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 …
Trauma of baby loss – Losing my daughter Summer
Anjulie shares the trauma of losing her daughter Summer at 19+5 weeks gestation, and the horror that unfolded when she started bleeding profusely at work, all alone, in the disabled toilet. ——————– Triptych (noun): A picture or relief carving on three panels, side by side There are so many firsts and lasts, after loss: the …
A father’s grief – Losing my son Viren in the NICU
The stigma around pregnancy and baby loss is slowly and gradually starting to decrease. We hear stories from women who have come forward to tell their loss stories. But even today, the fathers rarely discuss it. We often forget about the fathers who are grieving too. The bereaved father hears “Be strong for her” far …
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 …