Born Premature at 22 Weeks, Identical Twins are Sharing the Truth About Abortion Warning: This story contains images of the author’s children who were born prematurely. Live Action News — Heather Ellis and her husband, Josh, have always wished for children, but after their first son, Cason, was born, they struggled to get pregnant. Fertility drugs helped, and they were thrilled to discover they were expecting identical twin boys. However, […] Read More
Olympian Shawn Johnson Tells Her Husband—“I’m Sorry I Lost Your Baby” Last week, Olympian Shawn Johnson and husband and NFL player Andrew East bravely shared about their heartbreaking miscarriage experience. Since then, millions have viewed their story and, as a result, thousands of women have come forward with their own miscarriage stories. One of the most common feelings following miscarriage is, as Shawn experienced, a feeling […] Read More
Mother Shares Photos of Her Baby Miscarried at 14 Weeks–“He is Very Obviously Human” Caution: this post contains graphic images of a miscarried child. All images are credited to Felicia Cash and were posted with permission. Live Action News–“He is very obviously human, not a cluster of cells, not a lump of tissue, not a blob of unformed flesh.” Felicia Cash and her husband struggled with infertility for 13 […] Read More
“I’ve Lost Three Children and I Don’t Really Talk About It Much” — Why Your Miscarriage Story Matters I’ve had a miscarriage. In fact, I’ve had three. I’ve lost three children… and I don’t really talk about it much. It wasn’t until my last miscarriage that I really began to “feel” the loss. For whatever reason, I disregarded my first loss. With my second loss I felt that because it was so early, […] Read More
How My Child’s Death Saved Another Life I found my world spinning out of control on December 20, 2015. It was early afternoon in Fairbanks, Alaska, as I was sitting in a tiny room with an ultrasound technician hoping to find out the sex of baby number three. What I thought would be a happy day turned into one that felt like […] Read More
Sitting With Joy and Sorrow — My Story of Motherhood in the Midst of Pregnancy Loss “It’s as if you got struck by lightning”, my doctor said to me when explaining why my son, Thomas, was stillborn at 36 weeks. I sat in that desk chair and felt stuck with those words dominating my thoughts. I don’t really remember everything else he said. All the numbers and statistics felt like just […] Read More
Your Grief in Pregnancy Loss–It’s Not Shameful, It’s Not Invalid, and It’s Not Unnecessary. Here’s Why… In July, we found out we were pregnant with our first child. Cody and I had only been married about 7 months at that point, and the thought of a child absolutely terrified me! Of course we were excited, but financially we were in a tough spot and the thought of providing for a child […] Read More
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