Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day Oct 15, 2020 Today, as we celebrate Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day, and throughout the month of October, I honour the memory of the babies I once carried. I honour their reason, their purpose, their existence. It took some time to get here, but I can now say […]
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day – October 15, 2018
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness day – October 15th, 2018 Today, on Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness day, we honor, celebrate, and break the silence of our infertility, losses, and grief. Many assume that once you have your rainbow baby, all of that grief magically disappears. For our family, grief takes on a new meaning […]
Our Egg Donor :: A Friend’s Greatest Gift
Shortly after we publicly announced that we were having a baby, and that the baby was indeed a boy – we were flooded with congratulations, emotional outbursts of love and relief, teary embraces, and blessings from all directions. Understandably, there were less than a handful of resistant head tilts – asking about the logistics of how/what/why […]
Gender Reveal Tea Party :: A Story of Hope
Gender Reveal Tea Party :: A Story of Hope after Recurrent Loss We have a little secret to share… My daughter is obsessed with tea parties. So much so, that for the last handful of years I have been known to host at-home tea parties multiple times a week, with Smallie as my guest of honor. So when […]
I Carried You Morse Code Bracelet for Infant and Pregnancy Loss Awareness
It’s been almost 5 years of back to back pregnancy loss for our family. Every October – which happens to be Infant and pregnancy loss awareness month as well as the anniversary of Lucy, our third mid-term pregnancy loss, there’s a sullen spirit that looms over our household, as social media reminders creep up on our newsfeeds. […]
5 Ways I Learned To Move Through Grief :: Vol. 46 #5Faves
January 30th – marks a very significant day for my family and I. It was my very first experience of profound grief. Four years ago today, I lost my daughter, Victoria, half way through my pregnancy. It was my first loss. While I went through the 3 phases of shock and grief on repeat, every […]
Grieving Families – Fathers and Siblings Grieve too :: Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month
Grieving families. It’s something we just don’t talk enough about. Every year, when October rolls around, there’s an overall sense of melancholy that creeps up on my Facebook and Twitter newsfeeds. Many of my friends, and an abundance of facebook groups and communities I have joined, put up quotes, photos of memory boxes, tiny footprints […]
5 Beautiful Gifts For A Mother of Miscarriage :: Vol. 25 #5faves
Gifts for a Mother of Miscarriage? I know… my post title sounds heavy. Depressing even. And I’m sure you’re thinking – isn’t this a kid’s fashion blog? About clothes? Kids? The latest trends? This is all true. However, the author behind this blog is also a mom. And not just your everyday mom of the one […]
6 ANGELS – I AM A MOTHER OF SEVEN CHILDREN – AN EXPERIENCE OF INFANT AND MULTIPLE PREGNANCY LOSS
A year ago this week, I was given the tragic news that my baby Lucy, well into our second trimester – no longer had a heartbeat. My recollections of the precise moment I lost her, is crystal clear – clouded only by the feelings of shock and utmost despair. I was never going to feel the […]
Earning Our Stripes – The Travelista Ponders on Grief #WordlessWednesday #Linky
Today, marks 2 years since I met my son William (Billy), moments before he died in my arms. I think of him often, along with my four other babies who I lost only weeks before their due dates. Sadly, as expected… I am not the only one yearning for what could have been. I have learned to move […]
Special, Quiet Moments. #WordlessWednesday w/ Linky
Our little family has endured a lot of loss, lately. It just makes moments like this that much more meaningful. Does your family have a special spot or activity that gives everyone a sense of peace and consolation? Grateful… […]
4 ANGELS – I AM A MOTHER OF FIVE CHILDREN – AN EXPERIENCE OF INFANT AND MULTIPLE PREGNANCY LOSS
So it happened again. And again. And. Again. And here I am, trying to wrap my head around the fact that in a span of 2 years, I have lost 4 babies, in utero, 3 of them almost at the very same time around halfway through my pregnancy. Since my last post, after losing both […]
I Am a Mother of Three Children – An Experience of Infant Loss
Many of my friends and readers may not know this, but I am a mother of 3 children. By now you may be quite familiar with my firstborn, LD – our 2 year old monkey who has managed to take over babystylista in its entirety, with her unique sense of sass er, I mean… style […]
October 15 – A New Remembrance Day {Wordless Wednesday} {linky}
October 15 – is Remembrance Day. Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. Yesterday at 7:00PM, we, along with families all over the globe, held vigils and lit candles in honor of all of the precious babies who have been lost during pregnancy or infancy. Until now, we grieved in silence, like so many parents do. […]
Happy BIRTH – Day to our Sweet Tory. Celebrating a Tiny Miracle.
40 weeks ago, from this very day, a tiny miracle happened. Her name was Tory. She was to be my second born. She was a miracle from the onset because despite us being told many times over that it was going to be impossible to conceive without assistance, we beat the odds. We got pregnant. […]
