Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to The Hayden & Crue Project. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Nicole, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Risking taking is a huge part of most people’s story but too often society overlooks those risks and only focuses on where you are today. Can you talk to us about a risk you’ve taken – it could be a big risk or a small one – but walk us through the backstory.

After the loss of our babies, we took a leap of faith and started our non profit, the Hayden & Crue Project. We weren’t really sure exactly where this road would lead us but we knew exactly what our mission was going to be, to give back to the unspoken hero’s who took care of us in our darkest of days and help the families who may face unimaginable loss like ours. Quickly, we decided to take a massive risk and give families exactly what we wished we would have had while losing our babies, access to valuable time that we so badly wished we would have. That’s how the Angel Suite came to be.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

The Hayden & Crue Project is partnering with Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio to develop an Angel Suite. We will also be developing a second suite at Bethesda North Hospital. Updates on this will be posted as they become available.

This suite will bring comfort to parents who have lost their baby in the womb or will inevitably lose their baby after giving birth. This space would be located on an overflow floor away from the Labor and Delivery Unit and would be designed to support these families during one of the hardest moments of their lives. This space will allow the parents to be away from the triggering sounds, equipment and atmosphere that surrounds them in a typical L&D unit. The suite will have comforting items such as comfortable seating, books, refrigerator, cleansing and dressing station containing infant clothes and blankets for them to use if they choose to. There will also be a cuddle cot or caring cradle located in the room full time. The cuddle cot/caring cradle preserves the baby so that the family gets to spend adequate time and create memories before having to leave the hospital.

The unique feature of this room is that the mom is able to deliver in this suite and will never have to be exposed to the triggering environment that the Labor & Delivery Unit may provide. The suite contains hospital grade equipment that practices best infection control standards. We are so excited to be developing this special room for families in need. We are thrilled to be working with Good Samaritan Hospital on this project and hope to expand our work into other local hospitals in the future.

We are proud to be able to give back to loss families in our community as well as Labor and Delivery/ Neonatal Intensive Care Unit nurses across the tristate area.

How’d you meet your business partner?

Kelsey and Nicole knew each other through grade school but lost touch after graduation. Tony and Nicole were good friends with Wayne and actually we’re the ones that introduced Wayne and Kelsey after a chance meeting at Eli’s Bar and Grill

Can you share a story from your journey that illustrates your resilience?

Kelsey, Wayne, Nicole and Tony after grieving together from the loss of their babies decided that they needed to turn their grief into a mission to give back to families also experiencing loss. Though the conversations are difficult, we are grateful for the community of support we have established.

Contact Info:

• Website: Www.thehaydenandcrueproject.com
• Instagram: Thehaydenandcrueproject
• Facebook: The Hayden & Crue Project