In Honor of National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Day, I am posting a blog I wrote a few years ago on this subject:
“A friend of mine posted this on her Facebook wall this week and I thought I would share it with you. “This is the week we remember all babies born sleeping, or whom we have carried but never met, or those we have held but could not take home, or the ones who came home but could not stay. Baby loss is still a taboo subject. Break the silence.” I would like to break the silence.
I had a miscarriage before I became pregnant with my older son. The statement my friend posted resonated with me, because she’s right. We tend not to talk about it.
At first I didn’t talk about it because I was so sad. The moment we find out we are pregnant, we often fall instantly in love and create a whole life in our minds for this child that we have yet to meet. And when they’re gone we miss them. We grieve for them. Then I didn’t talk about it because I was embarrassed. Is something wrong with me? Then, when I got pregnant again, I did not want to “jinx” anything. And after that, I decided it was better left unsaid.”
So today, let’s honor all our fellow mom “sisters” who have lost babies they’ve met in person and all of us who have lost babies we’ve met only in our hearts.
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