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There Was Silence Instead of a Heartbeat
Photo Credit: Owner of photo requests anonymity It was a Saturday and I woke up wanting to get out of the house and have a date with my...
Anonymous
Jun 8, 20213 min read
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I Miss My Baby Boy Every Day
Photo Credit: Alexis Griffin I was twenty-two weeks pregnant with my first baby. I hadn't even begun to feel pregnant until I had my...
Alexis Griffin
Jun 8, 20212 min read
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My Son's Death Made Me a Man I Never Wanted to Become
Photo by Elsa Lilja on Unsplash All I could do was hold my wife and stare at the wall. Behind me, in the NICU, an army of nurses and...
Rafael Miguel Montes
Jun 7, 20213 min read
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Our Family Still Feels Incomplete
Photo Credit: Sanda Rathamone We had just reached twenty weeks, a huge milestone in our first pregnancy, at which time we learned that we...
Sanda Rathamone
Jun 3, 20212 min read
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We Lost Our Baby Boy, But Know We'll See Him in Heaven
Photo Credit: Raechel Tomlinson I am from Idaho, but was living in California with my mom because having a hyperemesis (HG) gravidarum is...
Raechel Tomlinson
May 14, 20212 min read
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The Grief and Shock of a Heterotopic Pregnancy
Photo Credit: Jenny M. I struggled to get pregnant, but in 2016 gave birth to a healthy little girl. My husband and I are also foster...
Jenny M.
May 5, 20212 min read
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On Mother's Day, Please Acknowledge My Baby Who Died
Photo Credit: Dana Romano Tomorrow will be very different from the past six Mother’s Days I have so innocently spent with my boys....
Dana Romano
May 2, 20214 min read
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Three of My Babies Are in Heaven
Photo Credit: Shannon Murray I’ve been pregnant four times between the ages of 20 to 25. But I only have one of my children living with...
Shannon Murray
Apr 27, 20212 min read
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I Will Always Talk About the Baby Boy I Lost
Photo Credit: Jennifer Mathes My husband and I were finally ready to start trying for children in August 2020. We figured it would take a...
Jennifer Mathes
Mar 23, 20212 min read
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For My Son Who Was Born Sleeping
This was written for my little boy, Arthur Toplass, who was born sleeping. We don’t know why he died—apparently there is no explanation....
Bronwyn Toplass
Mar 11, 20212 min read
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Everything Was Moving So Quickly and My Baby Died in the Middle of It All
Photo Credit: Dana Romano Ever see a movie where the person is just standing there, and they press fast forward on everything else around...
Dana Romano
Mar 2, 20213 min read
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Losing Our Son Changed My Perspective on Miracles
When I first learned I was pregnant with our third child, I was elated! We already had two amazing little girls and had been trying for...
Aubrey Becker
Jan 31, 20213 min read
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There Was No Heartbeat, Just Silence
Photo courtesy of Kylie Brule At 39 weeks, I went into labour and something wasn’t quite right—the contractions were different. They...
Kylie Brule
Jan 28, 20212 min read
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Our Son Was Born Into Happiness With the Lord
Photo by Andrea Harris On July 12, 2020, at 4:00 p.m., our lives changed forever. Our second beautiful son, Jayce Lincoln Harris, was...
Andrea Harris
Jan 28, 20212 min read
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My Baby Boy Will Always Be a Part of Me
Photo provided by Amna Love I was so happy to find out I was pregnant with baby number three, with a due date of May 13, 2021. My...
Amna Love
Jan 28, 20212 min read
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My Son Is In the Arms of the Angels
Image provided by Kirsty Frape In March 2020 I found out I was pregnant. I told my partner over FaceTime as we were in lockdown, but we...
Kirsty Frape
Jan 28, 20212 min read
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We Have Four Children, But Hold Only Three
Photo by Victoria Hulmes We have this photo on a wall at home. It was taken by my wonderful midwife Laura, who is still in my life today....
Victoria Hulmes
Jan 28, 20214 min read
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I Wonder If We'll Ever Hold a Living Baby
Photo by Priscilla Stark Driving through rush hour on the 110 is always a mess in LA. We had just moved into our new home and traffic...
Priscilla Stark
Jan 9, 20213 min read
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Until We Meet Again, Baby Boy
Photo by Jennifer Taylor Just short of 20 weeks pregnant, our world was crushed when we found out our precious baby had a fatal condition...
Jennifer Taylor
Jan 8, 20211 min read
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Holding My Stillborn Son Was The Most Painful Moment of My Life
Photo by Nicoleta Dragut Ari wasn't planned, but he wasn't a surprise either. I got pregnant a month before we were hoping to start...
Nicoleta Dragut
Jan 8, 20215 min read
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