Miscarriage Hope Desk

What to Expect When You Sign Up as a Mentee

Allison Schaaf — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 21:01:48 GMT

If you have been considering reaching out for a mentor but have not yet, I want to remove every barrier I can today.

Here is what happens when you sign up as a mentee in the MHD mentorship program.

1- You start by emailing support@miscarriagehopedesk.com with “mentee” in the subject line. I will send a link of available mentors for you to choose from.

2- You send me a list of your top 2-3 mentors.

3- I will connect you with your mentor!

Once you are matched, you and your mentor figure out what works for you- phone calls, texting, etc. You will be supported by someone who has actually been where you are. Someone who gets it when no one else can.

The program is free and available to all.

Email allison@miscarriagehopedesk with "mentee" in the subject line. I hope to hear from you.

Sending love, Allison

We rely on donations to keep programs like our mentorship program free of cost. If you feel called, we always appreciate your support- venmo.com/miscarriagehopedesk

ABOUT Miscarriage Hope Desk (MHD)

How MHD offers support:I was trying to have you post to save me some time, but adding the links takes more time for sure.

Our IG community is very active — if you are not following along, go here
Our free Facebook community continues to provide support, join here
Podcast — search our content-rich archive!
Online library & stories of hope
Mentorship program (below)

Mentorship Program

Our program is open and FREE! We are looking for mentors to help accommodate our increased demand.

A Call for Mentors
Have you walked the path of miscarriage and feel like you are on the other side and ready to work with someone else in our community, 1:1? If you are interested, please email support@miscarriagehopedesk.com with the word "mentor" in the subject line for details.

Looking to be a Mentee?
If you would like to apply for a mentor, please email support@miscarriagehopedesk.com and I can send details on how to get connected with a mentor.

Miscarriage Hope Desk is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit — we appreciate the support of YOU, our community, in making our resources possible.

🌿 Resources 🌿

Use the links below to help support the work we do at Miscarriage Hope Desk.

🌿 Pre & Post-Natals — RD-formulated prenatal supplements, here [add link]. They also have postnatal supplements, here [add link]. After a pregnancy loss, I recommend either continuing with a prenatal or considering a postnatal, to help replenish.

🌿 Meal Plans — Get a 2-week free trial of healthy, fertility-friendly meal plans, here [add link].

🌿 Supplements — Looking for high-quality, discounted supplements? I use Fullscript [add link] for high quality supplements for me and my husband (and recommend avoiding Amazon for supplements). Create an account to see sample fertility protocols for both you and your partner and make an order to have quality supplements delivered to your doorstep!

🌿 OOVA — This is the tool I use to track my progesterone & luteinizing (LH) hormone to better predict ovulation. Click here [add link] and use code MiscarriageHopeDesk for 10% off.

🌿 Proov — Provides an array of at-home fertility testing. The "Predict & Confirm" kit provides valuable LH & PdG (a urine metabolite of progesterone) information to help know when ovulation occurs. They also have individual tests specific to testing PdG & FSH (ovarian reserve). Use this link [add link] or code MHD to receive 20% off at checkout.

🌿 Venmo — Want to support the work we do here at Miscarriage Hope Desk? We appreciate your donations: venmo.com/miscarriagehopedesk

🌿 Good Grief — Looking for miscarriage-specific care packages (for yourself or someone who needs it?): shop Good Grief use code ALLISONSHIP for free shipping in September.

Requests? Email support@miscarriagehopedesk.com if you have requests for content, library articles or resources!

Could You Be a Mentor? What It Actually Takes

Allison Schaaf — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 21:02:39 GMT

If you have experienced pregnancy loss and you are far enough in your own healing to have some perspective on it, this post is for you.

I want to talk about what it actually means to be a mentor in the MHD program, because I know this could be a meaningful way to give back for so many of you out there (I promise, our mentors get just as much out of the program as our mentees!).

Mentoring does not mean being fully healed or having all the answers, and it is not the same as being a therapist or a grief counselor.

