My heart is hurting, yet smiling

LuckEinLuv

I hate that it has been almost a year since my Andrew was in my belly. I hate that you all understand the pain I am feeling. I posted something on my fb page about pregnancy and infant loss awareness day and someone who I haven't spoken to in over 15 years thanked me for allowing him to remember his son who was born too soon in 2005. Another friend posted a "mommy of an angel" badge on her fb page. I didn't know about either of their losses. It is bittersweet, but my post is allowing other loss parents to break the silence. That makes my heart sing.

buggirl72

It is hard to find positives in something as awful as this but I understand what you mean. ((hugs)) to you today and all of the other moms out there who unfortunately understand what we are all feeling. 

weddedwife

That is sad and wonderful at the same time. Glad people are responding. I haven't posted mine yet and I'm scared it's just going to be ignored.

jbranden12

I shared this article: https://smallbirdstudios.com/2012/10/12/why-it-is-important-to-break-the-silence-about-baby-loss/ and wrote about lighting a candle for Patricia. Several people have liked it and my friend from Ireland posted a photo of her lit candle to honor my baby girl. It made me cry! I like to think I am helping others to break the silence.

OSUWifey09

You know, since sharing about my loss on FB and blogging about it, I've had three friends tell me that they also had 3rd trimester losses. It made me feel so good to know that I'm not alone, that there are others out there that want to share - they just needed my big mouth to open and tell the whole world about Devon. :P

Some friends are lighting candles in memory of Devon tonight, along with other angel babies they know. Before this, I never knew anyone with losses like mine. Now, I'm getting to know you all and have had friends open up to me about what they've went through, and that brings me comfort.

tracint

I had a similar experience as a result of participating in the Capture Your Grief project... that I've been sharing on Facebook. A former co-worker of mine shared that she had several pregnancy losses and several other people that I know have also come forward to talk about thier loss.

While it does suck that we have to be going through such a difficult time it offers a little consolation that I can shed light on a topic that has been ignored for such a long time. Many women have had to suffer through their grief in silence because they didnt know that they had support. I'm glad that I have found you ladies and this board and that even though I still hurt and even though somedays it seems impossible I know that I can make it to tomorrow. And hopefully I can help someone else along the way.

fluttergirlmoonchild79

It makes me so sad to find out there's so many women out there like us but love that none of us are being silent and people are opening up about their own losses.  Had several friends light candles for my Corbin last night and I'm convinced that so many people lit candles last night that our angels saw each and every one of them!

careyalis

I love when other people reach out and share there stories when they hear about Avery.  It truly goes to show that you never know what other people are struggling with on a daily basis.  I am so glad that your openess about Andrew helped your friends to share their feelings!