October 15 Wave of Light

Miscarriage is all too common.  One in four pregnancies end in miscarriage.  One in four is not just a statistic, it's me.   I'm speaking out on this sacred day.  October 15th is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day and I'm here to speak out and say I have lost two babies to missed miscarriage.  This is a topic which is not talked about enough and parents who are suffering such a great loss are made to suffer in silence.   Please take a stand to spread awareness and to remember all the babies who are gone too soon.  

Capture Your Grief Day 2: Identity

Day 2: Identity.  My babies do not have names.  Both were lost by missed miscarriage meaning they died inside my body and were discovered with no heartbeat during an ultrasound.  We decided to let both pregnancies pass naturally.  The first took two and a half weeks.  Baby left us on January 12, 2004 at 11-1/2 weeks gestation.  The second took one day.  Baby left us on December 30, 2011 at 9-1/2 weeks gestation.  Since it was so early and we did not know the gender we did not think to name them.  To us they are our angel babies and refer to them both as "baby angel Lee".  Lee is our last name. 

Capture Your Grief Day 1: Sunrise

Day 1: Sunrise

October 1, 2013

6:50 a.m. Mililani, O'ahu, Hawai'i.  

Capture Your Grief

In honor of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, Carly Marie of Project Heal is doing a capture your grief project.   I invite you to join in and share your story in this unique way.  Go here to read each daily prompt in further detail.