Being a mentor means being there for one woman who is where you once were. Listening. Saying "me too." Sharing what helped you and being honest about what did not. Getting it when no one else can. Being a steady, caring presence for someone who feels alone in her grief.

What makes a good mentor:

You have experienced pregnancy loss yourself. You are not in the acute phase of your own grief. You have some capacity to hold space for someone else's hard season. You are reliable and compassionate. You are willing to reach out consistently, even when life is busy.

We have matched 74 people through this program so far, and mentors keep telling me it has healed something in them too, not just their mentees.

If you are interested in becoming a mentor, email allison@miscarriagehopedesk.com with "mentor" in the subject line. I have a short form for you to complete so that mentees can better choose the right fit.

I would love to connect with you.

Sending love, Allison

ABOUT Miscarriage Hope Desk (MHD)

How MHD offers support:I was trying to have you post to save me some time, but adding the links takes more time for sure.

Our IG community is very active — if you are not following along, go here
Our free Facebook community continues to provide support, join here
Podcast — search our content-rich archive!
Online library & stories of hope
Mentorship program (below)

Mentorship Program

Our program is open and FREE! We are looking for mentors to help accommodate our increased demand.

Looking to be a Mentee?
If you would like to apply for a mentor, please email support@miscarriagehopedesk.com and I can send details on how to get connected with a mentor.

Miscarriage Hope Desk is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit — we appreciate the support of YOU, our community, in making our resources possible.

🌿 Resources 🌿

Use the links below to help support the work we do at Miscarriage Hope Desk.

🌿 Meal Plans — Get a 2-week free trial of healthy, fertility-friendly meal plans, here [add link].

🌿 OOVA — This is the tool I use to track my progesterone & luteinizing (LH) hormone to better predict ovulation. Click here [add link] and use code MiscarriageHopeDesk for 10% off.

🌿 Venmo — Want to support the work we do here at Miscarriage Hope Desk? We appreciate your donations: venmo.com/miscarriagehopedesk

🌿 Good Grief — Looking for miscarriage-specific care packages (for yourself or someone who needs it?): shop Good Grief use code ALLISONSHIP for free shipping in September.

Requests? Email support@miscarriagehopedesk.com if you have requests for content, library articles or resources!

The Care Package I Wish Someone Had Sent Me

Allison Schaaf — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 22:01:27 GMT

After my miscarriage, I didn’t need anything big. I just wanted someone to show up. A pair of cozy socks or a card arriving in my mailbox. Something that said “I may not have the right words, but I’m still thinking of you.” Most people didn’t know what to do, and honestly, neither did I.

Good Grief is an online gifting company that creates care packages specifically for life’s hardest moments, including three packages designed specifically for miscarriage and pregnancy loss-

To Tend & To Hold

Hope & Healing

Carry Me While We Wait

Each box is filled with practical tools for healing and self-care, and comes with a handwritten card. It’s the kind of thing you wish someone had thought to send you.

If you’re looking for a way to support someone after pregnancy loss, or want to treat yourself because you deserve it, use code ALLISONSHIP for free shipping through the end of September. 🤍

And join me in the comments: what would you like to see added to a miscarriage care package? ⬇️

With love,
Allison

ABOUT Miscarriage Hope Desk (MHD)

How MHD offers support:I was trying to have you post to save me some time, but adding the links takes more time for sure.

Our IG community is very active — if you are not following along, go here
Our free Facebook community continues to provide support, join here
Podcast — search our content-rich archive!
Online library & stories of hope
Mentorship program (below)

Mentorship Program

Our program is open and FREE! We are looking for mentors to help accommodate our increased demand.

Looking to be a Mentee?
If you would like to apply for a mentor, please email support@miscarriagehopedesk.com and I can send details on how to get connected with a mentor.

Miscarriage Hope Desk is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit — we appreciate the support of YOU, our community, in making our resources possible.

🌿 Resources 🌿

Use the links below to help support the work we do at Miscarriage Hope Desk.

