In the Company of Angels
is a memorial book for babies
lost to miscarriage or stillbirth.
Play the video to learn more.
You can order
a copy to fill
out
for your baby for $18.99.
Song by Gerrit
Hofsink
for his
grandson.
Remember to light a
candle on Oct. 15 at
7 p.m. your time for
Pregnancy Loss
Remembrance Day.
This day is observed
in all 50 states and
in many countries.
Play the second
video to learn
more or visit
the official site.
Click on a card to order
one for yourself or
for a friend.
I miscarried
recently.
Not everyone is going to understand how you
feel. To outsiders, it was "just a miscarriage." To you it was
your baby, with all the hopes and dreams that come with babies. It does
not matter whether you had a positive pregnancy test yesterday or if you
were full-term -- this was YOUR CHILD. You were the mother (or father) and
you deserve the time and freedom to grieve this loss.
If you find your friends and family are not
as supportive as you need, please visit one of the bulletin
boards, where there
is a wonderful group of women who will hold
you up no matter what. When
I dreaded going to my follow-up visit and face a waiting room of pregnant
women, other women told me what to do and encouraged me. I can't tell
you how much they helped me.
One thing I did to help my husband understand how I was feeling was
to read the book "Empty Cradle, Broken Heart" by Deborah Davis to
him out loud whenever we were in the car.
There are a number of additional subjects
about miscarriage on this site that will talk about the issues you are
facing now, from bleeding and pain to handling your grief and people who say
thoughtless things. Check out the topics page. A
few I'd like to point out:
