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You still helped your friend kill a baby.

What do you say to the women whose fetuses die in their womb and then their bodies don’t naturally abort the pregnancy? When they are told by their doctors that while many in this sad situation would next have a choice between taking a pill to complete the miscarriage or to have a surgical procedure to remove the unborn fetus, they don’t have a…

Sara OnstineApr 74 min read

Adoption Doesn’t Mean We Failed at Conceiving

People assume a great many things. I’m guilty of doing it all the time. And I…

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Amie Newman in Ask Me About My UterusOct 7, 20157 min read

Why We Need Pregnancy Loss Greeting Cards

Originally published at Role Reboot.

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K. WilliamsFeb 124 min read

My Miscarriage and My Dog

There was no Marley and Me moment (book by John Grogan, Film 2008). Friends kept telling me, they know. I watched her to see if there was any change in her behavior from the moment I had found out I was pregnant straight through the loss of that pregnancy. The plan is to only do…

Anna McDonnellOct 18, 2015

Eighteen Attempts at Writing About a Miscarriage

Alice Bradley

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This is beautiful. It’s so much of what I wish I could have put to words after I miscarried (also my second, also at 11 weeks). That baby would have been born December 18, 2015. I’m putting it down here, next to yours. Thank you for writing this.

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Gabriela TollmanMar 104 min read

He lived for 11 days

How making the film SOMEBODY’S MOTHER helped me heal from the loss of my baby Charlie.

By Gabriela Tollman

I can’t concentrate; my ears are ringing. The world around me appears in double. I don’t feel inside my body. I’m on the outside looking in. I can…

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Danielle Campoamor in Human PartsApr 30, 20155 min read

I Never Got the Chance to Meet One of My Twin Sons

I had been pushing for three consecutive hours, my…

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tinystepDec 15, 20153 min read

Coping with a miscarriage

A pregnancy doesn’t always have to be associated with a happy phase in life. There’s a side to it which not many…

Laíza Rocha NegrãoSep 12, 2015

My (heart breaking) Secret That I Wish I Had Shared

Meg Nordmann

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This is an inspiring and empowering story, thank you for sharing it. You are a strong woman and your body is a perfect machine, it knows what it’s doing. Trust yourself.

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Christopher KlingerDec 4, 20151 min read

How I Became a Mom

Lisa Sharkey

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Lisa, I’m a doctor and my wife and I have been through the same thing. Thankfully we now have a healthy child.

I’m sorry to hear that you weren’t treated with much sensitivity. I’m afraid that society at large, which sadly includes many in my profession, don’t always fully appreciate the pain of “early” miscarriages…