Tag: miscarriage
Mother’s Day as a Loss Mom
Mother’s Day is full of notions of flowers, handmade gifts, brunch, perfectly behaved children, and the Hallmark goodness of the idyllic family life. It’s...
Getting Through Grief: One Little Choice At A Time
It’s 2023, and I just got done going for a run in my bright orange running shoes. I’m 41, recently divorced, a single mom...
Wave of Light: Remembering Babies & Children Gone Too Soon
As many of you know, October is Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month. Specifically, we as loss moms hold sacred the date of October...
What To Do (And Not Do) When A Friend Loses A...
You may have heard by now that October is Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month. If you’ve lost a child at any point (before,...
The Bravest Thing I’ve Ever Done
"How many kids do you have?"
It’s really an innocent question, but one I always struggle to answer. I'm a mom to three little boys;...
Born Sleeping
Shortly before my 38th birthday, we discovered I was pregnant. This would be my fourth pregnancy and the journey up until this point was...
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day: A Collection of Our Stories...
October 15th is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. For many of us who have felt the incomparable pain of losing a child, knowing...
Is this Normal? I Miscarried and Didn’t Care
One in four women will experience miscarriage or stillbirth in her lifetime.
It's a staggering statistic, and chances are good either you yourself have experienced...
What I Wish I Had Known: 3 Unexpected Hardships of Miscarriage
Our culture treats pregnancy and pregnancy loss in such a strange way. The common practice is not to share your news until 8 or...
My Embryo Donation Failure—and Its Happy Ending
After two years of infertility treatments and two healthy IVF babies, my husband and I were confident that our family was complete. However, we...