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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Dear Santa, Please Fill All of Our Stockings This Year
Dear Santa, I’m writing to you this year on behalf of my sweet 4-year-old daughter, Zoe. She wants you to know that she would like a doctor’s…
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To the Woman Crying in the Hospital Bathroom
I want you to know that I heard you. I heard your sobs as I was leaving the OBGYN’s office after my annual exam. I saw who I presume was your…
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When You Find Out You’re Pregnant—Then Suddenly, You’re Not.
After several months of trying, it happened. The pregnancy test read “pregnant,” along with another four, just to be sure. While I was…
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