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Let's take a moment to recognize the dads--the grieving dads. When people acknowledge pregnancy and infant loss, they turn to the moms with their comfort and support. But it's not just the mothers who have lost a baby. Let us not forget the dads and their own experiences with the heartbreak of losing a baby.…
Continue reading ➞ It’s Not Just Mothers That Have Lost A Baby–Let Us Not Forget The Dads
To All The Mamas Who Have Nothing But Love For Other Mamas, You know who you are. You're the moms who are constantly reaching out and waving your flags of solidarity for the new moms on the block. You are the moms who are there for the breastfeeding moms and the formula moms. You high-five…
Continue reading ➞ All Moms Need Support — Grieving Moms, Too
I love this picture of us. It was taken on a trip to Washington D.C. two years ago. While on our tour of the White House, my husband, Mike, and I paused to take a silly selfie in one of the mirrors in the East Room. We look so happy. . Looking at this picture,…
Hello? Is this the doctor? Yes, I'm calling to let you know that I'm spotting. I know there's nothing you can do. I understand that medically speaking, it's still very early in my pregnancy. Yes, I know that you want me to drink some water and rest. I'm listening to what you're saying, but now I need you…
When we came home without Dorothy, our first place of retreat was the couch. We sat down on and immediately turned on the tv. Neither of us said a word as we fixed our eyes forward and waited for that familiar red screen with the white lettering. Mike then turned to me and said the…
I have always wanted to be bilingual. In high school, I studied French and while my grades were excellent, my teenage ambition did not extend beyond my workbook pages. C'est la vie. Now, almost three years after my first miscarriage, I find myself fluent in a language that does not easily translate. It is not…
Continue reading ➞ The Language of PAIL (Pregnancy And Infant Loss)
It is our second Christmas without Dorothy. The second year in a row where I find myself alternating between belting out Christmas songs with an almost-convincing bravado and staring at the twinkle lights as they blur through my tear-filled eyes. A subsequent year of loneliness and "what-ifs" and pretending to the be the last 5…
Before my first miscarriage I thought I understood what miscarriage was--your pregnancy would come to an end, you would probably be sad, and then you would move on. I thought I knew it all and in reality, I knew so very little. Before I began sharing my own experience, I had never really heard anyone…
Continue reading ➞ 10 Things I Wish Someone Told Me About Miscarriage