Loss

Pregnancy and birth loss brings a devastation that aches to be understood. Acknowledging the grieving process, and knowing you are not alone, can help women heal.

Recent Articles

Solitary Sadness: The Need to Grieve Miscarriage
Validating the suffering of losing a pregnancy.
Reminder
This baby has a role in my family. She gives me perspective.
God's Will
Once you experience the love, the immense volcano of love a mother has for her children, you can never be truly happy again. You're too afraid to lose it.
For the Not-Yet-Born- Reflections on Miscarriage, Ritual, and Healing
I actually imagined his face sitting at the table smiling with his big sisters.
Carrying On After a Miscarriage
I felt a kind of loneliness that only women who've had the companionship of life within can understand.
Lactation After Loss
When a woman experiences a stillbirth, or early infant death, her body seems to betray her with engorgement, a reminder that there is no baby to nourish or comfort.
Riding the Waves
I once read a book by a man who had lost a young son. He described his grief as a wave. It didn't resonate in me until I had a miscarriage.
My Last Baby
When my doctor wasn’t able to detect the heartbeat after sliding his Doppler over my goop-smeared belly for several minutes, I became a little concerned.



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