🌿 Meal Plans — Get a 2-week free trial of healthy, fertility-friendly meal plans, here [add link].

🌿 OOVA — This is the tool I use to track my progesterone & luteinizing (LH) hormone to better predict ovulation. Click here [add link] and use code MiscarriageHopeDesk for 10% off.

🌿 Venmo — Want to support the work we do here at Miscarriage Hope Desk? We appreciate your donations: venmo.com/miscarriagehopedesk

Requests? Email support@miscarriagehopedesk.com if you have requests for content, library articles or resources!

You Were Not Meant to Grieve Alone

Allison Schaaf — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 21:02:04 GMT

After a miscarriage, a lot of us go quiet. We pull inward. We convince ourselves that our grief is too heavy to share, too messy to explain, too much for other people to hold.

I did this too. I thought I was protecting the people I loved from the weight of it. I thought I was being strong. What I was actually doing was carrying something alone that was never meant to be carried that way.

Grief after pregnancy loss is isolating by nature. It is invisible. There is no funeral, often no public acknowledgment. The world moves on quickly. And so many women are left feeling like they have to process something enormous in complete silence.

But here is what I know after years of walking through this and building a community around it: isolation makes grief harder. Connection makes it survivable.

A few things I have learned about not grieving alone:

You do not have to share everything to feel less alone. Even saying “I am having a hard time” to one person who cares about you is enough to break the seal. You do not owe anyone the whole story before you are ready.

The right people are out there, even when they do not look like who you expected. They may not be in your immediate circle. Some of them are women you have not met yet. But they exist, and they are looking for you too.

Letting someone in does not make you a burden. Grief has a way of convincing us we are too much, but we are not. The people who love us want to help, and letting them is a gift to both of you.

There is something that happens when someone else says “me too.” Something in you relaxes. You start to believe healing is possible, because you are watching it happen in someone else.

And asking for support is not weakness. It might be one of the bravest things you do in the middle of loss. It says: I believe I deserve to be held through this.

74 Matches Later: What Our Mentorship Program Has Taught Us

Allison Schaaf — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:01:33 GMT

When I started the Miscarriage Hope Desk mentorship program in January 2023, I did not know exactly what it would become. I just knew that one of the things that helped me most after my losses was having someone beside me who had already been through it. Someone who could say: I know this place. I made it through. You will too.

74 matches later, here is what those connections have taught me: healing moves faster when you are not carrying it alone.

A mentee is someone who has experienced pregnancy loss and wants one-on-one support from a person who actually understands, not just someone trained to say the right things. A mentor is someone further down the road, willing to walk back and sit with someone who is earlier in it.

This is not therapy, and it is not a hotline you call once. It is closer to a friendship that started because of the worst thing that ever happened to both of you.

If you are wondering whether this is for you: you do not need to be past the hardest part of your own grief, and you do not need a script. Mostly you just need to be willing to show up on the days it would be easier not to.

Applications for both mentors and mentees are open this month. If you have felt a pull toward either side of this, it is worth listening to.

To apply or learn more, email support@miscarriagehopedesk.com with "mentor" or "mentee" in the subject line and I will send you details.

Sending love, Allison

ABOUT Miscarriage Hope Desk (MHD)

How MHD offers support:I was trying to have you post to save me some time, but adding the links takes more time for sure.

Our IG community is very active — if you are not following along, go here
Our free Facebook community continues to provide support, join here
Podcast — search our content-rich archive!
Online library & stories of hope
Mentorship program (below)

Mentorship Program

Our program is open and FREE! We are looking for mentors to help accommodate our increased demand.

Looking to be a Mentee?
If you would like to apply for a mentor, please email support@miscarriagehopedesk.com and I can send details on how to get connected with a mentor.

Miscarriage Hope Desk is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit — we appreciate the support of YOU, our community, in making our resources possible.

🌿 Resources 🌿

Use the links below to help support the work we do at Miscarriage Hope Desk.

