By Alex Temblador The “M” word — miscarriage. It’s a scary ordeal for any prospective parent to face, especially since 10 to 20 pregnancies end in miscarriage. Often, articles and blogs focus on how women deal with miscarriages — whether it be the emotional or physical toll it takes on them and their bodies. However, […]
Putting Fertility Into Perspective
By Lex Jacobson I’ve been thinking a lot lately about fertility. Since I’ve become pregnant, two of my good friends have also shared pregnancy news, as well as three colleagues in my relatively small office. So far, I’ll be the first to give birth, if everyone goes full-term. I honestly don’t know what I’d do […]
The Mourning and Grief After a Miscarriage
By: Rachael Moshman/ Rachaelmoshman.com One moment I was lying in bed, calmly reading a novel. Then the main character became pregnant and I snapped. I got up and searched through my jewelry box for the pointiest pin I could find. I pulled out a large, vintage yellow daisy pin. I grabbed the condoms from […]
Grief after Miscarriage
By: Hollye Dexter This January, I somehow managed to get pregnant again, at forty-seven years old. I “felt” it, even as I went about my travels to Arizona, to Texas…but convinced myself it couldn’t be so. Surely I had missed my period because I was at that certain age. Just to assure myself, when I […]
India Bound
We’re Pregnant
By: Heather Somaini We’re pregnant – pretty amazing words. I was finally able to say them…out loud. We were pregnant. It even sounds cool today five years later. We were so excited. Elated…it had finally happened. It only took six vials of our donor, one operation, and some drugs, but it worked! We told my […]