Welcome to the Men & Miscarriage Series where we’re exploring how miscarriage impacts men, listening to their stories, and finding ways we can support them in their grief. Miscarriage is not a “women’s issue”—it’s a family issue, a human issue. When we minimize miscarriage as a women’s issue only, we
Welcome to the Men & Miscarriage Series where we’re exploring how miscarriage impacts men, listening to their stories, and finding ways we can support them in their grief. Miscarriage is not a “women’s issue”—it’s a family issue, a human issue. When we minimize miscarriage as a women’s issue only, we
Welcome to the Men & Miscarriage Series where we’re exploring how miscarriage impacts men, listening to their stories, and finding ways we can support them in their grief. Miscarriage is not a “women’s issue”—it’s a family issue, a human issue. When we minimize miscarriage as a women’s issue only, we
I have a gift for you: seven days of free content to help you know what it means to grieve with hope after miscarriage or any type of heartbreak or loss. One of the things I’ve found hardest with transitioning to publishing is that my words are no longer free.
This is part of a series called Letters to a Grieving Mom to help women navigate significant milestones after miscarriage and pregnancy loss. Mother’s Day. It’s hard isn’t it? I know. Because I grew up in a healthy home with a mother I adored and a life relatively free of
Guest Post by Heather Rupe, DO, OB/GYN It always seems to happen to nicest couples. They come in holding hands, beaming with excitement over the much desired pregnancy in her womb. She’s done everything right. She’s researched the perfect vitamins and followed all the ‘rules.’ They are there for a
Have you ever felt awkward or wondered what to say after a friend has lost a baby through miscarriage (or other forms of pregnancy loss such as stillbirth)? Have you been afraid you’d say the ‘wrong’ thing? The following suggestions are based on my own experiences of three miscarriages and
I’ll never forget the first time a man sat in the back row, arms folded across his chest, scowling at me while I preached. Thankfully I wasn’t completely disarmed, but I was perplexed. Still in my early twenties myself, I was young and naive, and didn’t fully grasp why
Memorial ideas for honoring your baby’s life after miscarriage, stillbirth, or other forms of pregnancy loss After losing a child to miscarriage or stillbirth, many parents find it helpful in their grieving process to do something deliberate to honor their baby. Some choose to commemorate their baby at
At a huge women’s conference last year, I sat alone. Several friends sat together in a section above me, but I was in-and-out with seven-month-old Micah strapped to my back (or my belly) and I needed a seat with easy access to the mothers’ room. I remember feeling a bit
Years ago as a brand new mom to a little boy I couldn’t possibly love more I had my first experience with the kind of anger that scared me. I can’t remember the circumstances leading up to that moment or what exactly it was that ignited me, but I will
