I was brought back to the triage bay and had my whole life destroyed by three words. "There’s no heartbeat.”

And we know we are missing so much more than just an "idea."

Photo Credit: Chrissy Evanko In August of 2021, we found out we were pregnant with our third boy. We had waited four years to try after...

It all started on September 9, when Steph found out she was pregnant. A mixture of being in shock and in denial led to our first private...

After years of trying to start a family and multiple first trimester losses, my husband and I were ecstatic when, in 2018, we found out I...

Image Credit: Julie Peck On Monday, August 15, 2022, I went if for my 17-week prenatal checkup. No heartbeat could be found. All I can...

Photo Credit: Meredith Bult To My Sweet Boy: We had been trying to get pregnant for over a year, had two miscarriages, and got no...

Photo Credit: Mandy Geiger-Long Today is my son's due date—just another date now in a sea of dates to be dreaded and abhorred, a day that...

Photo Credit: Angie Andrade On Sunday, April 11, 2021, my boyfriend, Jose, and I found out we were pregnant. It was our 5th year...

Photo Credit: Sacha Shepherd I went for my anatomy scan on November 23, 2021, where I found out my daughter was very growth restricted. I...

Photo Credit: Amanda Loecker My husband and I recently found out we were expecting our second child together (my third—my son from a...

Photo Credit: Nicola Dolden Our daughter Rudy's heart suddenly stopped beating at 18 weeks. She was born silently into the world on...

Photo Credit: Akane Noma It was supposed to be one exciting day of my third pregnancy. I was going for my 15-week check up, and if I’d...

Photo Credit: Mariah Copeland Mary-Kate, The first time I laid my eyes on you, you were but a teeny tiny embryo growing in a dish. I...

Photo Credit: Vashti Hieb After 10 years of trying, including five failed IUI treatments, one failed IVF cycle, and one chemical...

Photo Credit: Ria Blom To My Baby, I remember the feeling that enveloped me when I found out about you. The joy that bubbled up inside me...

Photo Credit: Bam Davenport I'm sitting in my OB office, awaiting my third and fourth blood draws after a failed glucose challenge test....

Photo Credit: Mirian Martinez Dear Lanny Escalona, I waited for you. It felt like forever, but was five years to be exact. I wished upon...

Editor's note: This post is an excerpt from the book Still a Mum: A story of modern grief and life after loss. Photo Credit: Meagan...

Photo Credit: Daisy Franco We had been together for 10 years, married for 4, before we decided to start a family. We actually thought we...