Pregnancy Loss Online Support
on Sep 22, 2009 in Grief support Grief In 1988, then president, Ronald Regan proclaimed October as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month.Pregnancy Loss Information Resources - Baby Loss Comfort was created to help provide real physical support as well as emotional comfort and resource...

Does pregnancy loss need to be talked about more?
on Sep 13, 2009 in personal story Grief miscarriage Stock photo by jeinny My first pregnancy ended in miscarriage somewhere around the 12th week. I learned the news when I went in for an ultrasound. Because of some health risks -- and the fact that my Mom had twins (stillborn at seven months) -- I...

Couple's wish for child comes true
on Sep 11, 2009 in personal story miscarriage Araceli Hooker lay on a rented hospital bed - feet up and head down - in the middle of her living room and prayed for a miracle.Her miracle's name was to be Kaylyn Hope Hooker.Every day that Araceli's ailing cervix held the forming infant inside her...

Revealing the raw heartache of miscarriage
on Sep 9, 2009 in Grief support Grief miscarriage It’s estimated that one in five families experiences the pain of miscarriage. WNBC traffic reporter Megan Meany — who is a part of that statistic — shares her personal story here as a way to encourage other women to speak up and seek support fo...

The greatest loss
on Sep 7, 2009 in male grief miscarriage The emotional effects of a miscarriage can be long-lasting. Caroline Sylger Jones on the anxiety, guilt, isolation and depression that many women experience.Miscarriage occurs in one in four pregnancies, but its commonality offers little comfort to t...

Memorial walk planned for miscarried, still-born babies
on Sep 4, 2009 in Grief support Grief A Christian organization that offers support to people who lose a pregnancy to miscarriage or other medical problems is planning a memorial walk in Clackamas in October.The one-mile "Walk to Remember," sponsored by A Butterfly's Touch, is scheduled f...

Recurrent miscarriage
on Sep 2, 2009 in recurrent miscarriage early pregnancy loss miscarriage When you have been trying to conceive for one month, one year or several years, the most joyous and happy moment that you can feel is when you see a positive home pregnancy test after missing a period. But the excitement and elation can quickly be er...

Young women find support through Early Infant Loss group
on Aug 31, 2009 in Grief support Grief miscarriage SIDS Kay Asher knows all too well what it's like to lose a baby. When she was 25 years old she had a stillbirth. About four years later she had a miscarriage. Not only that, but her daughter has had four miscarriages and her daughter-in-law, two. "At that...

Miscarriage leads to woman's first book
on Aug 15, 2009 in Grief support personal story Grief book Tonya Dorsey sat there, paralyzed by depression, barely able to muster the energy to turn on the television.Once the TV was on, she was assaulted by a barrage of commercials and programming about babies: Sitcom babies in hospitals; gurgling, happy ba...

New Down's syndrome blood test could put an end to the risk of miscarriage
on Aug 10, 2009 in amniocentesis Down's Syndrome miscarriage A blood test which eradicates the risk of miscarriages when checking for Down's syndrome is being developed.Currently, amniocentesis screening is the method for checking the foetus for risk of handicap.However the highly invasive procedure poses a hi...