I Never Thought I’d Be the Infertile Friend
My first child was a honeymoon baby. There was no work involved in getting our son, just a little bit…
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I Still Feel My Mom’s Faith in Me
In my early 20s, I moved to LA to be an actor and my mom used to drive out to…
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I Had a Missed Miscarriage
Self-doubt and endless questions. That seemed to be the theme of my pregnancy and motherhood journey. It all started after…
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Don’t Feel Sorry For Me Because I Had a Miscarriage
I always worry when I meet new people. Whether it be at the playground or in a moms group, because…
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I Cherish These Handwritten Letters Filled With Love
I am sentimental. When it comes to heirlooms, I’d rather have the rusty soup pot my grandma made a thousand…
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Loss Carves a Tender Space in a Mother’s Heart
From the moment you see those two lines on a pregnancy test, something inside you shifts. Whether or not you…
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New Zealand Approves the Paid Leave For Pregnancy Loss I Wish I’d Had
They didn’t show it to me in the movies. What I saw on the big screen up until then was,…
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To the Baby I Didn’t Keep
Trigger warning: This post discusses abortion To my darling little one, I was 15 years old at the time. I…
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Dear Grieving Mom, Do Not Stay Silent
I never knew what rock bottom felt like until I lost my first child in the womb. I never understood…
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The Onesies He Never Wore
Brilliant sunbeams awaken my eyes. It is a beautiful May day, and I have a mission. The night before I…
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Jacob’s Smile
Fifty weeks. Three hundred and fifty-one days. Such a short amount of time to make such a big impact on…
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Renovating a Broken Kitchen With a Broken Heart
Early in 2020, my husband discovered mold in our kitchen ceiling. In March, I discovered I was pregnant with our…
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