Miscarriage

When Mary Culpepper’s father told her he had someone she should meet, she didn’t take him seriously. He father lived in Sparks, and she was in California, and he was persistent about her meeting a valet supervisor from the Nugget. Mary met Marcus in 2008, she knew right away that …

October is popularly known as “Breast Cancer Awareness Month,” but it is also a month devoted to another women’s health advocacy campaign, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. I felt inclined to share my story, one that I know will resonate with women on this blog. I’m a Certified Nurse …

Last week when doing laundry, a red bandana that was intended for the “dress-up box” I’ve been meaning to compile, somehow found it’s way into the laundry. Along with a book, a cloth diaper, and a bottle of silver glitter nail polish. Obviously Noah was helping put things away, and …

The entire process of conceiving and bringing souls into the world can be fraught with disappointment, struggle and pain. As women, we hold a very sacred gift of bringing new life into the world, and when it does not go “as it should,” it hits straight to the heart of …

Wonder Woman. She’s a comic book hero Lynda Carter made into a glamorous icon in the 1970’s. As a girl, I loved her golden tiara and bracelets. Her lasso and red boots were pretty cool, too. I wanted to be her. And I was when I played dress up, and …

I don’t remember what day it was, or the time of day. What I can tell you is the exact stall of the exact restroom I was in at work when I realized I was losing my first pregnancy. And then I walked back to my cubicle. What else was there …

It’s happened to so many of us, yet seemingly to no one at all. “Miscarriage” is a dirty word for the isolating, sad and confusing experience that happens in approximately 1 in 4 pregnancies. If you haven’t struggled with pregnancy loss, chances are very good that a woman dear to …