Category: recurrent miscarriage
-
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.
-
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.
-
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…
-
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.
-
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.
-
Events
I try to manage my rage and distress while managing the physical side of a miscarriage.
-
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.
-
Denial
Managing a miscarriage when there is so little guidance or support is traumatic and grisly. With hormones raging and my heart breaking I try to explain how badly I handled this one.
-
How it ends
A scan once more with all the fears it presents for someone so used to them being the portent for bad news.
Between the pink lines 