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Anencephaly Devastated Us, Yet Grief Coexists With Joy
We were told our baby girl had a severe neural tube defect called anencephaly and she likely wouldn’t survive birth, if she even made it that far.
Emmy Brandon
Jul 163 min read
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Hearing the Words 'No Heartbeat' Felt Like Our World Ended
Easton was born sleeping at 5:43 a.m.
Kayla Patton
Jul 92 min read
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7 Things Loss Moms Grieve After Pregnancy Loss
And we know we are missing so much more than just an "idea."

jennystillloved
Oct 20, 20233 min read
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There Are Two Where There Should Be Three
We waited for you for 40 weeks, Ivar Macharia Muturi. Photo Credit: Clare Moraa On October 26, 2021, at 9:00 a.m., our baby boy was born....
Clare Moraa
Apr 21, 20222 min read
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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....
Bam Davenport
Dec 10, 20212 min read
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22 Songs to Help Grieving Parents Cope
Music can play a powerful role in our lives. It can help us to process our experiences. It can help to lift our spirits when we are...
Still Loved
Aug 11, 20212 min read
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When You Have a Wonderful Pregnancy, But Have to Say Goodbye
Photo Credit: Julia Williams Other than first trimester migraines, you have a wonderful pregnancy and your baby passes all check ups with...
Julia Williams
Jun 16, 20213 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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Father's Day Isn't Always Happy
Father's Day is no doubt a celebratory occasion for many, but it's not always a happy day. Not for the father who is missing a baby....
Still Loved
Jun 1, 20213 min read
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Baby Girl, Today is the Day You Took Your Last Breath
Image Credit: Corchele Smith Dear Breklyn, Today you would have been 5 years old. Today is also the day where you took your last breath...
Corchele Smith
Jun 1, 20212 min read
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Bereaved Mothers Are Everywhere—Let's Honor Them Too
Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash Bereaved mothers are everywhere. But it wasn’t until I became one myself that I realized this...
Still Loved
May 2, 20213 min read
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I Had a Miscarriage, But Our Baby Mattered
Photo Credit: Molly Allen I found out I was pregnant in November 2020. It was my first pregnancy and would be mine and my fiancé, Matt’s,...
Molly Allen
Apr 15, 20214 min read
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My Child, You Left With a Piece of Me
Image Credit: Stephanie (Anonymous) There are no words to describe a loss of something that hadn’t had the chance to be There are no...
Stephanie
Apr 13, 20212 min read
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I'm Hopeful I Will Mother a Living Baby Soon
Photo submitted anonymously and shared with permission It was wasn’t exactly planned. My pregnancy, that is. But I was so excited when I...
Anonymous
Apr 11, 20213 min read
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How Much Loss Can Two People Take?
Photo Credit: Nicola Dolden At eighteen-weeks pregnant, I booked a private scan to see our cheeky little girl. Though we only had two...
Nicola Dolden
Mar 29, 20214 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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There Would Be Babies, Just Not Mine
Photo Credit: Jenny Albers I shuffled across the carpet of the hospital waiting room in search of my husband and young daughter. At the...
Jenny Albers
Feb 20, 20213 min read
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My Baby Girl Was There, And Then She Wasn't
Photo Credit: Bam Davenport On the day before my 34th birthday, my husband was working out of town. When he got home, I told him I'd been...
Bam Davenport
Feb 19, 20211 min read
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Losing My Baby Girl Is The Worst Thing That's Happened
Photo Credit: Sara Colley It was a planned pregnancy and took us six months to get pregnant. At five weeks, I began bleeding on and off....
Sara Colley
Feb 19, 20213 min read
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I Lost My Baby and I'm Not Hiding It
Photo Credit: Paola Ulloa After several years of trying and going through many things, including treatments and even a surgery, on...
Paola Ulloa
Feb 19, 20213 min read
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