Dear Thing by Julie Cohen
I would like to thank Julie Cohen, author of Dear Thing, for this guest post. I miscarried three times before I had my son. It was the darkest period of my life so far, and I will never forget the children, and the hopes of children, that my family and I lost. I wrote Dear Thing partly because of my experience of miscarriage, and partly because of my friends' experience of … More]
Blog Sharing is Caring: Three Little Beans
This Blog Sharing is Caring post features Three Little Beans. Again, this is a very new blog, started in January 2016! So in the true nature of Baby Hopeful blog sharing, here is a massive welcome to Three Little Beans into the world of infertility blogging. Here is a bit more about Three Little Beans and its author: I’m a 27-year-old wife, teacher, and dog-mom trying to … More]
The End of Miracles by Monica Starkman
“One of the great psychosomatic medicine psychiatrists of our time, Monica Starkman, M.D., brings us a powerful, well-crafted and important story.” --Michelle Riba, Past President, American Psychiatric Association Margo Kerber has spent fruitless years battling infertility, and is completely devastated when her seemingly miraculous pregnancy ends in a late-term miscarriage. For … More]
Blog Sharing is Caring: The Empty Womb
As you know I always like to share blogs, particularly new ones. This Blog Sharing is Caring post features The Empty Womb. I was attracted to the blog firstly by the catchy "About Me" summary which clearly states the facts (no waffle) and has a mini-advert for her future little one, which touched me: "Full, warm heart and an empty, cozy womb available for one special little … More]
Let’s Talk Science: Ovulation
For some reason, since having our miracle, my friends who are TTC have started asking me about the best time of the month to conceive (like I am some expert!?). And I suppose, after TTC for so long, Hubby and I did become pretty good at targeting our ovulation dates. I did become pretty knowledgeable (okay, obsessed) about ovulation; when it was, how it worked etc. I have been … More]
Unexplained Recurrent Miscarriage: The Acceptance of Being Helpless
My blog has definitely touched on this subject before, but in recent weeks I have been reflecting on what I have learnt over the last few years and acceptance was one thing which was a constant battle. I never really accepted that we were infertile. No, I tell a lie there, I had accepted that. What I hadn't accepted was that there was nothing that we or anyone else could do about … More]
Miscarriage Secrets
After Emily Bingham's recent Facebook "rant" I was surprised only days later to come across this post about miscarriage: My Experience with the Voldemort of Women's Health Issues by Laura Benanti The day I found out I was pregnant was the happiest day of my life. I had wanted to be a mom for a long time, and at 36 it was finally happening. When my fiancé, Patrick, and I first … More]
“How’s Your Wife?” by Matt Burton
I would like to thank Matt Burton, for this guest post. Matt is the author of the blog "Chasing Our Happily Ever After" which is all about the struggle he and his wife had to become parents. Matt's blog tugged at my heartstrings, because after five miscarriages, his story is very close to my own. “How’s your wife?” “How’s Kayleigh coping?” This is the question that I was … More]
Respect to Emily Bingham’s Fertility Rant
I just had to post a quickie about Emily Bingham's recent Facebook "rant" (or so it's being called in the press). I'm pretty certain you have come across it somewhere in the news over the last few days. Using an ultrasound image she grabbed Facebook users attention and wrote an amazing "rant" about how sensitive a subject fertility is. (Personally, I wouldn't describe it as a … More]
Coming Out of the Trenches by Jen Noonan
I would like to thank Jen Noonan, author of In Due Time: A Journey Through Infertility, Loss, and Embracing the Unknown for this guest post. As I was preparing to write this post, my mind went blank. I couldn’t think of anything to write. And that nagging question “What will people think?” kept popping into my head, but I wasn’t sure why. I was about to bow out, go back to Baby … More]
Never Forgotten!
This month our first baby would have been three years old had we not miscarried. Now that we have our little miracle, I almost thought that the past would be in the past - that we could (and would) move on. But I now know for sure that whilst, yes, the past is in the past (and we definitely look towards a different positive future now), the angel babies we lost will never be … More]
In Due Time by Jen Noonan
"In Due Time" is a brand new book by Jen Noonan. It's so new in fact, that it hasn't even been released yet, and is due to be released in September 2015. Baby Hopeful has been lucky enough to have a sneak preview. “I felt like a failure, both to myself and to my husband… distraught that when I wanted my body to do what so many women could do naturally, even by accident, I was … More]