🌿 Meal Plans — Get a 2-week free trial of healthy, fertility-friendly meal plans, here [add link].

🌿 OOVA — This is the tool I use to track my progesterone & luteinizing (LH) hormone to better predict ovulation. Click here [add link] and use code MiscarriageHopeDesk for 10% off.

🌿 Venmo — Want to support the work we do here at Miscarriage Hope Desk? We appreciate your donations: venmo.com/miscarriagehopedesk

Requests? Email support@miscarriagehopedesk.com if you have requests for content, library articles or resources!

Giving Yourself Permission to Want Good Things Again

Allison Schaaf — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:03:35 GMT

At some point after a loss, wanting things starts to feel scary, even dangerous.

Not right away, maybe. But somewhere in the grief, a quiet rule forms: if you do not want things, you cannot be hurt again. If you keep your expectations low, you stay safe. If you do not hope too hard, the fall will not break you.

I decided early on to not live inside that rule. I never stopped letting myself get excited about things.

Here is why: this “protection” is not safety. That is just a smaller life.

Wanting good things is not a betrayal of the baby you lost. It is not tempting fate. It is not naive. It is one of the most human things you can do, and you have not lost your right to it.

Here are some ways I have learned to practice wanting things again:

1. Start with something low-stakes.
You do not have to want a baby first. Want a trip- put it on the calendar. Want an afternoon that feels light. Practice letting yourself want small things.

2. Notice when you are shrinking.
When you catch yourself cutting off a hopeful thought, pause. Ask why. Sometimes grief masquerades as practicality.

3. Let hope be small and fragile.
You do not have to feel certain to move forward. A small, uncertain hope is still a hope. It still counts.

4. Talk to someone who gets it.
Sometimes you need someone to say "it is okay to want this" out loud. That is what this community is for.

5. Separate hope from expectation.
Hoping for something does not mean demanding it. You can want something and still hold it loosely.

6. Grieve the version of wanting that felt easy.
Before loss, wanting things probably felt lighter. It is okay to mourn that too. And it is okay to build a new relationship with hope, one that has more nuance and more strength.

7. You are allowed to be happy.
Not instead of grieving. Not by forgetting. But at the same time. In the same body. In the same life.

Journal Prompts: Giving Yourself Permission

The Question I Dreaded Most: "Do You Have Kids?"

Allison Schaaf — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:03:03 GMT

It comes up at dinner parties. At family gatherings. At the kind of casual small talk that is supposed to be easy.

"Do you have kids?"

For a long time after my losses, I did not know how to answer that question. And the not-knowing felt like its own kind of grief.

If I said no, I was erasing them. Pretending they had not existed. Going along with a version of my story that left out the babies I had lost.

I was also inviting the next question- do you want kids?

If I said yes, I had to explain. And I did not always have the energy to explain. Or to watch someone's face change when I did.

I have answered this question many ways over the years. I have said no and felt sick about it. I have said "I have had some losses" and watched the conversation grind to a halt. I have changed the subject. I have excused myself.

Here is what I have settled on for myself: I do not owe anyone my full story in a casual conversation. Some people I tell. Some people I do not. That is not denial. That is discernment.

There is no right answer to that question. Not a universal one. You get to decide who receives your story and when. You get to change your answer depending on the room. You get to protect yourself.

What I do know is this: your babies count. However you answer that question on any given day, the answer in your heart is the one that matters. You are a mother. That does not require anyone else's acknowledgment.

If you are navigating this question right now, you are not alone. It is one of the hardest small things about this kind of loss. The world keeps asking questions that do not have easy answers, and you keep finding ways to walk through it anyway.

That is not nothing. That is everything.

Sending love, Allison

ABOUT Miscarriage Hope Desk (MHD)

How MHD offers support:I was trying to have you post to save me some time, but adding the links takes more time for sure.

Our IG community is very active — if you are not following along, go here
Our free Facebook community continues to provide support, join here
Podcast — search our content-rich archive!
Online library & stories of hope
Mentorship program (below)

Mentorship Program

Our program is open and FREE! We are looking for mentors to help accommodate our increased demand.

Looking to be a Mentee?
If you would like to apply for a mentor, please email support@miscarriagehopedesk.com and I can send details on how to get connected with a mentor.

Miscarriage Hope Desk is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit — we appreciate the support of YOU, our community, in making our resources possible.

🌿 Resources 🌿

Use the links below to help support the work we do at Miscarriage Hope Desk.

🌿 Meal Plans — Get a 2-week free trial of healthy, fertility-friendly meal plans, here [add link].

🌿 OOVA — This is the tool I use to track my progesterone & luteinizing (LH) hormone to better predict ovulation. Click here [add link] and use code MiscarriageHopeDesk for 10% off.

🌿 Venmo — Want to support the work we do here at Miscarriage Hope Desk? We appreciate your donations: venmo.com/miscarriagehopedesk

Requests? Email support@miscarriagehopedesk.com if you have requests for content, library articles or resources!

When Pregnancy Announcements Still Hurt

Allison Schaaf — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:03:33 GMT

You hear the news. Someone you love is pregnant. And before you can stop it, something in you contracts.

Maybe it is a split second of pain before the smile. Maybe it is a wave of something you cannot name. Maybe you cry in the car on the way home.

And then comes the guilt. Because you love this person. Because you want to be happy for them. Because what kind of person feels this way when someone shares good news?

You are that kind of person. And there are a lot of us.

Here is what I want you to know: that reaction does not make you unkind, jealous, or broken. It makes you human. It makes you someone who has lost something and is still carrying it.

A few things that helped me navigate this:

1. Name what you are feeling before you try to fix it.
"I felt pain when I heard her news" is the truth. You are allowed to say that, at least to yourself.

2. Your feelings about her news and your feelings for her can both be true at the same time.
You can love someone and still feel grief when their life looks like what you wanted.

3. You do not have to white-knuckle your way through the announcement.
If you need to step out, step out. If you need to respond via text instead of in person, that is okay.

4. Give yourself a time limit on the hard feelings.
Feel what you feel for a day, an hour, a car ride. Then try to come back to what you actually want for this person.

5. You are not behind.
Someone else's pregnancy is not evidence that you are failing or that the universe has forgotten you.

6. Reach out when you are ready, not when you feel pressured to.
A text the next day is fine. A card a week later is fine. You do not have to perform joy on someone else's timeline.

7. It gets easier.
Not because the grief goes away, but because you build more capacity to hold complicated feelings at the same time.

When You're Ready to Try Again (And When You're Not)

Allison Schaaf — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:02:03 GMT

No one can tell you when. Not your doctor, not your family, not this post. But there are some honest questions worth sitting with.

After my losses, the decision to try again felt enormous. Like stepping off a ledge into open air. The hope was terrifying. The thought of not trying felt unbearable too. I was caught between fear and longing in a way I had never experienced before.

What I know now is that there is no right answer and no right timeline. But there are real things to pay attention to.

1. Are you trying again because you want to, or because you feel pressure to?
Pressure from your timeline, your age, your family, your own grief wanting to fix something fast. All of those are real. But they are different from genuine readiness.

2. Does your body feel ready?
Not just medically cleared, but actually ready. Sometimes the body needs more time than the clearance date suggests.

3. Does your partner feel ready?
This decision belongs to both of you. If one of you is significantly further along in readiness than the other, that is worth an honest conversation before you start.

4. Can you hold hope and fear at the same time without it crushing you?
You will likely feel both. The question is not whether the fear goes away. It is whether you have enough ground under your feet to carry both.

5. Have you grieved the baby you lost, not just moved past them?
Trying again does not replace the one you lost. Sometimes people try again as a way of skipping the grief. Those two things need to stay separate.

6. What does "not ready" feel like for you, specifically?
Naming the shape of your not-ready can help. Is it fear? Is it grief still too fresh? Is it your relationship needing more time? Specifics help.

