Between the pink lines

Hope. Loss. Love.

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  • June 12, 2024

    Heartbeats

    A racing heart  I find myself idly – or obsessively, depending on how you look at it – flicking through the Fitbit app on my phone. I should be working but I feel distracted. Or I’m the kind of person who’s easily distracted, depending on how you look at it. I notice my resting heart…

  • January 10, 2024

    Stars

    For the first time in 5 pregnancies, 4 of which have ended in miscarriage, I receive some answers. The peace that descends is unexpected. The power of knowledge to help us accept and heal is clear.

  • November 29, 2023

    The good things

    There is an impending void when my daughter starts school next year. What I thought would be filled with another baby needs to be filled with something else. Instead of a void, I see possibility, opportunity, potential.

  • October 17, 2023

    A ghost in both worlds

    The conversation trap  I find myself at a birthday party in the middle of a conversation  concerning a couple’s second pregnancy. They have recently found out that they are having another boy. With little to offer to the conversation I sit quietly, hoping I will eventually evaporate, or a natural opportunity to stand up and…

  • August 24, 2023

    A love letter

    This is a love letter to the baby who never was, whose existence is confined to these words and my memory. For the little ones who never came home.

  • August 5, 2023

    One and Done

    Not every one-child family is formed through choice. Society often forgets that every family has their own story. Here’s some of mine.

  • August 1, 2023

    Numbers

    If you’re dealing with fertility and miscarriage the chances are you’ll have a lot of numbers and statistics thrown at you. Here are some of mine.

  • July 6, 2023

    The tangled web

    The 12 week rule leaves many of us stranded when fate conspires against us. With no pregnancy to announce, we find ourselves battling between sharing our sad truth or keeping it hidden. But what about the white lies you might already have told?

  • June 27, 2023

    Events

    I try to manage my rage and distress while managing the physical side of a miscarriage.

  • June 21, 2023

    Perspective

    While this blog is largely about my all-consuming distress around pregnancy loss, I know there are worse things happening in the world. This just happens to be the worst thing happening in my world right now.

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