http://pregnancyloss.info Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:37:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We had a lovely evening in Butler Park here in Austin for our public candlelighting for Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. 27 people from 11 families participated. The wind kept blowing our candles out at first, but we found some protection by the reeds along the shore and finally were ... http://pregnancyloss.info/2009/10/austin-candlelighting-2009/ The big day is coming up. Pregnancy Loss Remembrance Day is Thursday, Oct. 15. Remember to light your candle from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. your time to participate in the International Wave of Light. I spent today making votives for the people coming to the one here in Austin, Texas. ... http://pregnancyloss.info/2009/10/preparations-for-the-oct-15-candlelighting/ I want to remind all of you that October is Pregnancy Loss Awareness Month. Robyn Bear, founder of the organization that got the designation of this month in all 50 states, has a listing of all the public walks and candle lightings that will be going on. You can see those on ... http://pregnancyloss.info/2009/09/october-is-a-big-month-for-our-babies/ In the Company of Angels, the baby record book for our angels lost to miscarriage or stilbirth, is almost final and will head to galley proof stage very soon. I'm so excited about it. I've always wanted to have a book to fill out for my baby even though I never got ... http://pregnancyloss.info/2009/09/more-images-from-in-the-company-of-angels/ It is always a joy to get an update from a once-grieving mom telling me she has had a baby since we last spoke. Often these notes come a year or more after her first frightened question on this site that I answered via email, and I am touched that these ... http://pregnancyloss.info/2009/08/miracles-after-miscarriage/ I am so thrilled to finally be in production for the "In the Company of Angels," a memorial book for moms who have lost babies to miscarriage or stillbirth. FINALLY, I get to fill out a book just for Casey Shay! Here is a sneak peak at one of the new ... http://pregnancyloss.info/2009/08/photo-shoots-for-the-angel-book/ Certainly, dads grieve differently from moms. I hear from the occasional dad after the loss of a baby. Usually he is worried about mom, wanting to know what he can do or say to help. It's unusual, although it happens, for him to be sad for himself. For moms who feel the ... http://pregnancyloss.info/2009/06/a-day-for-dads/ This Sunday we celebrate Mother's Day in the US. If you are at this site right now, I know your dreams of motherhood are not going the way you thought they would. Maybe you were pregnant and recently lost your little one. Maybe you're in the process of miscarrying now. Or maybe ... http://pregnancyloss.info/2009/05/on-mothers-day/ Some women aren't sure which is worse -- dreading an important anniversary or forgetting it all together. I get both scenarios in my inbox. Women who don't see how they can make it through the due date or the anniversary of the loss, who may take off work or go through elaborate ... http://pregnancyloss.info/2009/05/anniversary-dates/ So many of you are having a hard time. I've had a four-fold increase in direct emails since the new year began. Heartbreaking stories, difficult moments. Many of you feel so very alone. I've heard women say things that make me so sad that in the ten years since this site began, ... http://pregnancyloss.info/2009/01/winter-blues-and-virtual-hugs/