7. What does your gut say?
Underneath all the noise, what does the quietest part of you actually know?

Journal Prompts: Finding Your Own Answer (paid content)

What Healing Actually Looks Like

Allison Schaaf — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:04:08 GMT

Here is what healing actually looked like for me.

It looked like laughing at something and then feeling guilty about laughing. And then slowly, the guilt fading.

It looked like being triggered by things I did not expect. A baby shower invitation. A pregnancy announcement on Instagram. A song in the car at exactly the wrong moment. I thought I was further along and then something small would pull the rug out.

It looked like good weeks followed by hard days, not the other way around.

It looked like being okay and actually knowing I was okay. That feeling is different from performing okay. It took me a while to tell the difference.

It looked like still missing them. Even now. Even when I am happy. Even when life is full. There is a love that does not go away, and healing did not make it go away. It just made it possible to carry.

It looked like rebuilt trust, slowly. Trust in my body. Trust in hope. Trust that I could want something and not be destroyed if it did not come.

It looked like a different version of myself than the one who started this journey. Not broken. Not the same as before. Something new, built out of what I survived.

I want you to know this: if your healing does not look like the version you imagined, you are probably still healing. Healing is messy and nonlinear and it does not announce itself. But it is happening.

You are not stuck. You are healing.

Sending love, Allison

ABOUT Miscarriage Hope Desk (MHD)

How MHD offers support:I was trying to have you post to save me some time, but adding the links takes more time for sure.

Our IG community is very active — if you are not following along, go here
Our free Facebook community continues to provide support, join here
Podcast — search our content-rich archive!
Online library & stories of hope
Mentorship program (below)

Mentorship Program

Our program is open and FREE! We are looking for mentors to help accommodate our increased demand.

Looking to be a Mentee?
If you would like to apply for a mentor, please email support@miscarriagehopedesk.com and I can send details on how to get connected with a mentor.

Miscarriage Hope Desk is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit — we appreciate the support of YOU, our community, in making our resources possible.

🌿 Resources 🌿

Use the links below to help support the work we do at Miscarriage Hope Desk.

🌿 Meal Plans — Get a 2-week free trial of healthy, fertility-friendly meal plans, here [add link].

🌿 OOVA — This is the tool I use to track my progesterone & luteinizing (LH) hormone to better predict ovulation. Click here [add link] and use code MiscarriageHopeDesk for 10% off.

🌿 Venmo — Want to support the work we do here at Miscarriage Hope Desk? We appreciate your donations: venmo.com/miscarriagehopedesk

Requests? Email support@miscarriagehopedesk.com if you have requests for content, library articles or resources!

For the Dads and Husbands Who Are Grieving Too

Allison Schaaf — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:01:36 GMT

This one is a little different. I’m intentionally sending this out on a Friday, not Monday so that it lands in your inbox before this weekend.

I am writing it for the men walking through this alongside their wives, and for the women who love them.

Because here is something we do not talk about enough: dads grieve too. Differently, often more quietly, sometimes in ways that look nothing like what we expect grief to look like. But the loss is real for them too.

My husband did not cry the way I cried. He went quiet. He kept moving. He took care of logistics and held me while I fell apart. And for a long time I assumed that meant he was okay.

He was not okay. He was grieving in the only way he knew how.

This Father's Day, I want to hold space for the dads sitting with a loss the world does not always acknowledge. The ones whose names do not appear on cards. The ones who do not have a community telling them it is okay to fall apart.

To the dads:
Your grief is real. The baby you lost was yours too. You do not have to be strong all the time. It is okay to say it was hard. It is okay if Father's Day brings up something complicated this year. You are allowed to feel that.

To the partners of grieving dads:
If your partner went quiet after your loss, that silence was probably grief. If he seemed to move on faster than you, it may have been his way of coping rather than not caring. If he did not have the words, it may be because no one ever gave him permission to fall apart.

