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Not Every Loss Mom Gets Her Rainbow Baby

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
July 1, 2021
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By Alaina V. Fletcher

Not Every Loss Mom Gets Her Rainbow Baby

It’s been said you never know how challenging something is until you’ve actually lived through it yourself. From experience, I…

Child, Motherhood
April 11, 2021
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By Sara David

Dear Rainbow Child, You Helped Save Me

My dearest rainbow, I would say rainbow baby, but you are not a baby anymore. Every day you go above…

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
March 23, 2021
538 Views
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By Lizzy Christian

Dear Grieving Mom, Do Not Stay Silent

I never knew what rock bottom felt like until I lost my first child in the womb. I never understood…

Dear Meghan As You Await Your Rainbow Baby, From One Loss Mom To Another

Baby, Loss, Motherhood
February 14, 2021
679 Views
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By Stacey Skrysak

Dear Meghan As You Await Your Rainbow Baby, From One Loss Mom To Another

Dear Meghan, As the world celebrates the joyous news of your and Prince Harry's pregnancy, I find myself in tears,…

A Rainbow Baby Brings Hope, But Doesn’t Erase the Pain of Miscarriage

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
November 15, 2020
558 Views
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By Lauren Hedrick

A Rainbow Baby Brings Hope, But Doesn’t Erase the Pain of Miscarriage

Each morning when I get into my car, I throw my purse into the passenger seat, set my coffee down…

Pregnancy After Loss Requires a Different Kind of Hope

Baby, Loss, Motherhood
October 26, 2020
545 Views
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By Kelsey Pfleiderer

Pregnancy After Loss Requires a Different Kind of Hope

I sat in my son’s nursery during a 3 a.m. feed—my tired eyes scanning the room, desperate to stay awake.…

A Rainbow Baby Delivers Hope and Heartache

Baby, Grief, Loss, Motherhood
September 23, 2020
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By Victoria Van Vlear

A Rainbow Baby Delivers Hope and Heartache

On May 28, 2019, my husband and I lost our firstborn daughter Faith to stillbirth. I’m now pregnant with what…

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
September 7, 2020
375 Views
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By Jenny Albers

I Thought There’d Be One More

I thought there’d be one more. One more baby to swaddle and sway to sleep in my arms. One more…

Kids, Loss, Motherhood
September 3, 2020
396 Views
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By Natasha Carlow

Facing My Fears as a Rainbow Mother

It is late 2014, and I wake from another restless sleep. I am pregnant with my first surviving baby. I…

You See an Only Child—I See an Answered Prayer

Loss, Motherhood
August 31, 2020
499 Views
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By Christina Zambrano

You See an Only Child—I See an Answered Prayer

We were on our very first walk around the neighborhood when I was first asked the question that would follow…

To the Loss Mama Waiting For Her Rainbow Baby

Grief, Motherhood
August 22, 2020
764 Views
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By April Leiffer Henry

To the Loss Mama Waiting For Her Rainbow Baby

I became a part of the pregnancy loss community almost 10 years ago when I had my first miscarriage. It…

The Orca Who Quietly Showed Us How To Grieve a Child is Pregnant Again

Grief, Motherhood
July 29, 2020
321 Views
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By Rachel Whalen

The Orca Who Quietly Showed Us How To Grieve a Child is Pregnant Again

Oh, Mama Orca! Two summers ago, we watched as you grieved your calf who died. We watched as you carried…

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Not Every Loss Mom Gets Her Rainbow Baby

Dear Rainbow Child, You Helped Save Me

Dear Grieving Mom, Do Not Stay Silent

Dear Meghan As You Await Your Rainbow Baby, From One Loss Mom To Another

A Rainbow Baby Brings Hope, But Doesn’t Erase the Pain of Miscarriage

Pregnancy After Loss Requires a Different Kind of Hope

A Rainbow Baby Delivers Hope and Heartache

I Thought There’d Be One More

Facing My Fears as a Rainbow Mother

You See an Only Child—I See an Answered Prayer

To the Loss Mama Waiting For Her Rainbow Baby

The Orca Who Quietly Showed Us How To Grieve a Child is Pregnant Again

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