“Why would you let this happen?” “Don’t you care about me?” “Why didn’t you save my baby?” In the wake of miscarriage we’re pummeled with questions—questions about the biology of reproduction, about our bodies, about medical procedures which may be required, as well as questions about how to process grief,
You made it. It’s been one year since you lost your baby. Did you have days where you wondered how life could go on as you once knew it? Did you ever wonder if you’d stop crying? Or how you would weather the storm? Me too. But now, here you
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It’s time for me to level with you. Sometimes I find it hard to keep talking about grief and loss and miscarriage. I think to myself, “People will get so bored of me beating this drum.” Or, “There’s more to my life than this one issue.” Or, “People will just
You knew it was coming and yet it kind of snuck up on you, too, didn’t it? That first baby shower invitation since losing your baby. It’s hard—accepting the fact that the world spins onward when our own seems to have tipped right off its axis. I don’t know if
Do you feel alone in your grief after pregnancy loss? Whether your loss is fresh and raw, or was long ago but something is nudging you to lean in to the pain and process your grief on a deeper level, I hope you’ll join us for hope and healing within
This day. It was circled on the calendar and etched on your heart. It was the day you hoped to meet your baby—to hold her, to study him. You planned to take her to your breast. You anticipated smothering his toes with kisses. You had begun to rearrange your life around
While it’s clear men and women experience miscarriage (differently because of its physicality), what seems to be talked about even less are the implications of miscarriage on body image, sex, and intimacy...
For days I felt empty. But afraid to articulate my feelings, I dismissed them instead—searching for comfort in the possibility that the sudden change I felt was really just the mark between trimesters. They say that once you’ve seen your baby’s heartbeat, your chances of miscarriage diminish to between 3-5%.
It’s jarring, isn’t it—that first period after your miscarriage? As if it was possible to forget what has only so recently happened, your body is giving you this fresh reminder that there’s no baby there. Your womb is empty and it doesn’t feel fair...
When stories connect us Two years ago I was headed into the most arduous work of my life. I was writing a book, not only telling my own story, but hoping to do so in a way that would invite, encourage, and inspire others to face theirs in order to
