The invisible grief

The invisible grief The experience of losing a pregnancy is “invisible grief.” Parents often feel quite connected to the baby they have anticipated and follow its growth through the normal [...]

After my miscarriage, most family and friends choose to never talk about it and react as if I was never pregnant in the first place. I not only felt the experience of loss was denied but also my [...]

Birth is a social event. For a mother, how she experiences labor and birth can significantly influence how she sees her self as a woman, as a mother, and as an individual. Then, these experiences [...]

I am constantly astonished by our ability to be resilient! I am humbled by women’s bravery sharing the birth story and how it shaped who they are now, stories of prematurity and adoption, [...]

  My birth story: The Alchemy of Love I remember my mother voicing how important it was that my father was present at my birth. Although she was focusing on the impact of the experience on [...]