Navigating Miscarriage and Self-Blame as a Plus-Size Individual
Explore practical strategies for healing the complex relationship between miscarriage and self-blame, offering guidance to overcome guilt.
We Need To Talk About Kate’s This Is Us Plus Size Birth Story
We need to keep talking about Kate’s This Is Us plus size birth story because plus size pregnancy and birth stories matter! Our stories matter!
What 5 Miscarriages And One Stillbirth Taught Me About PCOS
This story of miscarriages and one stillbirth contains a trigger warning for pregnancy loss, stillbirth, and assault. My name is April-Marie and I live with a condition that most people do not know exists. Or some have a lack of proper education about it. Most people don’t understand my frustrations when I tell them I…
I Am 1 in 4. I Am A Mother!
I am 1 in 4. 1 in 4 pregnancies end in loss. I never wanted to be a part of this club. My pregnancy was 100% healthy but on July 26, 2018, my life changed.
Mother Nature’s Change In Plans: My Plus Size Emergency C-Section
It was time to let go of the natural birth idea and let science listen to the message Mother Nature was sending. It was time to have a plus size emergency c-section.
What Does The Evidence Really Say About Obesity Stillbirth Risks?
We heard from Sarah, who has a BMI of 35 and is concerned she is at “high risk” for a stillbirth with her baby. What are her real obesity stillbirth risks? Let’s talk about it!
Somewhere Over The Rainbow: Giving Birth After Pregnancy Loss
The loss of a pregnancy is something that impacts people in many different ways – and all of those ways should be honored. A mother should be supported as well as her partner. This is one mom’s story of giving birth after pregnancy loss…
Pregnancy Loss for Dads and Partners
Last week Leilani Rogers, an amazingly talented photographer shared this photo on her Facebook page. It left me breathless.
Then I read the text that went along with the photo and I lost it. This is a story of my family’s loss and another family’s story of birth after loss. This is the impact of pregnancy loss for dads and partners…
Becoming a Mother After Three Pregnancy Losses
My baby girl Everly Noelle was born on January 18th, 2016! She was two weeks early, born via unplanned c-section because of her size. My husband is 6’8 and I’m 5’11 …we are big people so clearly a big baby was on the way!
Waiting on a Rainbow: Pregnancy After Miscarriage
In the summer of 2012, I had a miscarriage and for the past 3 years my husband and I have never actively tried for another baby. Yet, we’ve never made any attempts to not get pregnant either.
Miscarriage: Life After Loss
I was in 8th grade when my mother had her hysterectomy. I’ll never forget visiting her in the hospital with a room overlooking a busy freeway. Under a heavily medicated state she talked about how life just continues on. She said in the grand scheme of things that she was quite insignificant. It took me 20 years but following my miscarriage in 2012, I finally understood her morphine induced poetic words.
First Trimester Miscarriage – A Burst of Love
This is my personal story of experiencing a first trimester miscarriage. My story of love and loss. Raw and painful but my story nonetheless.