And so I did what many of us do when we feel lost, alone or afraid, when things aren’t going as planned — I searched to the end of Google for explanations and answers. Little of what I found helped lessen my pain; nothing could ease the lump in my throat, the ache in my heart nor the pit in my stomach.
Until one day when I found a research study that showed the success rate of pregnancies increases significantly (jumping from 30 to 80%) when the pregnant person received additional support during pregnancy after loss. This gave me hope. If additional support could help those who had experienced repeated unexplained loss, it seemed logical it might help me heal.
Thus began my journey of healing. It wasn’t a linear path, but I learned a ton and as a result have narrowed down the most essential elements of healing after pregnancy loss into a digestible format I'd like to share with you.