Support for Home Stillbirth
Mothers who have endured pregnancy losses make up a demographic that is largely misunderstood and as a consequence, poorly supported. Within this demographic, are different,
Mothers who have endured pregnancy losses make up a demographic that is largely misunderstood and as a consequence, poorly supported. Within this demographic, are different,
Heather discovered in her 16th week of pregnancy that her son, Grayson, had Anencephaly. Her providers gave her the option to terminate the pregnancy, but
Pregnancy and infant loss mothers, stillbirthday wants your feedback. May is Pregnancy Awareness Month here in the US, and so we here at stillbirthday would
A full term pregnancy lasts approximately 280 days. Childbirth, for a first time mother, lasts approximately 24-36 hours. It lasts even less for subsequent births.
What is a pregnancy loss? “Miscarriages are labor, miscarriages are birth. To consider them less dishonors the woman whose womb has held life, however briefly.”
The smallest person ever to be born was just about the size of a period at the end of a sentance Amazing, isn’t it? And
I recently read an extremely biased and negative article regarding public grieving. In this article, the author made it clear that her view is that
As a new loss mom, I faced many opinions from others, about what my loss meant, how I could have prevented it, how I couldn’t
As if grief isn’t hard enough, the logistical and practical factors intrude into our safe space, demanding that our most vulnerable experience be gazed at
I have long believed that there is spiritual warfare in pregnancy. Satan cannot create life, and so why wouldn’t he be jealous of pregnancy? It
Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of suffering.
Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay. Right now, today, we are still alive, and our bodies are working marvelously. Our eyes can still see the beautiful sky. Our ears can still hear the voices of our loved ones.
People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.
You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
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