You are both grieving the same baby. Just sometimes from different rooms.

If you want to do something for your partner this Father's Day, the simplest thing might be this: tell him you know this day is complicated for him too. That you see his grief even when it looks different from yours. That your baby was his baby too.

Sending love to every family navigating this weekend in a complicated way.

Allison

ABOUT Miscarriage Hope Desk (MHD)

How MHD offers support:I was trying to have you post to save me some time, but adding the links takes more time for sure.

Our IG community is very active — if you are not following along, go here
Our free Facebook community continues to provide support, join here
Podcast — search our content-rich archive!
Online library & stories of hope
Mentorship program (below)

Mentorship Program

Our program is open and FREE! We are looking for mentors to help accommodate our increased demand.

Looking to be a Mentee?
If you would like to apply for a mentor, please email support@miscarriagehopedesk.com and I can send details on how to get connected with a mentor.

Miscarriage Hope Desk is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit — we appreciate the support of YOU, our community, in making our resources possible.

🌿 Resources 🌿

Use the links below to help support the work we do at Miscarriage Hope Desk.

🌿 Meal Plans — Get a 2-week free trial of healthy, fertility-friendly meal plans, here [add link].

🌿 OOVA — This is the tool I use to track my progesterone & luteinizing (LH) hormone to better predict ovulation. Click here [add link] and use code MiscarriageHopeDesk for 10% off.

🌿 Venmo — Want to support the work we do here at Miscarriage Hope Desk? We appreciate your donations: venmo.com/miscarriagehopedesk

Requests? Email support@miscarriagehopedesk.com if you have requests for content, library articles or resources!

One Year Out: When My Body Remembered Before I Did

Allison Schaaf — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:03:23 GMT

I did not realize what was happening at first.

It was a morning in June, one year after my miscarriage. I woke up feeling off. Nauseous in that particular way I remembered. Tired without explanation. I went through the first few hours of my day feeling vaguely terrible, trying to figure out what I had eaten, wondering if I was getting sick.

It took me almost 24 hours to realize: my body was replaying the year before. It was remembering what I had not yet let myself consciously think about.

One year earlier, in that same week, I had been pregnant. Sick and tired and hoping. And my body had not forgotten.

When I finally understood what was happening, I sat down and cried. Not because I was still as broken as I had been a year before. But because the memory was still in there, stored somewhere below conscious thought, and my body had been holding it for me all that time.

Grief lives in the body. I knew this in theory. But experiencing it in my own stomach, in my own exhaustion, made it real in a new way.

Here is what that year taught me:

Healing is not just emotional, and it is not linear. The body keeps its own timeline. There will be weeks, dates, seasons that your body knows before your brain does. That is not a setback. That is just the way grief works in a human body.

The anniversary does not have to be devastating. I was not devastated that morning. I was tender. There is a difference. A year out, I could hold that tenderness without being consumed by it.

You will know things you did not know before. A year after a loss, most women know something about themselves and their own strength that they did not know going in. That knowledge is hard-won. It belongs to you.

If you are approaching an anniversary, be easy on yourself. Let your body feel what it feels. Do not rush past it. The fact that you are still here, still moving through your life, is worth acknowledging.

I am thinking of anyone who is near an anniversary right now. Your body remembers. That is not weakness. That is love.

Sending love, Allison

ABOUT Miscarriage Hope Desk (MHD)

How MHD offers support:I was trying to have you post to save me some time, but adding the links takes more time for sure.

Our IG community is very active — if you are not following along, go here
Our free Facebook community continues to provide support, join here
Podcast — search our content-rich archive!
Online library & stories of hope
Mentorship program (below)

Mentorship Program

Our program is open and FREE! We are looking for mentors to help accommodate our increased demand.

Looking to be a Mentee?
If you would like to apply for a mentor, please email support@miscarriagehopedesk.com and I can send details on how to get connected with a mentor.

Miscarriage Hope Desk is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit — we appreciate the support of YOU, our community, in making our resources possible.

