Five Powerful Songs to Listen to When Grieving
After my miscarriage I found myself struggling to find the words to describe how I felt. I was filled with feelings of anger, sadness, confusion and shame. I was navigating grief completely foreign to me and was at a loss as to how to explain it to my loved ones. One thing I knew for […]
Why it’s so hard to move forward after a miscarriage
I ordered a “big brother” shirt for my son the very day I found out I was pregnant. I got pregnant with him quickly and had a normal, healthy pregnancy. Why would this one be any different? It was different. And so was the pregnancy that followed. It never even occurred to me that I […]
Why you shouldn’t wait to tell people you’re pregnant
There’s this idea that you should wait until after the first trimester to announce to the world that you’re pregnant. I’ve heard it for as long as I can remember. I was told that this way, if you miscarry, you won’t have to go back and tell everyone. With my first pregnancy, I followed the […]
Why It’s So Hard To Talk About Miscarriages
If a close friend of yours came to you and said, “I’m going through something really difficult and I could use a friend”, what would you do? You’d drop everything to be there for them right? So why then, don’t we allow people to do the same for us? I didn’t know how to talk […]