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Demi Lovato’s sister Madison De La Garza mourns death of first child – NBC New York
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Demi Lovato’s sister Madison De La Garza mourns death of first child – NBC New York

Originally appeared on It is! Online

Madison De La Garza is grieving the loss of her first child.

Desperate housewives” alum, Demi Lovato’s younger sister, shared on Oct. 26 that she underwent a C-section last month to give birth to her and boyfriend Ryan Mitchell’s daughter, named Xiomara, but that the newborn didn’t he survived.

“On the evening of September 27th, after an emergency c-section, Ryan and I held our baby girl for the first and last time,” De La Garza, 22, wrote on Instagram. “Thank you, Xiomara, for making us the parents of the most perfect angel in heaven. Mommy and Daddy love you sweet girl.”

Lovato shared her sister’s post on Instagram Stories. “RIP to my beautiful perfect niece Xiomara,” the 32-year-old wrote. “I am so grateful to hold you. I will forever be your aunt. I love you so much @maddelagarza.”

Fiance of the “Confident” singer. Jutes, 33, commented on De La Garza’s post: “I love you so much. Rest, angel child Xiomara”.

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The brothers’ older sister, Dallas Lovato, 36, shared a poem.

“Baby girl Xiomara, I miss you everyday / I’ll take care of your mother so you can fly away,” she wrote in the comments section. “Guard us and guide us and give us little signs / Someday we’ll come to see you, it might be a while / Not a day will go by without you in our hearts / I wish let’s have more time together before you had to go.”

Dallas continued, “So have fun in your new world, the one we can’t see / ‘Cause every breath I take, I’ll take one for z.”

De La Garza, who played Juanita Solis on “Desperate Housewives” as a child, announced her pregnancy in early September and signaled that she was due to give birth at the end of October.

“Oh Ryan, how I love you,” she wrote an Instagram post from September 5alongside photos of the two of them, with her carrying a bump. “Thank you for making all my dreams come true. Baby Mitchell 10.24.”

Mitchell commented: “I love you,” to which his girlfriend replied, “My everything.”

De La Garza also included in the pregnancy announcement photos of her celebrating with her family, including her mother. Dianna De La Garzaplus Dallas and Demi, who later expressed their excitement in the comments section, writing, “I already love you and this baby so much!!”

The singer later told E! News at the screening of her Hulu documentary “Child Star.” “I am very excited to have a new life in our family. I value family and friends more than success any day.”