by Ali | Jun 16, 2017 | Baby Loss, Blog
One thing I have learned in the last three weeks is that grief does not behave as you would expect. Things that I have been anxious about and spent a lot of mental and emotional energy preparing for were not the big deal I had made them out to be… While many other...
by Ali | Jun 13, 2017 | Baby Loss, Blog, Motherhood
I’m a funny woman… For as long as I can remember, I couldn’t wait to experience birth. I have always been enchanted with pregnancy and birth and my mother spoke so positively about her birth experiences that I couldn’t wait to experience labor and delivery myself....
by Ali | Jun 11, 2017 | Baby Loss, Blog
I am no stranger to death. Between personal family losses and working as a nurse for the last 10 years I have attempted to thwart, seen, and touched death on numerous occasions. I have cried for those I have lost and cried with those left behind after a loved...
by Ali | Jun 7, 2017 | Baby Loss, Blog
What postpartum course would be complete without some body issues? Before, I was prepared for and excited about my postpartum body. After all… I grew a human and was going to be nourishing him from my my ample nutrient stores. I definitely felt huge, but I...
by Ali | Jun 5, 2017 | Baby Loss, Blog
Over the last year and a half my life largely consisted of working full time and going to school full time so my hobbies all fell by the wayside. Now that I find myself a new mother without her child this void is greater than I ever could have imagined. In...
by Ali | Jun 3, 2017 | Baby Loss, Blog
Yesterday was tough. Let’s be real, every day is tough… Getting out of bed each day takes more strength and courage than I ever knew I had, and that is just the start of my day. That said, yesterday was particularly tough because we had to go and run...
by Ali | Jun 1, 2017 | Baby Loss, Blog
Everyone I have talked to has said that there is no question that I am and always will be a mother. And in the sense that I carried my baby to term, delivered him, and cared for him for two and a half days, yes, I am a mother… but… I will never breastfeed...
