All I Heard Was 'Fetal Demise'
Image Credit: Julie Peck On Monday, August 15, 2022, I went if for my 17-week prenatal checkup. No heartbeat could be found. All I can...
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Meredith Bult
- Jun 29
- 3 min
Baby Boy, There's a Part of You Here With Me
Photo Credit: Meredith Bult To My Sweet Boy: We had been trying to get pregnant for over a year, had two miscarriages, and got no...
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Mandy Geiger-Long
- May 5
- 7 min
I Will Always Say I Had a Son
Photo Credit: Mandy Geiger-Long Today is my son's due date—just another date now in a sea of dates to be dreaded and abhorred, a day that...
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Angie Andrade
- Apr 11
- 3 min
She is Our Heavenly Flower
Photo Credit: Angie Andrade On Sunday, April 11, 2021, my boyfriend, Jose, and I found out we were pregnant. It was our 5th year...
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Sacha Shepherd
- Apr 7
- 4 min
I Carry Her Ashes Wherever I Go
Photo Credit: Sacha Shepherd I went for my anatomy scan on November 23, 2021, where I found out my daughter was very growth restricted. I...
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Amanda Loecker
- Mar 17
- 5 min
Our Daughter Exists Only in Our Memory
Photo Credit: Amanda Loecker My husband and I recently found out we were expecting our second child together (my third—my son from a...
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Nicola Dolden
- Feb 28
- 3 min
I Will Always Love My Babies
Photo Credit: Nicola Dolden Our daughter Rudy's heart suddenly stopped beating at 18 weeks. She was born silently into the world on...
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Akane Noma
- Feb 22
- 3 min
He Will Be in Our Hearts Forever
Photo Credit: Akane Noma It was supposed to be one exciting day of my third pregnancy. I was going for my 15-week check up, and if I’d...
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Mariah Copeland
- Feb 11
- 2 min
We'll Carry You In Our Hearts
Photo Credit: Mariah Copeland Mary-Kate, The first time I laid my eyes on you, you were but a teeny tiny embryo growing in a dish. I...
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Vashti Hieb
- Feb 8
- 1 min
He Was Too Little To Survive
Photo Credit: Vashti Hieb After 10 years of trying, including five failed IUI treatments, one failed IVF cycle, and one chemical...
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Ria Blom
- Jan 8
- 3 min
It's Confusing to Grieve Someone You've Never Met
Photo Credit: Ria Blom To My Baby, I remember the feeling that enveloped me when I found out about you. The joy that bubbled up inside me...
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Bam Davenport
- Dec 10, 2021
- 2 min
Another Baby Won't Replace Her
Photo Credit: Bam Davenport I'm sitting in my OB office, awaiting my third and fourth blood draws after a failed glucose challenge test....
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Mirian Martinez
- Dec 3, 2021
- 2 min
You Were Supposed to Be in My Arms
Photo Credit: Mirian Martinez Dear Lanny Escalona, I waited for you. It felt like forever, but was five years to be exact. I wished upon...
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Meagan Donaldson
- Nov 4, 2021
- 3 min
She Couldn't Stay, But She is Always With Me
Editor's note: This post is an excerpt from the book Still a Mum: A story of modern grief and life after loss. Photo Credit: Meagan...
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Daisy Franco
- Oct 26, 2021
- 2 min
We Think of Our Baby Boy Every Day
Photo Credit: Daisy Franco We had been together for 10 years, married for 4, before we decided to start a family. We actually thought we...
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Lacey Kallay
- Oct 4, 2021
- 3 min
They Passed Away in Our Arms
Photo Credit: Lacey Kallay I had my anatomy scan at 21 weeks instead of 20 weeks because it was too close to the start of the school year...
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Lianne Alizadeh
- Sep 22, 2021
- 4 min
I Wonder If An Ultrasound Could Have Saved Her
Photo Credit: Lianne Alizadeh After a 10 year infertility journey, 12 surgeries, 2 rounds of fresh IVF, 3 frozen embryo transfers and 7...
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Sandra Gutierrez
- Sep 11, 2021
- 3 min
I Hope He Felt Our Love
Photo Credit: Sandra Gutierrez My husband and I found out I was pregnant with our first little baby the night of April 30. I was so happy...
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Maria Andrews
- Sep 11, 2021
- 2 min
My Baby, I Had to Let You Go
I fell pregnant for the second time in November 2016. I had already had a healthy baby girl. I was so excited to be expanding my little...
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Katelyn Lee
- Sep 10, 2021
- 2 min
Even Though Our Time Was Short, I'd Do It All Over Again
Photo Credit: Katelyn Lee It was my first pregnancy, and even though my husband and I were nervous, we were excited. Everything had been...
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