Pregnancy After Loss
I've waited so long to write this, because every time I would start in my head, all I could think of were a million and one disclaimers. Am I allowed to focus on my own experience of a hardship, when I look around and see so many more urgent sufferings in the world that deserve attention? Am I selfish to feel and express my pain, when in the end, I get a "happy ending"? Part of me is embarrassed to share the entire inner depths of my psyche in regards to becoming a mother and the journey it has been for me. But, I'm endeavoring to record it, because in the midst of my times of struggle, I have been encouraged to read the accounts of others who have walked through similar experiences. I recognize that we all take a different path when bringing life into the world, and it's likely that my experience won't be super relatable to a lot of folks. However, I desire to share it, in the hopes that someone might hear about something I've gone through and feel less a...