How Abortion Bans Affect Women Who Want Their PregnanciesFour months into my third pregnancy, far enough along that I’d managed to quiet the anxiety I’d felt in the wake of two previous losses, I…Jan 6, 2022Jan 6, 2022
It’s Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month. Here are 10 things I want people to be aware of.October is Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month and, as someone who had four pregnancy losses, I’ve been thinking about what this means…Oct 12, 2021Oct 12, 2021
How Pregnancy Loss Affected My Stance on AbortionYou might think that because I lost four pregnancies, I would be opposed to abortion. After all, I considered each of those pregnancies a…Sep 10, 2021Sep 10, 2021
Surviving Mother’s Day after Pregnancy LossA few weeks after my sister gave birth to her third son, and a few weeks before Mother’s Day, I lost my first and only son in the second…May 3, 2021May 3, 2021
The Problem with New Zealand’s Miscarriage Leave LegislationOn March 25, every major news outlet ran a headline announcing New Zealand’s approved legislation granting women (and their partners)…Apr 6, 2021Apr 6, 2021
Stop Calling My Uterus Irritable: Changing the Language of Pregnancy LossWith more women sharing their stories, the conversation around pregnancy loss is livelier than ever before. This is step one-breaking the…Apr 2, 20211Apr 2, 20211
How Not to Hate Your Husband After Having a MiscarriageHere’s the truth: I lost four pregnancies, and after each one, I hated my husband.Mar 25, 2021Mar 25, 2021