When I was pregnant with my first child, I thought I was doing everything right. I read the books, made the lists, packed the hospital bag, and decorated the nursery. I organized the clothes, washed them in Dreft, and researched all the best and in carseat and crib safety. I truly believed that labor and delivery would be the hardest part, and that once baby arrived, she would assimilate perfectly into our lives. What no one really prepared me for was the emotional toll of t

There is something uniquely painful about a due date that never became a birthday. You may have spent months imagining that day. Maybe you pictured the hospital room. Maybe you picked out a name. Maybe you imagined holding your baby for the first time. And then, instead of celebrating a birth, you find yourself marking a date that represents someone you lost. Your due date became a grief date. And if that date brings up feelings you weren't expecting, you're not doing anythin

Pregnancy loss can be one of the most painful experiences a person or family can go through—and yet, many people have no idea what to say when someone they love experiences a miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant loss. Maybe you're afraid of saying the wrong thing. Maybe you don't know whether they want to talk about it. Or maybe you're worried that bringing it up will remind them of their loss. Here's the thing: they haven't forgotten. Talking about their baby or acknowledging