“My Google searches went from ‘Bon Appetit chicken cacciatore’ to ‘how to tell if your husband is cheating.’ He promised it was nothing, it would stop, I had nothing to worry about, he chose me and our daughters.”
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- Trauma & Healing
“My Google searches went from ‘Bon Appetit chicken cacciatore’ to ‘how to tell if your husband is cheating.’ He promised it was nothing, it would stop, I had nothing to worry about, he chose me and our daughters.”
“My midwife came running into the room just in time to catch the baby. They put her on my chest, and I could not believe the experience I just had.”
“I was always the one who was bullied for my weight. Forever the big kid in class, I spent a lot of days playing in the backyard by myself because I did not have many friends.”
“I was eager and professionally prepared. I even heard comments about my ‘impressive resume.’ And yet, once they expressed interest in me and I disclosed my pregnancy, I was either ghosted or hit with the ‘please apply again after your maternity leave.'”
“I was the little girl whose story no one knew. The little girl who hid in closets. My screams for help were never heard outside the four walls of my home. And yet, I am living proof you can heal.”
“With how small I was, and how rare it was, they told my family I wouldn’t live. Little did they know, I was a little warrior who wasn’t going to give up.”
“It’s lying in bed for days at a time in complete darkness. You can’t concentrate or think because the pain is so bad. You can’t look at even a sliver of light without piercing pain. You can hardly form words or speak. Sometimes, you feel like you are actually going to pass out.”
“I don’t think a post on Instagram is going to make me lose my baby. It’s that trusting my own happiness is a whole mess of memories and emotions.”
“My emotions do not control me or what I choose to do. I can smell roses and see color.”
“I think the most beautiful thing about pregnancy and miscarriage is that each experience is unique. Whatever you’re feeling and experiencing, it’s okay. Your feelings, thoughts, and emotions are valid.”