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miscarriage

Why I feel ambivalent about Mother’s Day

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I want the roses as much as I hate them. By Leslie Stonebraker

May 4, 2022 Parenting Challenges

This is how it feels to parent through a miscarriage

snow cone on a table
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The sun was shredding us, both me and the stupid snow cone. By Mary Adkins

September 2, 2021 Parenting Challenges

I never grieved my miscarriage, and then the blender exploded

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I needed a kitchen coated in berry smoothie to finally understand what I couldn’t then. By Nicole Gulotta

June 28, 2021 Parenting Challenges

I dreamed of a boy, birthed a girl, now my child is non-binary

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I stumbled over the “they.” It felt clunky in my mouth. By Melissa Brand

May 20, 2021 Family, Parenting Challenges

When your sister has a miscarriage

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After bursting into tears, you text your brother-in-law: “Sorry, this is awkward, but make sure she doesn’t use a tampon for the bleeding.” By Lorren Lemmons

December 10, 2019 Family, Parenting Challenges

First day of school, first miscarriage

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Hearing “nonviable” is heartbreaking. Having to ignore that in front of 32 smiling second graders is even harder. By Caitlin Cherry

September 10, 2019 Parenting Challenges

Deciding what to do with our one frozen embryo

Bright blue frozen embryo with cells in the shape of a question mark
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This year is different. Maybe it’s because I’ve had the miscarriages. Maybe it’s because we both recently turned 42. By Angela Kidd

April 16, 2019 Family, Parenting Challenges

Seeing my complete family in the night sky

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Next to Orion’s Belt are two dimmer stars. These are the babies I lost, one before each of my sons. By Julia Pelly

March 28, 2019 Parenting Challenges

I had a miscarriage. This is my story.

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If my belly was round and full of baby, would I hate my body less? This body that betrayed me. By Brittany Wren

December 3, 2018 Parenting Challenges

What to expect when you are unexpecting

thin tree branches in front orange and pink sunset
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Nobody will send flowers. You don’t even have a face to conjure when you think of this child. By Maggie Downs

February 28, 2018 Parenting Challenges

How to RSVP when you are going through IVF

drawing of lots of colored lenvelopes
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Sorry, can’t make it to the sorority reunion. My thermometer says I’m ovulating!
By Amy Klein

April 13, 2017 Family, Obstacles, Parenting Challenges

In the moment of miscarriage

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I can’t imagine spreading my legs and letting doctors make quick work of this loss.
By Nicole Piasecki

January 12, 2017 Parenting Challenges

Winter is here, but my baby is not

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I’m postpartum. Without a newborn. At 20 weeks of pregnancy, my baby didn’t make it.
By Jenn Press Arata

December 6, 2016 Parenting Challenges

The journey of pregnancy after miscarriage

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The #IHadAMiscarriage campaign was launched to de-stigmatize pregnancy loss.
By Jessica Zucker

October 13, 2016 Family, Parenting Challenges

Fertility is not a competitive sport

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I was ashamed of my pregnancy losses. I felt I had been kicked out of some elite club of women with impeccably functioning wombs.
By Stephanie Sprenger

July 21, 2016 Parenting Challenges

Mom after miscarriage

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After infertility, she’s not the parent she thought she’d be.
By Amy Klein

July 12, 2016 Parenting Challenges
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