How do you know if you’re having a miscarriage? We hope you don’t experience this, but it’s important to be prepared. What is a miscarriage? A miscarriage is the loss of a pregnancy before 20 weeks, according to Mayo Clinic. Most miscarriages occur in the first trimester of pregnancy (first 13 weeks). What are the
“The whole experience felt like whiplash after a car accident. Our world had shifted…” If you’ve walked through the pain of pregnancy loss, you may understand exactly what this Triad mom was feeling following her miscarriage. In honor of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, we’re sharing her story and her perspective on what helped
I feigned interest in a bag of frozen broccoli so no one would see me cry. I studied the list of ingredients (spoiler: it’s just broccoli) until my icy fingers numbed and my vision blurred. I knew I couldn’t stand there forever. Surely other shoppers would take notice of the unstable woman emotionally invested in
“What we have been through has been horrible, something I wouldn’t wish on anyone, but what I can also say, is that it has shown us what it means to believe that God will redeem everything, that this life is not where we place our hope. This isn’t the end of the story.” Josh Tisdale
An Unplanned Pregnancy My husband and I were not trying to get pregnant. For reasons specific to my personal health, I stopped taking the hormonal birth control that I previously used, and one thing led to another. We had plans to pay off all our student debt before starting a family. However, after the initial
