Resources for Pregnancy & Parenting After Loss

Resources for Pregnancy & Parenting After Loss

Honoring Hope & Love

Dear Parent—

The experience of pregnancy after loss can be complex and terrifying. Getting pregnant quickly or secondary infertility; worry over potential signs of danger; thoughts on when and how to share news about subsequent children; confusion surrounding simultaneous feelings of both grief and joy.

If you are pregnant or attempting pregnancy after loss, my heart is with you. I have included resources here that were useful to me in my process. Please take what you find useful, and discard the rest.

Love,
Miranda Hernandez, Adrian’s Mother

All Resources Pages Available on Adrian's Elephant:

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Stillbirth Prevention

Rainbow Clinics

Blog Posts about PAL/PPAL

This May is my 6th Mothers Day. Thank you for remembering and honoring both my children this year. - Sea Glass Parenting customizable graphics

This May is my 6th Mothers Day. Thank you for remembering and honoring BOTH my children this year.

April 27, 2022

Motherhood comes in so many forms

Motherhood

May 9, 2021

Miranda holding Peanut and Adrian's elephant. Peanut's hand is wrapped around Adrian's elephant.

Illness, Worry, & Reflections

November 12, 2020

Miranda's maternity photo with Peanut. Adrian's footprints are visible in the tattoo on Miranda's ribs (Two Little Starfish)

10 Things I Learned About Pregnancy After Loss (Pursue Today)

July 21, 2020

Miranda with Adrian's elephant and Peanut's mermaid in the hospital (Sarah Perry Photography)

The Whirlwind of Pregnancy and Delivery After Loss

May 19, 2020

Peanut with Adrian's Elephant

Cranky

May 7, 2020

Heart in the sand, Esquimalt Lagoon, Victoria, British Columbia (Miranda Hernandez)

Daydreams

April 2, 2020

Bench on the shore of South Lake Tahoe, California (Miranda Hernandez)

Re-Evaluation & New Priorities after the Death of a Child

February 8, 2020

Miranda and Adrian's Elephant on the California coast

17 August 2019

August 17, 2019

Peanut's feet with Adrian's Elephant (Miranda Hernandez)

First

June 17, 2019

Peanut and Adrian's Elephant (Sarah Perry Photography)

Pregnancy after Loss & Peanut’s Birth Story

June 12, 2019

A duck and its reflection, Assiniboine Park, Manitoba (Miranda Hernandez)

My experience with the 4th Trimester Bodies Project

April 10, 2019

Full moon on a dark night, with clouds in front of the moon (Miranda Hernandez)

Midnight; Memories of Loss & Grief

April 10, 2019

Trees along the shore of Lake Michigan, Chicago

Pregnancy After Loss; A Parable

April 3, 2019

Valerian flowers in Big Sur, California (Miranda Hernandez)

Why I track fetal movement religiously with my second pregnancy

March 21, 2019

Waves in Monterey Bay, California

The Slowest Kind of Panic

February 19, 2019

Bridge on the Haruru Falls trail, Waitanga, New Zealand (Miranda Hernandez)

The Fork in the Road

February 11, 2019

Miranda's maternity photo (Two Little Starfish)

Why I am celebrating every moment of this current pregnancy

February 1, 2019

California coast (Miranda Hernandez)

Please stop telling me everything is going to be “fine”

January 27, 2019

Rustic staircase carved into a trail in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand (Miranda Hernandez)

Hard Day

January 14, 2019

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My daughter's birth didn't negate the existence of my son. He won't ever stop existing simply because of a living sibling. -Miranda Hernandez, Adrian's Mother

A Living child doesn’t negate the existence of one who is deceased

November 13, 2021

One of the hardest parts about pregnancy and parenting after loss: Not knowing if the children born after loss would still exist if the loss hadn't happened. - Miranda Hernandez, Adrian's Mother

If my loss hadn’t happened, would my subsequent child still be here?

November 13, 2021

Notes for the Support Team - Words Matter: Original statement: You should be thankful for the children you have. Rewritten: Parenting after loss is an eternal balance. I am always available for babysitting or help around the house if you need a break. It's okay to tend to your grief for your missing child too. -Miranda Hernandez, Adrian's Mother

You should be thankful for the children you have

August 1, 2021

Notes for the Support Team - Pregnancy after loss is one of the most beautifully life-affirming and also simultaneously terrifying events your loved ones can experience. If your loved one has shared this news with you, it is likely because they trust you. Be worthy of that trust. -Miranda Hernandez, Adrian's Mother

Mirror Reality in Pregnancy After Loss

May 23, 2021

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