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All I Wanted Was For My Baby To Stay Alive

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
May 10, 2022
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By Hannah Hanson

All I Wanted Was For My Baby To Stay Alive

Today is the day I’ve dreaded and resisted for almost a year: the day I face going through the white…

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
May 5, 2022
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By Kelly Lang

Sometimes Mother’s Day Hurts

I see you moms. I see the moms who will never see all of their children together on this earth…

Sweet Baby, I Knew You Long Enough to Love You

Baby, Grief, Loss, Motherhood
April 12, 2022
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By Katharine Lindh

Sweet Baby, I Knew You Long Enough to Love You

It’s not really such a long time, seven weeks. It doesn’t sound like a long time at all when you…

The Grief of Losing a Baby Comes in Waves

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
February 22, 2022
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By Emily McDonald, BSN, RNC-OB

The Grief of Losing a Baby Comes in Waves

This morning I woke up no longer pregnant. No longer carrying the baby inside me that I had prayed so…

Dear Baby in Heaven, Thank You For Making Me a Mother

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
January 23, 2022
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By Manndi Maphies Wilkins

Dear Baby in Heaven, Thank You For Making Me a Mother

Dear Baby, I hoped and prayed for you for many years. I was beyond ecstatic when you revealed yourself with…

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
January 12, 2022
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9 Minute Read

By Ashley Testa

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…

Baby, Grief, Loss, Motherhood
January 9, 2022
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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…

Baby, Motherhood
January 6, 2022
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By Elizabeth Haselhorst

Those Blue Paper Pants

Blue paper pants. You know, the huge ones with the weird, recycled-looking waffle texture, they swish really loudly when you…

Some Say I Lost My Baby, But I Know Exactly Where You Are

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
January 3, 2022
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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…

To the Woman I Was When Miscarriage Stole My Innocence

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
December 22, 2021
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By Rachel Lewis

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…

I Asked God To Stop Sending Me Babies I’d Never Hold

Faith, Grief, Loss, Motherhood
December 19, 2021
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By Julie Jensen

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…

There’s No Wrong Way To Feel After Pregnancy Loss

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
December 16, 2021
908 Views
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By Megan Hanlon

There’s No Wrong Way To Feel After Pregnancy Loss

My first feeling was shock, followed by a messy crush of emotions—disappointment, guilt, relief. After enduring three years of invasive…

pregnancy loss

All I Wanted Was For My Baby To Stay Alive

Sometimes Mother’s Day Hurts

Sweet Baby, I Knew You Long Enough to Love You

The Grief of Losing a Baby Comes in Waves

Dear Baby in Heaven, Thank You For Making Me a Mother

Pregnancy Loss is a Part of Me Now

I’ll Keep Living For Her

Those Blue Paper Pants

Some Say I Lost My Baby, But I Know Exactly Where You Are

To the Woman I Was When Miscarriage Stole My Innocence

I Asked God To Stop Sending Me Babies I’d Never Hold

There’s No Wrong Way To Feel After Pregnancy Loss

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