The Broken Road To a Rainbow Baby
Only one pink line. Negative. Again! My heart sank into depths it had never reached before. Was there any hope…
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The Sweetest Mother's Day Gift!
Death of a Parent
By Mary Holloman Birth After Loss Brings Both Joy and Sadness
Sadness. That’s what I felt the moment they placed her in my arms. And then—before my arms even tightened around…
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Pregnancy Loss is a Part of Me Now
The second time I flushed the remnants of my lost child like a goldfish funeral, the ache in my gut…
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By Kenzie Green I’ll Keep Living For Her
I am a broken woman damaged by the all-consuming grief and heartbreak that comes from losing a child. A child…
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By Laura Niebauer Palmer Some Say I Lost My Baby, But I Know Exactly Where You Are
To my Poppy, Even though we never met I can clearly picture you. I can see my dimples in your…
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Grief Closes the Distance Between Us
It was a bright, wintery Saturday. The three of us were crossing the Walmart parking lot and dodging stray carts.…
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Dear Loss Mom, Cry if You Want To
If you want to go out with friends, that’s OK. If you want to stay in and hide from the…
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By Kathryn Bartling A Mother’s Love is Home
I will always remember the way it felt walking into my nana's house the first time after she died. I…
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To the Woman I Was When Miscarriage Stole My Innocence
To the woman I was once after pregnancy loss, I'll never forget the day we met—even though an entire decade…
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Take it From a Loss Mom: You Don’t Want Your Baby To Stay Little Forever
I see it every day. My social media is littered with beautiful photos of children doing all sorts of things…
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I Asked God To Stop Sending Me Babies I’d Never Hold
With each positive pregnancy test, it was a restrained joy, for I knew we shouldn’t fully celebrate. As experience often…
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She’s Really Gone
Trigger warning: Infant loss “We have to do this for Gabby," my husband paused on the sidewalk to squeeze my…
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