unknownocean

step 1: buy her lingerie

If I could be honest for one second—no one tells you that miscarriages are traumatic. No one tells you because most of the women that have them keep it to themselves, like some sort of secret. Which is fine if it wasn’t expected. So you don’t realize actually how painful it is, you assume like some sort of complete idiot that it’s something you can get over easily? Because that’s what’s been presented to you. And then you realize it’s a traumatic event that literally changes your entire perception on anything, and seeing pregnant women or children or talking about pregnancy reminds you and it just becomes hard to breathe?

“Pregnancy is a beautiful thing, and I believe it should be celebrated; whether it lasts 3 weeks or 9 months.”

Seven months later, and I am still crying from time to time about the baby I lost