La perdida de mi bebe ha sido una de las cosas mas duras que me ha pasado en mi vida. Y como mujer fuerte y obstinada, fue muy dificil para mi …
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By Sara Barry “And are your kids healthy?” Thankfully I was still clothed when she asked me, not sitting awkwardly on the crinkly paper at the end of a table …
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By Carol McMurrich and Katrina Van Naerssen It was a warm June day when I got the call, curiously on a day where I had planned to work, but didn’t …
After I suffered 2 second trimester miscarriages, one in 2009 and one in 2010, I felt very lost and alone. I started finding myself gravitating to people who have had …
Meet Our Miscarriage Support Group Facilitator: Brandi Gillen-Hing! Read More »
I chose this picture for my bio because it was a very happy day. It was my birthday in 2010; I had hiked up Mt. Tom; I was pregnant with …
Meet Our TFMR Support Group Facilitator & Board of Directors: Lindsey Rothschild! Read More »
By Sara Barry I have a friend whose son died recently. He wasn’t a baby, but he was her baby, the one who first made her a mother. She’s been …
By Sara Barry Recently a friend asked if I had any advice about her son’s recent questions about his sister, the one who died before he was born. She worried …
Dear Families, I can remember leaving the hospital empty-handed, with nothing but a tan folder full of photocopied articles about grief and loss. The one thing that did mean something …
The season of infertility between the births of my son and my daughter was the darkest time in my life. We started trying to conceive when our son was three. …
Meet Our Support Group Facilitator: Anna Westley! Read More »
My name is Marisa Pizii, and I have lived in Western Massachusetts for 11 years. I first met Carol in a MotherWomen training in 2009. In 2010, I ended my …
Meet Our Support Group Facilitator and Peer Companion: Marisa Pizii! Read More »