“That loss can seem impossible to navigate. But in your darkest moments, know that you are not alone.”
- Love What Matters
- Trauma & Healing
- Miscarriage/Still Birth
“That loss can seem impossible to navigate. But in your darkest moments, know that you are not alone.”
“They get to relive the best parts of their childhood through her eyes.”
“I questioned why now? Why after years when I was younger begging for more kids would now be the time to answer that prayer? This year, at the age of 46 and 47, God decided it was time for the shock of our lives.”
“We sat anxiously discussing nursery themes, names, and how long it was taking. My husband was ready with his phone to record our baby’s heartbeat, but the tech kept asking odd questions. ‘Is something wrong?’ I see my husband put away his phone and the tech goes to get a nurse for a ‘second opinion.'”
“It felt hard to breathe that week. Breathing reminded me of the breaths my babies never took. Three babies I would never meet.”
“My baby was so very still inside me. I wasn’t crying, I was just in shock and rubbing my belly.”
“Grieving mothers deserve medical care that makes them feel truly cared for.”
“I’ve listened as women explained to me how it should be while knowing it was never how it would be for me. I had to learn to give more of myself than I even knew how to give.”
“The people saying these things think they are offering you a sense of comfort, but instead of lifting us up with encouragement, they tear us down little by little and make us feel even more defeated than we already do.”
“It’s been two years of pumping my body full of every hormone you can imagine. One to make me ovulate, one to stop ovulating. Birth control pills to control your cycle, then hormones to throw you into menopause. Estrogen pills, patches, vaginal suppositories, and injections.”