaking, unlike any pain ever felt before. We were informed that our only option would be to pull her tubes and switch to comfort care to keep her comfortable while she passed. This was even harder being our first baby and definitely changed our view on pregnancy and birth. Before this I never even thought about my baby passing away as an option, I had always thought that being pregnant meant a healthy baby to take home, however this is not always true. We were able to get castings of Oakleys hands and feet, professional pictures, and be with her the entire time. Our little girl fought to stay with us for 4 days. Zack was so supportive of me and her and always there for us. He made sure we were both taken care of in the hospital. She was absolutely beautiful and such a strong little girl. Despite how extremely painful this was for the both of us it brought us together even closer. Me and Zack were able to make it through this because we had each other. I truly couldn’t have done it without him. We have been through the worst thing possible with losing our child and instead of it tearing us apart we just came out stronger. This is the biggest reason I know our marriage will be forever lasting, I know we can make it through anything that life throws at us. I wouldn’t want to do life with anybody else. I am so beyond lucky to have a man like zack and I am forever grateful to him for everything he has done and continues to do for me and everything he did for our little girl. Zack is the kind of guy a dad would pray for his daughter to find and I am so grateful I get to keep him forever.