Mandy Geiger-Long May 67 minI Will Always Say I Had a SonPhoto 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...
Amanda LoeckerMar 175 minOur Daughter Exists Only in Our MemoryPhoto Credit: Amanda Loecker My husband and I recently found out we were expecting our second child together (my third—my son from a...
Akane NomaFeb 223 minHe Will Be in Our Hearts ForeverPhoto 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...
Bam DavenportDec 10, 20212 minAnother Baby Won't Replace HerPhoto Credit: Bam Davenport I'm sitting in my OB office, awaiting my third and fourth blood draws after a failed glucose challenge test....
Meagan DonaldsonNov 4, 20213 minShe Couldn't Stay, But She is Always With MeEditor'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...
Katelyn LeeSep 11, 20212 minEven Though Our Time Was Short, I'd Do It All Over AgainPhoto Credit: Katelyn Lee It was my first pregnancy, and even though my husband and I were nervous, we were excited. Everything had been...
Aimee Johncock Aug 30, 20212 minI Will Make Sure My Baby's Name is RememberedPhoto Credit: Aimee Johncock When I was 20 weeks pregnant with Rossie, a scan showed that our baby didn't have any fluid around him. We...
Kara WalkerAug 18, 20212 minOur Time Together Was Short, But I'm So Glad He Made Us ParentsPhoto Credit: Kara Walker We found out about our angel on May 9, 2021—Mother's Day. We’d been trying to have a baby for two years and...
Angel BeaverAug 13, 20212 minI Wasn't Prepared to Say Goodbye to My BabyPhoto Credit: Angel Beaver This is our sweet, perfect baby boy Beckett. Our pregnancy was going well until it wasn't anymore. I had mild...
Kirby CarltonJul 28, 20211 minI Can't Understand Why I Lost My BabyPhoto Credit: Kirby Carlton May 16, 2021, started out as a normal day. . .until it wasn't. I was working and having severe hip pain. I...
Mary GravesJul 28, 20212 minThe Only Thing He Knew Was LovePhoto Credit: Mary Graves Our story started on January 29, 2021—the night we found out we were expecting. I had an IUD at the time, which...
Jennifer Valentin SanchezJul 28, 20212 minEvery Day Without My Baby Boy Is HarderPhoto by: Jennifer Valentin Sanchez It has been 100 days since I said goodbye to my son. There is something incredibly freeing about...
Angie AlbaughJul 4, 20212 minOur Baby Boy Came Home in an UrnPhoto Credit: Angie Albaugh Three months before I found out I was pregnant with our son Elliot, we suffered our first loss—our son Avery...
Michaela EricksonJun 16, 20212 minI Will Always Wonder About My Baby BoyPhoto Credit: Michaela Erickson At 21-years-old, I was told I would never be able to have children. And that if I did, my chances of...
Alexis GriffinJun 9, 20212 minI Miss My Baby Boy Every DayPhoto 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...
Rhiannon HillJun 7, 20211 minI Feel My Baby Girl's Presence EverywhereThis is a very short version of my journey with Charlie-Joy, my second daughter and third love of my life. Photo Credit: Rhiannon Hill...
Sanda RathamoneJun 3, 20212 minOur Family Still Feels IncompletePhoto Credit: Sanda Rathamone We had just reached twenty weeks, a huge milestone in our first pregnancy, at which time we learned that we...
Shannon MurrayApr 27, 20212 minThree of My Babies Are in HeavenPhoto 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...
Heather LallyApr 21, 20213 minI Lost My Baby and I'm Talking About ItPhoto Credit: Heather Lally I don’t really know how to start this. I personally find it so much easier talking about my experience...
Jenny AlbersApr 8, 20213 minI Will Always Wonder Who My Baby Would Have BeenPhoto Credit: Jenny Albers It sounds naïve now, but I’d never even heard of preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) until I...