Losing a baby: A mother's experience 24 Articles

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by Bonnie Spinder

I could not wait to have a baby. I was so excited. I was nervous too, but I was so excited at the thought of finally being a mom. The first time I felt her move it was wonderful. The thought that I was creating a hum...read more

by JoAnn Powell

When I became pregnant with my third child I already had two beautiful, healthy children: a boy and girl, who were growing into wonderful little people. They were both in school now (the youngest had just started kinderga...read more

by Loura Lawrence

A Rose for Elizabeth Her little heart failed, her tiny veins had collapsed-we can keep her on the monitors, the seven IVs, the respirator, no. We want to hold her. I watched the nurses gently take off and take away al...read more

by Jennifer Piper

I sat quietly in the chair of my doctor's office absorbing what he just told me. I tightly held my husband's hand; the most selfish thought crossed through my mind "what a birthday present". I was just told that I would ...read more

by Laurie L. Bishoff

As a mother, losing three babies has been such a deeply emotional issue to me. The same joy and anticipation that I felt when I found that I was pregnant turned into such complete sadness and emptiness. After being mar...read more

by Willow Breeze

Our bodies how amazing are they? The fact that we can carry another life inside of us for nine whole months is pure amazement, a miracle. Our bodies are in tune with all that is going on. It lets us know when our de...read more

by Rae Lynne Morvay

It was the perfect time for us to have a baby. My husband and I had been married for Six years. We were doing fine financially. We were living under our means, and had reached a point where we could live on my husband's...read more

by Jana Carter

EDD: December 16, 1991. This was displayed prominently in my medical chart at the obstetrician's office. It was also featured on the photograph of indecipherable swirls of gray and black that was attached to my refrigera...read more

by Diane Walsh

THE PART OF ME IN HEAVEN Michael got mail today. Let the Army pay for your college education the envelope stated. The Navy, Air Force, Marines, they all sent letters look to your future,' join us today.' I did the sa...read more

by Sarah Zettler

Nineteen. That's how old I was sitting in the bathroom, thinking three minutes was feeling like an eternity. Finally, I glanced down and saw two undeniable lines-I was pregnant. I would never be the same person I was th...read more

by Melanie Grimes

"Don't die," I said to the child in my dreams. I was seventeen weeks into a difficult pregnancy. In my dream, my child peered deeply into my soul as no one ever has. Then he slowly closed his eyes. Purple lines from the c...read more

by Holly Kataras

When I wake up tomorrow, I won't be shopping for balloons, a cake, and the newest Hannah Montana CD. Instead, I will be shopping for flowers to bring to the cemetery. My little girl should be turning ten, but what her doc...read more

by Pixie Clearwater

I was too young to have a baby. That's what people kept telling me...you should get rid of it. Like it was any old thing. They couldn't understand that I wasn't upset, I wasn't worried, I was happy. I knew that it would be...read more

by Sheri Price

The kids say they can remember my screams. I can't. What I do remember is sitting on the back of my couch, my feet on the seat, rocking back and forth while listening to the 911 recording telling me to please hold on. M...read more

by Carol Wise

I have been pregnant five times and I was fortunate enough to have live, healthy births four times out of the five. I can honestly say I never expected to be so emotionally affected by the loss of a baby as I was. In fact ...read more

by Charlotte Howard

My experience is fairly long-winded. It started in July 2003 when I was admitted to hospital with spotting and severe abdominal pain. I was told that I had twisted ovaries with cysts and that conceiving would be difficul...read more

by Elizabeth Bridgette

Afraid. Again. My soul's desire swimming in the warm life sustaining fluids within my womb. I wait for the flutter from deep within, almost indistinguishable. It's not there. Somehow I keep myself from crying an...read more

by Penny Babson

For some reason it has always snowed when a child of mine has come into the world. I have two daughters born in May. One was born May 30th. So seeing it spit snow then was unreal for me. When I lost my first baby I remem...read more

by Vanessa Jones

I will never be able to hold them. I won't be able to tuck them in at night. Their rooms will never be messy. I will never hear their first words. They do not need their diapers changed. I will never see their preciou...read more

by Mascaretta Shamoo

God has his way of preparing us for the worst, though we don't often see what he has done for us. Just like our own children don't often see what we have done to protect them in what lies ahead. My second husband wor...read more