Isabel

I was almost 36 weeks pregnant on Christmas Eve, when I went in for some routine monitoring and doctors discovered our baby's heart was no longer beating. I gave birth to Isabel a few days later, on December 27th (she was beautiful, weighing 4lbs 2oz, with her dad's hair and mom's long fingers and toes...)

It’s really hard to talk about things that are hard to talk about…but I'm so so grateful for all the support and love we've had over the last few months.

I'm just starting to work part time again, and go out in public, which comes with its own challenges; it's not just hard for my partner and I, but also hard for anyone to hear about or talk about the loss of a child.

I’ve found if I talk about it first though, people are way more likely to come forward and share their stories and experiences. I’ve started blogging about it here and there - reading about other people's experiences has been really helpful, and it inspires me to share my own. But it can be isolating and I would love to see more support and awareness about child loss in our community. I had no idea that 1 in 4 pregnancies will end in a type of loss until it happened to us.