“‘Do you want a boy or a girl?’ I knew walking into that emergency department I would walk out ‘not pregnant.’ Why was she asking me this, as if there was still a chance? I felt like someone had pulled a carpet out from underneath me.”
Nurse Turned Patient Shares Shocking, Insensitive Comments Healthcare Professionals Made During Pregnancy Loss
‘You have no purpose in this world. Might as well take yourself out.’: Woman shares stigma pursuing child-free lifestyle after ectopic pregnancy
“Frighteningly, most of these hateful comments came from people raising children. Why did people care so much about what I did with my body?”
‘You never know what someone is going through, your doctor included.’: OBGYN asks for patience, understanding amidst short-staffed hospitals
“The next time you get frustrated with the person rushing past you to the elevator, or getting called from the waiting room before you, keep in mind this could literally be the worst day of someone’s life.”
‘If you can get donor eggs and donor sperm, why not a donor embryo?’: Woman shares journey through male factor infertility, embryo adoption
“I don’t think everything happens ‘for a reason,’ but I do believe beautiful things come out of suffering. My perfect children are proof of that.”
‘I told my husband, ‘There’s a baby in my fallopian tube; the tube ruptured.’: Woman births rainbow baby after ectopic pregnancy
“Two days after the ultrasound, I passed a large clot while at work. I was sure I was miscarrying. All those memories flooded back and I was a bawling mess. We waited the dreaded week to confirm what we knew. Little did we know they would quickly say, ‘There’s your baby.'”
‘I’ve been seeing phrases like, ‘At least it happened early’ or ‘One miscarriage doesn’t compare to multiple’ a lot lately.’: Woman battling infertility urges ‘a loss is a loss and they all matter’
“Each of those precious baby’s lives were a gift. The loss of this deserves to be remembered and the grief has a right to be felt in all it’s entirety.”
‘Your results are ready.’ I clicked the email, braced myself for it to say ‘boy.’ PINK confetti lit up the screen.’: Woman welcomes first daughter after 5 sons, 3 miscarriages
“The second you see that plus sign, you’re already planning what life will look like with this child. You imagine who they will look like, what they will grow up to do, even the details of their wedding plays in your head. Myself and countless women know the reality of having this taken away in an instant.”
‘A coworker smiled. ‘Just look at that belly!’ Then an intrusive voice in my mind said, ‘Your belly stopped growing a week ago.’: Woman discovers stillbirth after trusting gut instincts
“The blood drained from my face. I excused myself, went back to my desk, and cried. I decided at that moment, I needed help managing these thoughts. I didn’t just need assurance that everything was fine; it was not fine, these thoughts were not fine. And I needed them to go away.”
‘The ultrasound tech said, ‘I’ve seen cases with maybe two other sacs, but never 6.’: Woman births rainbow baby after miscarriage with help from ‘guardian angels’
“Were they 6 other babies? Were they cysts? Were they something that formed to protect the baby? I like to think they were her guardian angels, making sure I didn’t lose another baby.”
‘The OB said, ‘Oh no, wait.’ My heart started racing. ‘There are two heartbeats!’ WHAT THE! TWINS?’: Woman shares MCDA twins pregnancy, births preemies with Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome
“After FINALLY falling pregnant, all I wanted was to hear that sound.”
