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Talitha Piper Moore's avatar

Nothing to add but complete agreement and love the gift guide! I need to buy myself new loungewear and a GYPB hoodie too! When I think about my angel babies, I think about y'all's (and yall!) babies too 💗

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Olivia Alnes's avatar

Loungewear is life.❤️ mine from January is this fuzzy brown crop top tank top with pants and Caleb calls it my “mama bear outfit.”😂

You are so kind. We really need to get together in person again sometime soon. We’ll be in the cities a few times this summer so I’ll have to reach out and see if you’re free at all!

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erickajen's avatar

the only thing i wish every miscarrying woman had is the held in hope boxes. those things comfort my miscarriage heart even tho it was 18+ years ago and i never had a chance of having one... i did not like how my miscarriage went down. from the medical team i had, i felt unheard. i felt like a diseased person who had to have something removed. i didnt feel seen. i didnt feel cared for. i most of all was NOT informed, or given the right and option of informed consent. i was given a scare tactic into a medical procedure that i would never have chosen, and would not chose again - if only there had been an option like held in hope has. every hospital should be forced to have them. if only!

https://www.heldinhope.org/

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Marissa Gehr's avatar

This is helpful. How to help someone who has gone through 10+ miscarriages and keeps trying? She doesn’t have family near her, and doesn’t have the funds to try something else. She has one 5 year old. I’m worried about her mentally and she doesn’t have a stable partner. Are there support groups you recommend?

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Sophia's avatar

You could try checking out https://www.mariposatrust.org/ and see if there's anything there that would help. I'm so sorry to hear about your friend's losses.

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Sophia's avatar

I also had my miscarriages in Jan and April of the same year- Christmastide, and Easter Sunday. It's still a lot to process 4 years later.

This is such a good list- and I'm always so happy when people are writing and talking about miscarriage. We need to make it less of a taboo.

We named the babies we lost. Something that I was SO GRATEFUL for was when people used their names and got us gifts with their names on. At the height of my grief I could have plastered every inch of our home with their names, so greatly did I feel their loss and the need to affirm their once-existence on earth and their now existence in heaven. So, if someone does choose to name their babies then I'd encourage gifts or cards that use those names :)

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