Pregnancy and Infant Loss:
Feeling so alone was So very hard.

“I thought I was going to die from a broken heart 💔 It’s taken me years to work through the grief of our son Burke being stillborn.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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In the beginning, I tried to cope without help. But as time went on and I wasn’t coping, I searched for different things that might give me some peace.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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What I found was that talking about my experience, saying Burke’s name, and keeping his memory alive was what helped me most. In this process, I also learned it doesn’t just help me, it helps others going through their own heartache to know they’re not alone.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I continue to share this experience because when I went through it, feeling so alone was so very hard and if can help even one person know, they’re not alone, then it is worth it.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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And besides, this precious little soul made an enormous impact on my life.❤️

What I learned in the process continues to inspire me each day. I suppose my biggest blessing in it all was that I learned deep, immense gratitude for everything in my life, particularly to never take health for granted. Life has a way of teaching us what we need, even when we don’t recognize the lesson at the time.”