“New Parent Google Syndrome” (NPGS) – a term that I have coined as a result of my obsessive compulsion to Google everything (absolutely...

Hello, 2025! I guess we’re past the “Happy New Year” sentiment at this point considering we are now at January’s end. I’ve been on a bit...

Any woman who has experienced or is currently living through postpartum life has more than likely heard of the dreaded “bounce back.”...

“Rainbow baby” is the term commonly used to describe a baby born after losing a baby/pregnancy. A rainbow baby does NOT replace a lost...

On the morning of June 7th, I was feeling all the regular nerves one would expect to feel on the day they were scheduled to be induced to...

To Doppler or not to Doppler – that is the question. What exactly am I questioning here? Well, one of the common considerations that loss...

As I start the beginning of a new maternity leave, I think back to last year during the time I was granted off after losing our baby. I...

I won’t forget, it was the very first test – how lucky we were; you were such a gift. I won’t forget the excitement we felt; our plans...

Last week was the start of my latest new experience in pregnancy after loss; the start of recurring health check appointments that will...

I first learned about kick counts during the second trimester of my first pregnancy. What I don’t think I realized then was how important...

As anyone who’s been pregnant after experiencing a loss can tell you, anxiety levels are already inherently high without any sort of...

Pregnancy after loss is: *Checking miscarriage stats every few days *Googling every symptom you have over and over again *Worrying about...

When I got my six week clearance after giving birth, we were both more than ready to get on a plane and escape as quickly as we could. We...

Why is it that we wait for three months before telling our friends and family that we’re pregnant? Since the chances of losing a baby...

When logging into any form of social media during the holidays there can be a lot of triggering content for loss moms and families....

In Canada we are so blessed to have the free (for the most part) healthcare system that we have. Especially as a pregnant woman getting...

When we first found out that we had lost our baby, we decided to only inform a handful of our closest loved ones. We asked for them to...

When we got home after the devastating few days that we had in the hospital, even though it was difficult to do anything but lay in bed...

When my doctor prescribed me a pill to stop my lactation while still in the hospital, I was relieved. I was relieved that I wouldn’t have...

It had been one of the most mentally and physically exhausting days that I had ever gone through. With an IV in my arm and antibiotics...