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…
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Today is the day I’ve dreaded and resisted for almost a year: the day I face going through the white…
Continue ReadingI see you moms. I see the moms who will never see all of their children together on this earth…
Continue ReadingIt’s not really such a long time, seven weeks. It doesn’t sound like a long time at all when you…
Continue ReadingThis morning I woke up no longer pregnant. No longer carrying the baby inside me that I had prayed so…
Continue ReadingDear Baby, I hoped and prayed for you for many years. I was beyond ecstatic when you revealed yourself with…
Continue ReadingThe second time I flushed the remnants of my lost child like a goldfish funeral, the ache in my gut…
Continue ReadingI am a broken woman damaged by the all-consuming grief and heartbreak that comes from losing a child. A child…
Continue ReadingBlue paper pants. You know, the huge ones with the weird, recycled-looking waffle texture, they swish really loudly when you…
Continue ReadingTo my Poppy, Even though we never met I can clearly picture you. I can see my dimples in your…
Continue ReadingTo the woman I was once after pregnancy loss, I'll never forget the day we met—even though an entire decade…
Continue ReadingWith each positive pregnancy test, it was a restrained joy, for I knew we shouldn’t fully celebrate. As experience often…
Continue ReadingMy first feeling was shock, followed by a messy crush of emotions—disappointment, guilt, relief. After enduring three years of invasive…
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