Posts Tagged ‘pregnancy after loss’
Ten Years Later: Reflections, Memories and Hope
By: Vicki Kiefer, Share Accounting Manager Ten years ago, seven months after our second early pregnancy loss, my husband and I attended our first Share Walk for Remembrance and Hope. I don’t remember much of what was said at the memorial service, and that year we had not yet included our babies’ names to…
Read MoreThings We Wish Others Understood About Grief And Child Loss
By: Sabrina Ivy Death invaded our lives in a way that has irrevocably changed us. We can never go back to who we were before. We are painfully aware of how different we are now. We know what death looks like on our child. We know what death smells like. We know what death feels…
Read MoreWhat We Keep In Our Hearts
By: JoAnn Cantrell It was a cold day in April when our infant twin boys arrived too soon, after I had carried them nearly six months. Ironically, it was the same time of year that the crocuses were making their comeback after a harsh winter. Like the flowers, my babies were early in blooming, yet…
Read MoreMeasuring The Impact: A Share Chapter’s Story
By: Rebecca Hirst A Share Chapter Leader shares the story of impacting their rural community with support for pregnancy and infant loss. Mr. & Mrs. Rich George, members of Share support group in DeKalb, IL, know from personal experience that, “There is no foot too small that it cannot leave an imprint on this world.”…
Read MoreMommy, Interrupted: Surviving 3 Lost Pregnancies
What I’ve Learned From Surviving 3 Lost Pregnancies By: Tori Johnson-Jones, as told to Anthonia Akitunde I knew that motherhood was a title that I wanted to have in my lifetime. I had already been with my husband for some time, and I knew that he would be a great teacher for whatever children we…
Read MoreIs This Your First?
By Maria Paredes, PhD, LPCS Brave Momma, The one in prenatal yoga tonight with a 12 week flat belly. Your first time coming. I see you. I started going to the classes around the same time during my 3rd and 4th pregnancies. 11 or 12 weeks pregnant. I went each week. Rarely…
Read MoreSharing Caroline
By: Julia Henry After months of discussion and consideration, we made a parenting non-decision. We would spend December 12 as we have for the last 8 years, and if it seemed to make sense to share our story with the girls for the first time during that day, then we would. If not, then we…
Read MoreOur Rainbow Story
By: Andrea Kintz My husband and I are on a timely trend of life events. We had our first date. Nine months later, we got engaged. Nine months later, we got married. Nine months later, we got pregnant. Nine months later, we lost our first child. Nine months later, we became pregnant with our second…
Read More365 Days Post Exhalation
By: Nora Lafata Three weeks ago I Googled “Rainbow Birthday Party.” Streamers. Polka dots. Lollipops. Cakes and cupcakes and salsa and food coloring, and lots and lots of chevron. I realize none of that is what’s important. Still as we sang to him, I couldn’t help but notice the reds and deep blues and yellows…
Read MoreHow Do You Welcome A New Baby?
By: Christina Rearick How could anyone experience anything but joy when a new baby is born into their family? The answer is quite simple, when they have endured the loss of such a tiny and most precious life. Years ago, when I lost my very first baby to polycystic ovarian syndrome, my entire world seemed…
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