There Are No Shortcuts For Navigating the Grief of Miscarriage
Not again, I pleaded. Please, God, not again! I laid there on that cold examination table with my legs up on the stirrups, and my gut told me…
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All I Have of You is This Hospital Bracelet
Dear Baby Julian, It’s been five years since we found out you were coming and lost you. All within one week. One week. That’s all I got. Well,…
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When Only One Twin Survives
“Well, at least you’re still pregnant with one baby.” “Twins would have been so expensive. It’s a blessing.” “You can try again after…
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Miscarriage: One Year Later
It’s been one year. One year since I put my hand over my womb and silently sent you my love, my final goodbye, as they wheeled me into the surgery…
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Dear Abby, You Got it All Wrong
Oh, Abby. I saw your column today—the one where you gave advice to Crystal in Nevada. She wrote to you asking how to cope with her aunt who had a…
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Dear Baby, You Weren’t Meant to Stay
Hi Baby, We had been trying for you for over a year. So needless to say, we were very excited when we saw the two pink on lines on three pregnancy…
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Right Now, I am Losing My Baby
I am sitting in the doctor’s office, waiting for the blood draw that will confirm what I already know. Beautiful bellies around me all holding a…
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The Baby I Never Got To Hold
Dear child, You are seven years in heaven this week. Can you believe that? It has been seven years already, my love, but I still have not forgotten.…
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Sometimes Pregnancy is Dark
Two pink lines beamed boldly through the tiny window of a pregnancy test, my future staring back at me—a vision in pink. It was my first pregnancy,…
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To the Husband Whose Wife Just Had a Miscarriage
Dear husband, You were there when the pregnancy test showed a beautiful positive mark, and you were there when the devastating, gut-punching news was…
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