by Ali | Jul 5, 2017 | Baby Loss, Blog, Motherhood
Yesterday marked Logan’s 6-week birthday. Among the Fourth of July festivities Brian and I paused together at 8:28pm (the time Logan was born) to look at pictures, reminisce, and share in our love for him. I so wish that we could have shared fireworks with him....
by Ali | Jun 24, 2017 | Baby Loss, Blog
All I can say is… What a week! We went into Father’s Day expecting that it would be difficult; it was Brian’s first Father’s Day and Logan had been gone for just over three weeks. What we didn’t expect, was for the following days to be difficult too. I have now dubbed...
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...
