When you've experienced pregnancy loss or infertility, this is the question that rings in your head at the beginning of every new year.Continue Reading
What were the most popular posts on trishajennreads in 2019? These articles were the most viewed.Continue Reading
Events like baby showers, first and second birthdays, and holiday parties with families of little ones can be really painful for people who have experienced pregnancy loss.Continue Reading
Just because a pregnancy didn't make it to its due date, that doesn't mean the due date isn't still a significant day to the person who was pregnant. Continue Reading
It’s often said that every pregnancy is different. In the same way, every pregnancy loss is different. How do you grieve for a person that you never met? A person who doesn’t have a birthday? A person who doesn’t have a name?Continue Reading
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
July is Bereaved Parents Month | Here are 3 ways you can support the grieving parents in your life
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Child loss is a horrible experience. It can happen at any age. From during pregnancy to when a child becomes an adult, parents will always grieve the death of their child. Here are some simple ways you can support bereaved parents in your life. Continue Reading
Will I Ever Get To Be a Mother? – The extra pain of pregnancy loss without other living children
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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
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
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