Mother's Day can be difficult as a mama who is pregnant after loss. It's a day in which she is reminded of what she does not have. The sight of a newborn cradled in its mother's arms reminds her of the baby she never held. The social media images of mothers with their children remind The post Supporting the Mama Who is Pregnant After Loss on Mother’s Day appeared first on Pregnancy After Loss Support ..read more

I’ve started letting a wider circle of the people around me know that I am pregnant, and the immediate response has been, “I’m so happy for you, that’s so exciting!” “You’ve made it so far!” “I’ll be praying for you.” The love and support is wonderful. But how do you acknowledge the hope and joy The post Bridget’s Bump Day, Blog Week 14: A Little Less Cautious, A Little More Optimistic appeared first on Pregnancy After Loss Support ..read more

I am so glad I’m not going past 37 weeks. I'm tired, achy and in pain, hungry all the time, but eating too much is painful… the countdown is well and truly on. Three more checkups, three more weekends to try and fill, three more weeks of counting down the days, the hours. Author's The post Issy’s Bump Day Updates, Week 34: Baby steps will get us there appeared first on Pregnancy After Loss Support ..read more

It has been a pretty smooth week, so I have been reflecting on how we got here. When I first started on this journey of loss, I was angry. I didn’t understand why this was happening to us as a couple and to me personally. The first one we thought, "Wow, this really stinks, what The post Bridget’s Bump Day Blog, Week 13: Surround Yourself with People and Things that Give You Hope appeared first on Pregnancy After Loss Support ..read more

I’ve been trying to find a definition of hope. I know, this sounds like the start of a bad wedding speech - “the dictionary definition of love…”. But truthfully I worry that my last few updates have strayed a bit too far on the side of fear and negativity. I click back to the PALS The post Issy’s Bump Day Blog, Week 33: Making room for hope again appeared first on Pregnancy After Loss Support ..read more

My boyfriend and I have been together going on six years as of 2024. We’ve been through the worst and yet, the absolute best as of 2023, when our life forever changed due to our rainbow baby boy being born. In 2020, I experienced my first miscarriage. I hadn't made it to an ultrasound yet, The post Chosen: A Rainbow Birth Story appeared first on Pregnancy After Loss Support ..read more

Spring is here. Last spring, I was so ready for the winter blues of two consecutive losses to go away, and seeing the new buds of flowers and leaves and green grass had given me the hope I needed for a future healthy pregnancy. Little did I know we would go on to experience a The post Bridget’s Bump Day Blog Week 12: Spring (and the bump) is here appeared first on Pregnancy After Loss Support ..read more

I received a well-meaning text the other day: “Praying for you for peace, perseverance, and trust.” I wanted to reply, trust in what? Trust in God, in the universe, that neither of them would be so cruel as to let a second baby die? I’m part of the baby loss world, I’ve read the saddest The post Issy’s Bump Day Blog, Week 32: Please let me be scared appeared first on Pregnancy After Loss Support ..read more

Before ever knowing I would be a weekly Bump Day Blog writer, I started keeping a running list of thoughts in a note on my phone. For anyone who is curious about what it’s like inside the head of someone who is newly pregnant after loss, this may offer some insight: One little faint line. The post Bridget’s Bump Day Blog Week 11: The Tug of War Inside My Head appeared first on Pregnancy After Loss Support ..read more

Baby Leo entered the world on February 1st, 2024, but his story began three years before. Back when I didn’t know what a missed miscarriage was. Back when I never imagined having a baby would require me to go under anesthesia five times or have my husband poke my stomach with hormone injections night after The post Pregnancy After Recurrent Loss: Leo the Lion appeared first on Pregnancy After Loss Support ..read more