Inspiring Stories: Healing Through Sharing

Below are some links to stories and resources I found inspiring and hopeful. I hope reading these stories about miscarriage will help you find some hope too. I will be posting links about pregnancy, miscarriage/recurrent loss and preeclampsia regularly so please return frequently for other stories and resources like these.

BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA: We Need To Talk About Miscarriage (worldmomsblog.com)
“We need to tell people when we suffer a loss. We owe them that, and we owe ourselves that, because for all we know, they need someone to talk to, too. Don’t assume that they don’t know what you’re going through, because chances are, they do.”

Finding Hope after Miscarriage (well.blogs.nytimes.com)
“Two months after I had surgery to remove my fourth pregnancy, I fell pregnant again. Just like the last time, nausea hit hard by week 5, and by week 7, we saw a tiny heartbeat. “Is it too much to ask for that heart to keep beating another 80 years?” I asked my husband, and we laughed and laughed, because we knew exactly how much that was to ask.
But a little over seven months later, I was holding our son.”

Recurrent Pregnancy Loss (www.nobiggie.net)
“As hard as this trial has been, I must admit it has had a silver lining. In fact, two. Not only have we had the opportunity to experience adoption resulting in the most adorable little boy we could ever hope to raise, but we also have our little miracle girl.”

About What Was Lost: Twenty Writers on Miscarriage, Healing, and Hope (www.amazon.com/books/dp/0452287995)
“Today, as many as one in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage. And yet, many women are surprised to find that instead of simply grieving the end of a pregnancy, they feel as if they are mourning the loss of a child. Taken aback by their sorrow, they seek solace in similar perspectives—only to find that a silence and lingering stigma surrounds the topic. Revealing a wide spectrum of experiences and perspectives, this powerful collection offers comfort and community for the millions of women (and their loved ones) who experience this all-too-common kind of loss every year.”

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