London is the Reason: Kristin McQuaid’s Story of Loss, Love, and Creating a Legacy through Supporting Intended Parents and Surrogates.
Kristin’s story sheds light on the unique challenges intended parents face in surrogacy—often overlooked in the grief community. Her insights reveal the emotional complexities involved in this journey, from the hope and excitement of surrogacy to the sorrow of infant loss. The conversation emphasizes the importance of finding the right support systems to help parents navigate their grief and rebuild their lives.
How to Celebrate Life While Honoring Your Loss and Your Baby.
Learning to live after losing a baby is very hard to do. That is putting it as simply as possible. It fucking sucks. I had to come to terms that living in a duality of life and death is a thing and just because our society doesn’t talk about it doesn’t make it not so. Every day is knowing how brief our lives can be but also choosing to live fully, not just survive.
Rebuilding Life after Pregnancy Loss: Finding a New Normal.
We talk about rebuilding life after pregnancy loss. The beginning of my grief was the hardest because I would wake up to this reality over and over, my baby isn’t here and neither is my pregnancy belly, where is she?! I put my focus on my kids, and spent all my time on the couch, writing.
Through Pain, To Purpose: The Other Side of Pregnancy Loss
We hear the stories of the women who lose a baby and how negatively it affects their lives. The questions we should be asking are why some moms are affected more than others and is there “another side” to the grief and pain we experience.
If We Talk About Our Loss, We Are Looking For Attention…
I’ve seen enough to know that there are parts of society that feel the need to tell loss moms that they are just trying to get attention. Umm… Yes we are looking for attention. But not in the shallow ways you may think.