Everyone knows October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but there is another great cause to be aware of this month, Pregnancy and Infant loss. October 15th is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day.
While breast cancer is a horrible disease, no one says, don't talk about it. However, that's exactly what people are saying when they tell pregnant woman to wait 3 months before telling anyone they are pregnant. I'll admit, it's hard telling people you are no longer pregnant, but isn't it better to have their support if something goes wrong?
This is going to be a hard month for me. I recently suffered my 3rd miscarriage. I've never really talked about the others much, but this one seems to have hit me a lot harder than the others and I think it's time we start talking about. Women don't know how common it is until it happens to them. Statistics say 1 in 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage. My doctor said that statistic might be closer to 1 in 3 now days with all the super early pregnancy tests available.
I wore my memorial locket right after my D&E, but I think it's time to break it out again. I'm going to use the locket from our October special to tell my story. I'll post a picture later after I get home and put it together.
If you would like to create a memorial locket for your angel baby, please contact me and I can help.
I hope our journey doesn't end on this note, but for now I will enjoy the children I do have and I wait for the day we can give them another sibling.
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