Returning to work after losing your baby can be scary. What do you do? What do you say? When is the right time to actually go back? There were 10 things that helped me to ease back into working life after losing my son. These things helped me to be patient with myself and be…
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- Complicated Grief
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The Snowball Effect of Loss
Becoming a bereaved mother results in many losses. I didn’t just lose my twins, I lost a lot more. I lost an entire future that changed the second they passed. There are many other losses that people don’t think about when they think about child loss. They number many, but here are a few I…
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Waving the White Flag
Grief won the battle this week. I had three months off after our daughter’s death and decided in August that it was time to go back to work. That was the plan, anyway. Except grief doesn’t care what our plans are. I was back at work for 5 weeks when I finally realized that I…
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- Child Loss
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- Guest Post
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- Secondary Infertility
Infertility In The Military
A Guest Post By: Michelle Moskiewicz From: Your Reproductive System To: Active Duty Female Subj: INFERTILITY ASSIGNMENT AND REPORTING ORDERS You have been assigned infertility while in active duty status. Your duties will include, but not be limited to: frequent medical appointments, numerous hormone medications and injections (you’re giving yourself the shot!), regular…
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Private Pain in the Public Sector – When Your Two Worlds Collide Unexpectedly
I started writing about losing Peyton within weeks of her death. A friend gave me a journal, and in just a few hours I had filled its pages with every memory of her—simultaneously beautiful and torturous. I began attending a writing workshop shortly thereafter. The first story I wrote and shared was about Peyton…
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Returning to Work After Loss
I’d imagined going back to work. Fondly daydreaming. Shyly proud, showing off my twins. Returning to work after you’ve lost a baby can be a difficult time. One moment you are in your office, in your school, with a pregnant belly just starting to show. Or full term, walking out of your workplace bearing baby…
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The Secret of Empathy
This is for the friends. The co-workers. The lovers. The family. This is for you. I promise this is not a “10 things to never do or say” article. I’m not going to attack you, instead I’m inviting you to consider the power, and the secret weapon of empathy. The only real gift you can…