There is so much that I will never take for granted in this journey
of parenting after loss, and one of the biggest is his name.
An important topic for all mamas, for sure, but very much so - maybe especially so - for Pregnancy and
Parenting After Loss moms.
I think it's probably pretty normal for parents to have anxiety about their babies wellbeing through the night, but I think it's especially normal
when parenting after loss.
I promise you, there is enough grace, enough opportunities to still choose joy, and enough support that you can make it through this pregnancy or
parenting after loss journey without being full of regret.
She focuses her articles on pregnancy after a loss through a failed adoption, miscarriage loss and loss through stillbirth, as well
as parenting after those losses.
Managing Safety Recommendations
while Parenting After Loss Keeping our babies and children safe is one of our biggest jobs as parents, as well as one of our biggest anxieties.
Parenting after Loss anxiety, particularly at night, is a topic that has come up a few times lately in messages or on #BabyLossHour and I realised I don't really talk about my anxiety now, since Eli arrived.
The intensity of anxiety in pregnancy has absolutely left, but it's always there as a background beat to... Continue reading Anxiety through the Night when Parenting After Loss →
It is my experience that one of the hardest things
for parents after loss is not getting pregnant, surviving a scary pregnancy fraught with potential danger, or even giving birth, but it's finding the time and commitment and being ready to bring their rainbow baby home.
Those who regularly read my
monthly Parenting After Loss blogs know that Darrell and I have spent the last 12 weeks undergoing fertility treatment to try to grow our family; we transferred our second frozen embryo just two days before last month's post went live.
• Loss and
parenting after loss mom Meagan Schultz has launched «An Invitation to Grieve,» a 21 - day online course that grants grief the processing it deserves via thoughtful reflection, writing prompts, creative activities, and ways to share your story with others (though sharing is not a requirement).
Whilst I have not had this experience yet, my anxieties are already present in regards to the complexities
of parenting after loss and managing my own anxieties of baby loss following a live birth.
Peer support is an integral and effective part of the healing process for the bereaved mother and, by extension, for the mom who is at any stage of her trying to conceive, pregnancy, and
parenting after loss journey.
If done right, «This is Us» could bring significant awareness about the challenges of stillbirth, as well
as parenting after loss.
* If you are looking for more encouraging words about your emotions during a PAL pregnancy or
while parenting after loss, please read Dear Mama Pregnant After Loss, You are not Failing and Permission to Parent.
Parenting after loss comes after pregnancy after loss, and for us this has meant waiting until the right time to share this information with her.
We love supporting you when you're TTC after a loss, celebrating pregnancy again, bringing home rainbow babies, and
parenting after loss and we know how difficult this journey can be.
The Balancing Life & Loss:
Parenting After Loss Group is a free support group that addresses the needs of bereaved parents who, after a tragic loss, need to continue living and parenting their surviving children.
But
this parenting after loss gig, I am willing to bet it's even tougher.
Parenting after loss is hard enough without learning how to do it on your own... without your partner, the one you went through so much with.
Dear Superhero Moms
Parenting After Loss, You have to hear this.
The anxiety of pregnancy after loss carries into the postpartum period and
parenting after loss.
I will tell you that no matter how hard this journey of trying to conceive, pregnancy, and
parenting after loss has been, the moments of joy outweigh the fear of losing again.
After having her rainbow, she found she needed support in a new way and formed
a parenting after loss support group.
Lisa is honored to be part of the Pregnancy After Loss Support team and walk with other bereaved mamas on their journeys to motherhood and
parenting after loss.
Some of you may read this and shudder to think that someone would consider separating from their partner while PAL or
parenting after loss.
I am not quite where you are in
this parenting after loss journey but I hope to be by her first birthday.
Parenting after loss is both challenging and incredibly special.