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Should I Try to Conceive Directly Following a Miscarriage?

2015/01 By Lauren B. Stevens 6 Comments

When I shared publicly, about suffering my first miscarriage, I received an outpouring of support and well-meaning advice. Overwhelmingly, people responded by telling me to try again as soon as possible; they meant well, but somehow I felt that this was bad advice [for me]. Don’t get me wrong, my first thought, after discovering I had suffered a missed miscarriage, was about trying again as soon as possible.

My first thought, after discovering I had suffered a missed miscarriage, was about trying again as soon as possible.

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Finding Comfort After [Baby] Loss

2014/03 By Lauren B. Stevens Leave a Comment

I think miscarriage is one of the most common types of losses suffered, yet women rarely talk about it openly.  Sadly, so many women suffer in silence.  Friends and family mean well when they try to comfort with sayings such as: there was something terribly wrong with the baby, be thankful this happened now, or be grateful that you already have a healthy little one, or even that God loved your little baby so much that he wanted to keep him/her.  In reality, none of these things are helpful or comforting to hear and it’s better to say nothing than to say these things.  Trust me. 

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Lauren B. Stevens is a former publishing rep-turned-writer, whose work can be found on ChildVantage, The Huffington Post, Scary Mommy and Care.com, among many other websites. When she's not chasing her precocious preschooler, Lauren pens hilarious and heartwarming stories about her life as a mother, ghostwrites blogs for businesses, and sometimes even finds the time to write a bit of creative non-fiction.
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