How did I get here?

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I made the jump from blogging privately to a public forum with my grief blog.  I wanted to share what I’d been through with my losses on the off chance that someone out there who was going through the same thing would be helped by knowing they weren’t alone. When I lost Raime in 2001, [...]

If I had a 6 year old…

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If I had a six year old right now, I probably wouldn’t have the twins, or Bacon. When Aaron and I decided to have one last baby, we planned on that child being about 2 years apart from Mia who was born in October of 2004.  We started trying at the end of 2005/beginning of [...]

Elora’s Birthday

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It’s been six years and I still wonder why we had to lose her. It was less than 24 hours for her to go from doing great to dead. When your baby is born weighing only a pound and an ounce, you know it’s going to be a long haul in the NICU. The doctors [...]

Let’s Talk About Dead Babies.

I recently read a great blog post written by a fellow dead baby mom and shared it on my blog’s Facebook wall.  I was flamed and called “really f*&ked up” by a reader.  Thinking it over, I understand that not everyone agrees with the phrase, but it is what it is.  I think part of [...]

News & Social Media, Part 2

Continuing on from my previous post, let’s focus on pregnancy announcements. I know a few bloggers, like my friend Maria, who are open about their attempts in trying to conceive a baby. She frequently blogs about where she is in her cycle, what meds she’s on, and even intercourse timing and cervical mucus. For her [...]

Pregnancy ‘April Fools’ Announcements

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Many of us saw a wave of fake pregnancy announcements on Facebook yesterday.  And while to some they may be funny, there’s a huge community of women out there that find them offensive or just plain hurtful. I know the vast majority of people who play the pregnancy joke aren’t doing it to be mean [...]