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May 15, 2020
Deep Dive: Grief support groups after pregnancy loss
Are you looking for additional grief support after miscarriage, stillbirth, or other types of pregnancy loss? Maybe your grief is fresh and raw and youre still reeling from the suffocating blow of a recent miscarriage. Or maybe youve long ago buried a secret grief, but something within is probing you to lean in closer []
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May 9, 2020
I See You, Mother
I see youthe one flattened by the words I cant find a heartbeat. I see youthe one trying and waiting and wondering how much longer you can hold on to hope. I see youthe one wondering if you have the right to grieve. I see youthe one carrying a long ago grief that still sneaks []
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What to give someone on Mother’s Day after miscarriage
Mothers Day after miscarriage (and other types of pregnancy loss) can be hard. Give someone you love a soft place to land. When I experienced my first miscarriage I had never felt so isolated, confused, and angry. I had also never felt such sadnessdeep, deep sorrow. In the aftermath of my loss, I []
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May 4, 2020
Protected: Letters to a Grieving Mom: Downloadable Audio Series for Navigating Milestones after Miscarriage
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April 27, 2020
Letters to a Grieving Mom: Open on Mother’s Day after Miscarriage
How are you feeling this Mother’s Day? Do you feel forgotten? Invisible? Lonely? Do you feel sad? Angry? Hurt? Holidays can hurt after miscarriage, stillbirth, and other forms of infertility and pregnancy loss—Mother's Day especially. May you know you're not alone. May you feel seen and remembered, valued and loved.
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October 15, 2019
How to grieve when you don’t have time to grieve
Perhaps in an ideal world we’d make it stop and take the time we need to immerse ourselves in grief and then find our way back out. But in the real world we keep folding the laundry, keep scraping together the rent, keep showing up to fellowship on Sunday, and keep holding our grief through it all. And so this is how you'll find me grieving in the whirlwind...
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October 12, 2019
Avoiding the Comparison Trap after Miscarriage and Loss
When a friend of mine experienced stillbirth a few months after my first miscarriage, it forced me to look into the eyes of my own jealousy. Yes, I just said that. I was devastated to hear her news. It triggered my own deep feelings of loss while also sending my empathy into overdrive. I did my best […]
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May 25, 2019
Yes, another loss
They couldn’t find a heartbeat and several rounds of ultrasounds confirmed she had passed away. It all happened so fast and, truthfully, I didn’t believe them at first. Did they not hear me? I felt her alive a few hours ago. I’m sure of it. Didn’t they hear me?
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May 11, 2019
Letters to a Grieving Mom: Open if you’re pregnant after miscarriage
No matter how you feel, there is grace enough for you and for your own particular journey of motherhood. You can do this. You can feel what you need to feel, grieve how you need to grieve, and still celebrate the life of your newest little one. Your sadness over what’s happened can sit side-by-side with the joy of new life. I know it feels like those things must compete but they don’t have to. You are a whole person with a whole complex range of emotions and responses...
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May 7, 2019
Letters to a Grieving Mom: Open on Mother’s Day after Miscarriage
How are you feeling this Mother’s Day? Do you feel forgotten? Invisible? Lonely? Do you feel sad? Angry? Hurt? Holidays can hurt after miscarriage, stillbirth, and other forms of infertility and pregnancy loss—Mother's Day especially. May you know you're not alone. May you feel seen and remembered, valued and loved.
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