“We may take baby steps, but please wait for us to come back.”
- Love What Matters
- Grief
- Loss of Child
“We may take baby steps, but please wait for us to come back.”
“This year on Bereaved Mother’s Day, I received no texts or calls. No flowers or cards.”
“He didn’t withdraw from friends or family. He didn’t talk about wanting to hurt himself. I don’t have any answers, but I want to make sure this doesn’t happen to anyone else.”
“Though you may feel alone in your miscarriage, the opposite is true. There is an entire community willing to open up about the hard details of their miscarriages.”
“That loss can seem impossible to navigate. But in your darkest moments, know that you are not alone.”
“We aren’t tending a wound that will go away over time. As we grow, our grief grows with us.”
“We sat anxiously discussing nursery themes, names, and how long it was taking. My husband was ready with his phone to record our baby’s heartbeat, but the tech kept asking odd questions. ‘Is something wrong?’ I see my husband put away his phone and the tech goes to get a nurse for a ‘second opinion.'”
“It felt hard to breathe that week. Breathing reminded me of the breaths my babies never took. Three babies I would never meet.”
“My baby was so very still inside me. I wasn’t crying, I was just in shock and rubbing my belly.”
“Grieving mothers deserve medical care that makes them feel truly cared for.”