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Yerachmiel Lessons From Our Baby's Life
By AnonymousI remember crying and saying to my husband, that in a way it was a merit to have met such a holy neshama (soul). We don’t know why G-d does anything. But I am sure that He heard our prayers and tears, and watched with amazement... 15 Comments |  |
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Still Born
By Kelly RaeI awoke suddenly with a strange feeling of dread. Momentarily I felt as if I could not move my legs and it began to dawn on me. I had been raped... 12 Comments |  |
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The Empty Sac
By Sara Esther CrispeI watched the screen as he moved the instrument around. “Here is the sack,” he said as he pointed to a roundness appearing in the screen. He continued to search, yet had a blank expression on his face. “I’m sorry, but the sack is empty.” 23 Comments |  |
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Letting Go Dealing with Secondary Infertility
By Elana MizrahiTreatment after treatment, month after month, year after year, my womb remained empty. Nothing happened except the pain in my heart grew stronger... 11 Comments |  |
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Labors of Light and Darkness
By Robyn CuspinThe night before my routine ultrasound, I cried for two hours, as waves of sadness crashed over me, and took me deeper and deeper into a sea of grief, a grief so deep there were no words... 6 Comments |  |
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Public Property
By Robyn CuspinThis is a no man's land, a land where weight loss is truly a loss. I would happily trade places with my burgeoning neighbors, but I didn't make it to the third trimester... 1 Comment |  |
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My Son's Short But Very Meaningful Life
By Schneur and Rachi GarbIt may seem odd that I am writing such a detailed letter. But I have noticed
that it’s been very hard for people to talk about this, so I decided to step
forward on my own and tell this story... 17 Comments |  |
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Facing Infertility
By Leah Weitz-CohenMiriam told me she and her husband had been trying to conceive, but after trying for over two years - nothing had happened. At first they'd laughed it off as 'work-induced stress', but after a while they realized it was a more serious problem... 8 Comments |  |
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A Mother Without a Child
As told to Sara Esther CrispeI didn't feel any pain, even though there wasn't even enough time to give me much in the way of anesthesia. I could see her, but I hadn't yet heard her... 25 Comments |  |
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Another Kind of Baby
By Robyn CuspinSix months ago I had a late-stage miscarriage, and gave birth to a baby that had passed away in the fifth month. I got out of the hospital, and began to write... 4 Comments |  |
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Playing It Safe
By Robyn CuspinWhen tragedy finally came, these rules could not protect me, and it forced me to confront the real costs of playing it safe. How much had I missed out on, I wondered, as I traveled the safe route? 5 Comments |  |
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