Grieve:
Articles to help you acknowledge and process the emotions associated with miscarriage and pregnancy loss.
15 normal emotions after miscarriage and pregnancy loss
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Grief can be unnerving and shake us to the core. We may not recognize ourselves and feel like we have been taken over by the emotional monster. We are often desperate to gain some control in our lives, but emotions hit us like waves...
What you need to know about depression and pregnancy loss
When I first lost a baby I wondered if I would get lost in a sea of depression for the oncoming season. Then these words came to mind as an inner strength: ‘you have a choice'. Although I did experience sadness and frustration after that loss, I was proactive in...
What you need to know about the trauma of miscarriage and pregnancy loss
It took me four losses to realize that miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth and other pregnancy loss are always traumatic. There is always some sort of trauma involved and yet nobody ever said it out loud. My grandma’s death, when I was 14, was the first...
Why using art for healing in miscarriage and pregnancy loss works
Art is not just for artists. Using art materials as a form of expression and processing our feelings can be a powerful tool in emotion exploration. This is especially important in grief. In pregnancy loss grief where opportunities to express and engage with our...
Self-care after Miscarriage and Pregnancy Loss: My Story
I have gone through the grieving process of losing a child in utero four times but it has taken that long to believe in the need for self-care! The concept felt selfish and an unnecessary luxury but I now recognise that really it is an investment in all the people...
11 Best Books after Miscarriage and Pregnancy Loss
When I first lost a baby in 2010, I was desperate to read books about other people's stories and have them guide me through the grief process. I was living in Peru in the days before owning a Kindle, so I had to wait a long time for the books I wanted to...
10 Ways to Commemorate Your Child after Miscarriage or Pregnancy Loss
When a baby doesn’t survive beyond the womb women are left with empty arms and a space in their lives where a baby should be. Finding ways to commemorate the children that have left the earth too soon helps us acknowledge our grief and create a space for their...
Why miscarriage and pregnancy loss are so hard
Losing a child to miscarriage or pregnancy loss is one of the most difficult things to face. When a child has already been born, society and the family, including the mother and father readily recognize the loss. However, when a baby dies in the womb through...