When Your Baby Stops Breathing, Sometimes You Do Too
Every year on February 7th, I stop breathing. Or at least that’s what it feels like… Sometimes it’s a blissful feeling where the world as I know it stops and …
Coronavirus can destroy the placenta and lead to stillbirths, study finds
New research suggests the coronavirus can invade and destroy the placenta and lead to stillbirths in infected women. It’s an uncommon outcome for any pregnancy but women with COVID-19 face an elevated risk. Authorities …
Medical Exploitation of Black Women
In the 1840s, James Marion Sims, a white doctor in Montgomery, Alabama, performed painful experiments without anesthesia on Lucy, an enslaved Black woman, while other doctors observed. Sims was lauded as the “Father …
Serena Williams Writes Powerful Essay On How She Almost Died After Giving Birth
Serena Williams shared the horrifying details of her near-death experience in an essay for Elle published Tuesday. Shortly after the tennis superstar gave birth to her daughter Olympia via cesarean section in 2017, …
My Love Died In My Arms. How Am I Supposed To Recover In Just 4 Days?
Four days. I tried to think back to how I was feeling four days after I lost the love of my life on Dec. 2, 2020. I don’t know exactly …
Suicidal After The Loss Of My Child: And I Survived
Content Warning: This post discusses suicide desire and ideation. We believe it is such an important issue to share because of the frequency these feelings/actions happen in child loss and …
The Guilt Of “Are You Happy?”
My husband often asks ‘‘are you happy?’’ A question I find almost impossible to answer. I know, of course, he is referring to something simple, like – am I happy …
An Open Letter To Friends Who Think I’m ‘Just Sad’
Sometimes I hear you say it. Sometimes I can see you think it. “She’s just sad – give it time.” “You’re just sad, but it’ll go away.” Just sad is …
Depression Took My Child, Not Suicide
My only son Isaiah gained his wings on April 26, 2019, after he lost a long battle with depression. I know how shocking it is to hear he chose to …
What you should say to somebody who has miscarried – and what you shouldn’
“At least you know you can get pregnant,” said my doctor friend when I told her I’d had a miscarriage, 12 weeks into my first pregnancy, and following a painful …