![]() You don’t have to suffer in silence about not knowing if you even want another child. You don’t have to suffer in silence about the jealousy you feel when you see others with their healthy baby bumps. You don’t have to suffer in silence about the pain you feel when you get your period– the harsh remind you are no longer pregnant. You don’t have to suffer in silence about the emptiness that you feel. ![]() Still I am grateful for the experience and connection. They also shared laughs and gifts that their babies had given them. They shared their sorrow, grief, and pain. The women in the group were so welcoming and kind. Another told me about a support group that she knew of. Another had one and her mother told her to get over it. One person also had a miscarriage but she never talked about it. People reached out to me from that group. I wrote a blogpost about how I was feeling and something inside of me made me share it in one of my facebook groups. The day after I found out that the baby I thought I was carrying was not there, I stayed home alone and cried. But I think a big part was not wanting to suffer in silence. ![]() Part of it was not wanting them to feel the false hope I had experienced. Minutes after I left the birth center, I texted pretty much everyone in my phone. Nothing else made sense to me, but that message I heard loud and clear. The rest of the words swirled around me and came in and out, but I very clearly heard the message, “You do not have to suffer in silence.” And something inside of me made me latch on to it. I didn’t hear much else of what she said clearly- I’m sorry. “You don’t have to suffer in silence”–my midwife’s words stood out in my mind as the rest of the world around me started to crumble.
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