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San Francisco 49ers star Trent Williams and his wife are mourning the loss of their newborn son.
On Sunday (December 1), Williams' wife, Sondra, took to Instagram to announce that the couple's son, Trenton O'Brien Williams Jr., was stillborn on November 24.
Sondra honored her "forever angel" in her Instagram post, sharing photos and videos from her pregnancy, including footage of the baby's heartbeat and sonogram.
"💔It’s been extremely hard trying to process the saddest Hello and Goodbye that I’ve ever had to endure," she wrote. "Last Sunday night on 11/24/24; I welcomed your lifeless 4lb 8oz 18.5 in long little body at 11:38pm. At only 35 weeks, your impactful and quick arrival didn’t even give mommy time to get an epidural. I’m so grateful to have had your Aunt Katina(who also cut your cord) and nurse Hannah by my side. 🙏🏾"
Sondra also shared that she lost Trenton's twin earlier in her pregnancy. Trenton was later diagnosed with trisomy 13, a life-threatening genetic condition where an extra copy of chromosome 13 attaches to a pair of chromosomes.
"🙏🏾As much as I tried to prepare myself for our meeting, I wasn’t prepared nor would I ever be. After losing your twin early in the pregnancy, I prayed and hoped that your diagnosis of Trisomy 13 wasn’t true and wouldn’t be the fate of my long awaited beautiful Son-shine.☀️," Sondra said.
"My firstborn and only son, I’ve always wanted you, but God wanted and needed you more. Knowing you are in Heaven with your Great-Aunt Vivian and that you will Always be our Guardian Angel 👼🏽 brings me great comfort in the midst of all this sorrow."
"My heart is heavy. Being home without you in my arms has been quite an adjustment. Knowing I will never be able to watch you grow older alongside your sisters has my eyes filled with tears.😭," she continued.
"👼🏽Thank God for allowing us to bond for 35 weeks and for me to birth you so I could hold you in my arms. I’m at peace knowing you will never have to suffer," the offensive tackle's wife added.
"Although I will never hear your soft coos and cries or see those beautiful little eyes staring up at me, I am grateful to God for the time I shared with you. 💗💙Madison loved listening to your heartbeat and watching your waves of movement in my tummy. Trenton O’Brien Williams Jr., my sweet baby boy, we love you our Forever Angel!💙👼🏽."
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