Pregnancy Loss

One Year Later: My Stillbirth Story

Trisha / July 26, 2019

This day last year was the first of the two worst days of my life. It's been a year and I thought it might be healing for me and helpful for others to hear my story. Many women share their birth stories. Mine however, is a stillbirth story. It's a birth story without the happy ending.Continue Reading

Will I Ever Get To Be a Mother? – The extra pain of pregnancy loss without other living children

Trisha / May 9, 2019

Every time a person loses a pregnancy, she loses that child. And when she doesn’t have any living children, she also loses the dream of being a mother.Continue Reading

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“Do you have kids?” How to Answer After Pregnancy Loss

Trisha / March 6, 2019

Less than a month after my son was stillborn, I was asked this question again. And it nearly broke me. My mind went whirling as I tried to quickly and simultaneously figure out what to say and how to not burst into hardcore sobbing.Continue Reading

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“At Least You Know You Can Get Pregnant” – and why this consolation is not helpful

Trisha / February 27, 2019

I've heard the consolation "at least you know you can get pregnant" many times. Here's why it's not helpful but actually quite hurtful and what to say instead.Continue Reading

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A Letter to My Pregnant Friend

Trisha / February 14, 2019

Since my son's was stillborn, ten of my friends have announced pregnancies. Many of them have told me that they feel bad that they are pregnant and I'm not, that they feel guilty about how unfair it is that they are getting a baby or another baby before I get a living one. This is my letter to those beautiful mamas.Continue Reading

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It’s okay to be angry after pregnancy loss

Trisha / January 16, 2019

Pregnancy loss is not fair. Your baby died. It's okay to be angry about that. Continue Reading

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10 Ways to Honour a Baby Lost in Miscarriage or Stillbirth

Trisha / December 24, 2018

Throughout the year, and especially at holidays and significant dates, it can be healing to do something to honour a baby who was lost in a miscarriage or a stillbirth. Here are some ways you can honour a baby lost in miscarriage or stillbirth.Continue Reading

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A Song for the Stillborn – Robert Munsch’s Love You Forever

Trisha / November 28, 2018

I've never really liked Love You Forever. The song was pretty, but the story was a little weird to me. Robert Munsch's work is mostly silly and quirky and fun. And this book just never fit for me. But then I read about where the song came from.Continue Reading

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Mamas, Please Stop Complaining About Your Kids on Social Media

Trisha / November 9, 2018

Being a mom is hard. But please, for the sake of us who would love to have those problems but who didn't get to keep our babies, stop complaining about your kids on social media.Continue Reading

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5 Questions You Need to Stop Asking Pregnant Women

Trisha / October 24, 2018

Here are five questions you need to stop asking the pregnant women that you know or meet. They are strange, personal questions. You never know what someone’s journey with pregnancy has been. And it’s never your right to know. So, please, stop asking.Continue Reading

One Year Later: My Stillbirth Story

Will I Ever Get To Be a Mother? – The extra pain of pregnancy loss without other living children

“At Least You Know You Can Get Pregnant” – and why this consolation is not helpful

A Letter to My Pregnant Friend

It’s okay to be angry after pregnancy loss

10 Ways to Honour a Baby Lost in Miscarriage or Stillbirth

A Song for the Stillborn – Robert Munsch’s Love You Forever

5 Questions You Need to Stop Asking Pregnant Women

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