Dear Rainbow Baby on Your First Birthday
The days before we knew you seemed to drag on. Our hearts had been broken and beaten, and we felt…
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The days before we knew you seemed to drag on. Our hearts had been broken and beaten, and we felt…
Continue ReadingWe so often talk about the rainbow baby. The little bit of light that comes after some of the darkest…
Continue ReadingNo one tells you about pregnancy after recurrent loss. No one tells you just how hard it is. No one…
Continue ReadingI delivered a stillborn sleeping baby boy five years before my rainbow baby. I carried this sweet baby boy for…
Continue ReadingThis was the fifth time I’d seen those two pink lines letting me know that a baby was on the…
Continue ReadingNot everyone gets a rainbow baby—that’s a truth not many of us talk about. There are many women who long…
Continue ReadingThree pregnancies in one year. Three first trimesters. Three moments of celebration . . . until they turned to moments…
Continue ReadingOn January 30, 2021 we lost our baby boy. I'd carried him for nearly 15 weeks when my water unexpectedly…
Continue ReadingUPDATE: Hey girl, hey! We finally have the details on the new addition: Welcome to the world, Miss Esti Maxine…
Continue ReadingHip, hip, hooray! "1 billion shots later . . . we have another on the way." In a surprising, but…
Continue ReadingTo the woman who is pregnant after a loss, I see you. I know this should be such an exciting…
Continue ReadingI waited for about five seconds and then held the rectangular plastic receptacle closer to my eyes. Nothing, so far…
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