The View from Toddler Playground

The View from Toddler Playground

The playground was a place I had once avoided on my running route after my daughter, Laila, had died. Seeing happy children made me miserable. So much life reminded me of her sudden and unexplained death. I would pick up my running pace and turn up the volume in my...
Ripples of Miscarriage

Ripples of Miscarriage

It was an hour after my sister’s scheduled scan when the phone rang, and my heart broke as I saw her name flash up on my phone. Without even answering I knew what she was going to say. The impending feelings of excitement and relief that we thought were moments away,...
My Journey of a Miscarriage

My Journey of a Miscarriage

“He ordered the steak dinner and I had a milkshake”. I knew then that we were handling our miscarriage very differently.  There is no rulebook for handling the news when you miscarry, how you pass the unborn child, and how to have conversations about the news. The...