Everything Feels Wrong During Pregnancy After Loss
To the woman who is pregnant after a loss, I see you. I know this should be such an exciting…
Continue ReadingTo the woman who is pregnant after a loss, I see you. I know this should be such an exciting…
Continue ReadingIn the dark, the moments stretch too long between sleep. All night we listen for your calls: puckering cherub lips,…
Continue ReadingI have experienced the miracle of feeling life move within me. I have felt the pain and devastation of carrying…
Continue Reading“I think I want just one more baby.” I stood at my infant’s changing table peering into his sweet eyes.…
Continue ReadingYou were born at 5:37 p.m., and I held you from my bed in the labor and delivery room for…
Continue ReadingIt’s not really such a long time, seven weeks. It doesn’t sound like a long time at all when you…
Continue ReadingI waited for about five seconds and then held the rectangular plastic receptacle closer to my eyes. Nothing, so far…
Continue ReadingA mother’s intuition is real, and it evolves quickly. But, it can be hard to recognize when you are a…
Continue ReadingI was a big, overdue baby, and my mom has never let me forget it. After enduring a heatwave and…
Continue ReadingI can’t really see anything right now, but I know you’re there. All of the sounds I hear are kind…
Continue ReadingFour. The number of kids I imagined in my future family. Three. The number I had when the doctor said, "No…
Continue Reading“I’m sorry, your baby has passed.” Those were words I never thought would have been directed at me. Yet, on…
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