This is Sabiya from India. I come from a small city called Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh. I was 4weeks pregnant when I lost my father in June 2021. I wasn’t able to take up the shock and suffered a miscarriage. That phase was tough as I lost two of my precious people. But soon in February …
Krsna’s Story – Stillborn at 37 weeks
Krsna was stillborn at 37 weeks of pregnancy. Her mom Krithika tells her daughter’s story and her journey after loss. ————————————————- I am Krithika, mother of baby girl Krsna who is an angel – stillborn at 37 weeks of my pregnancy. After a series of IUI, Clomid, etc., in 2014, we decided not to put …
Kutti’s Story – Stillbirth at 40 weeks
A mother shares her son’s stillbirth story – Kutti was stillborn in 2019 when they found out he passed away on her due date. ——————————————————————————————————- My husband and I were childhood friends, then lovers, and finally happily married after five years of struggle from families in 2018. We got pregnant after three months of marriage, …
Parenting after loss – Q&A
Lyndsey is mum of 3 beautiful children, Ieuan, Evalyn, and Iola. Evalyn is their star in the sky. She shares her experience on parenting after loss by answering the questions often asked by the baby loss community. How did you explain your loss to your children? I still think telling my son, Ieuan, that Evalyn …
Our journey through IVF and miscarriage
IVF (InVitroFertililzation) is one of the most challenging experience that a couple goes through when diagnosed with infertility. Anjali shares their journey through recurrent miscarriages and IVF treatments. ———————————- When we first fell in love, my husband and I had very similar ideas of how our life would look. We would travel the world, eventually …
“Any good news?” – My infertility journey
1 in 8 couples struggle with some sort of infertility and require fertility treatment to get pregnant. Physically a woman’s body goes through the ringer by being pumped with exceedingly high levels of hormones. Emotionally it takes a toll on your mental health. Unfortunately not every treatment outcomes a living child. Agnes shares her journey …
Delayed Miscarriage in First Trimester and in times of COVID
This is a heartbreaking experience of baby loss through Delayed Miscarriage in times of COVID. Delayed or missed miscarriage is when the body continues to feel pregnant without knowledge of the state of the baby. ———————– Earlier this year, close to my birthday in February 2021, we found out that we were pregnant. It felt like …
Stillbirth at 34 weeks – Isha’s Story
Isha’s mom shares her heartbreaking stillbirth experience at 34 weeks into pregnancy and the aftermath of her loss so vividly and beautifully. ——————— Dearest Isha, This one’s for you. Your journey into our lives. 225 days of sheer joy. The happiest and most memorable days of our lives. You came into our lives after six …
Rinila’s story – Twin baby loss
Rinila shares her story of twin pregnancy loss. They had to terminate the pregnancy after learning her babies were too sick to survive. —————- I’m Rinila, mother of an 11-year-old fur girl, two angel girls, and one rainbow baby boy named Ocean. I’ve lived in Bangalore all my life and love it here. Been working …
This is what grief does to a mother
Swagata shares how early grief felt like for her in the aftermath of baby loss. She and her husband lost their fraternal twin boys when her cord prolapsed at 26 weeks pregnant. First published at Still Standing Magazine ——– Just one and half months have passed that I dressed up my boys, one day after …