Pregnancy After Loss Requires a Different Kind of Hope
I sat in my son’s nursery during a 3 a.m. feed—my tired eyes scanning the room, desperate to stay awake.…
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I sat in my son’s nursery during a 3 a.m. feed—my tired eyes scanning the room, desperate to stay awake.…
Continue ReadingI carried my daughter even though she had a life-limiting diagnosis. I was 16-weeks pregnant when my OB called and…
Continue ReadingShe’s listening to country songs as her hair is blowing in the wind. She looks and feels older than she…
Continue ReadingTo my husband, as you love me through miscarriage: I need you mightily in this season of grief. Our love…
Continue ReadingI watch the needle slide into my arm and feel nothing. It’s fascinating, in a way, this numbness settling over…
Continue ReadingOctober 28, 2019: “I’m so sorry,” she said, as she backed away from the machine as if it were a…
Continue ReadingI was talking to a friend a few weeks ago about her recent missed miscarriage. As we talked through the…
Continue ReadingIn the time of greatest fear, I was shown the greatest compassion. My baby died. It sounds rather blunt to…
Continue ReadingTo the mother who can kiss all of her children goodnight. To the one who will get to watch her…
Continue ReadingI wanted to get some laundry done today. It’s been piling up since my mom’s funeral, and between spending all…
Continue ReadingIt was my 14-week appointment with my midwife, and we chatted easily about our summer travel plans, which hospital I…
Continue ReadingThere are a lot of things they don’t tell you about the days after someone dies. There’s just no way…
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