Poems written by those who have suffered loss
On Monday 1st September my husband and I drove to Worthing hospital for our routine 20 week scan
My story – message is: DO NOT GIVE UP!
Hrozienko (Raisin) – A Year On
Faye: I remember from a very early age all I wanted to be was a mother...
Dear Sherby It has now been 8 weeks since you left our lives and although I will always love you and think of what could have been, I have to say goodbye.
Razia: A blessing, a heartache.
Victoria: I’m sure that I’ll eventually feel lucky that we have our daughter and this will recede into the background, but I know I will never forget.
Lorraine: It will soon be five years since I had a miscarriage and I thought I would share my experience in the hope that it does not happen to someone else.
Helen: Never thought it would happen to me
Claire: Losing twice: I think I probably felt like most other young women that I would fall pregnant easily and have a normal pregnancy. How wrong I was.
JB: It is the first January 2007, I am clutching a piece of coal a kindly stranger has thrust into my hand on the stroke of midnight and for the first time in a long time, a seed of hope beats inside me.
Lisa: My story of making babies
JM was seventeen when she miscarried her baby at 8 weeks gestation. She hopes her reflections on her loss will bring comfort to others, whatever their age.
Sophie's story
I hope with all my heart that other gay couples receive the tenderness and love that we have had.
Peter Barrass shares a father's story
Alev Eveleigh has written a personal account of her experiences
Our Story "After much thought, we decided that the risks were too great and that we would like to adopt". Nikki Zapico
A miscarriage features prominently in Richard Burke’s second novel, "Redemption”. Here, first published in The Independent, he writes about his and his wife’s experience of ectopic pregnancy and recurrent miscarriage.
For Samuel I believe that life is planned out for you and things happen for a reason. Quite often we don't find out the reason until way into the future but we all almost definitely will one day. Sometimes life isn't fair but we have to pick ourselves up, brush ourselves down and keep going, no matter how hard it sometimes is.
Jenny's story. Bless all those who miscarry before they become a mother. And especially bless all those who miscarry instead of becoming a mother