🌿 Resources 🌿

Use the links below to help support the work we do at Miscarriage Hope Desk.

🌿 Meal Plans — Get a 2-week free trial of healthy, fertility-friendly meal plans, here [add link].

🌿 OOVA — This is the tool I use to track my progesterone & luteinizing (LH) hormone to better predict ovulation. Click here [add link] and use code MiscarriageHopeDesk for 10% off.

🌿 Venmo — Want to support the work we do here at Miscarriage Hope Desk? We appreciate your donations: venmo.com/miscarriagehopedesk

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When Your Due Date Passes

Allison Schaaf — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:03:20 GMT

Due dates do not disappear when a pregnancy does. They stay on the calendar whether you want them to or not. And when that day comes, weeks or months after your loss, it can hit harder than you expected.

You are not alone in that. Here are some things worth knowing before that day arrives:

1. It is okay if you did not see it coming.
Many women are caught off guard. You may have thought you were fine, and then the day arrives and something in you knows. That is not a setback. That is grief doing exactly what grief does.

2. Your body may remember before your mind does.
You might wake up feeling heavier, more tired, more emotional, before you even look at the calendar. Grief is stored in the body. What you are feeling is real.

3. You are allowed to mark it however feels right.
Some women light a candle. Some plant something. Some take the day off work. Some do nothing outwardly but hold their baby in their heart. There is no wrong way to honor this day.

4. You do not have to explain it to anyone.
This is a day most people in your life will not know about or remember. You do not owe anyone an explanation for why you are tender.

5. It is also okay if the day passes quietly.
Not every due date feels like a crisis. Some women feel a quiet sadness and move through the day. That does not mean you loved your baby less.

6. Give yourself the day after too.
The due date itself gets some mental preparation. The day after can sometimes hit out of nowhere. Be easy on yourself for a few days around that date.

7. Feeling this does not mean you are not healing.
Feeling the due date hard, even a year out, does not mean you are stuck. It means you loved someone. That does not expire.

You are not alone in this. If your due date is coming up, I am thinking of you.

What Grief Did to My Friendships

Allison Schaaf — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:04:20 GMT

After my miscarriage, I learned something about friendship I was not expecting. Some of the people I thought would show up, did not. And some of the people I never would have predicted became the ones who carried me.

Grief is a filter. Not a cruel one, but an honest one. It shows you who knows how to sit with hard things, and who does not.

I want to be fair: most people are not avoiding you out of cruelty. They do not know what to say. They are scared of doing the wrong thing, so they do nothing. That silence can feel like abandonment even when it is not meant that way.

But some friendships did shift for me. I had a close friend who never once acknowledged my loss. I kept waiting. She never brought it up. And something between us quietly changed because of it.

On the other side so many friends did show up overtime. But I had to make the first “move.” Start the conversation. And honestly? Most people wanted to show up, they just did not know how.

Sometimes I get annoyed at the online chatter about people saying the “wrong” things to someone after miscarriage. I try to give people (especially my friends!) the benefit of the doubt. So even if what my friend is saying may not be exactly what I need to hear, I try to understand the intention behind the words.

Those friends who were with me during the grief became something different to me after that.

Here is what I have learned: grief shows you who can hold hard things. Some people cannot. That is not always a character flaw, but it is information. You do not have to cut people off, but you can stop expecting from them what they are not able to give.

You may also find new friendships in unexpected places. The grief community, a support group, an online space. Sometimes the people who truly understand are the ones you had not yet met. If you are looking, check out our free Facebook community.

It is okay to let some friendships quietly change. You do not need a big conversation or a dramatic exit. Sometimes you just shift your expectations and invest more in the people who show up.

Give people a chance to surprise you too. Some friends show up late. They realize months down the road that they dropped the ball, and they come back. That happened to me too.

You are not too much. Your grief did not drive people away. The ones who could not handle it were already limited in that way. You deserve people who can sit with you in the hard.

If someone has shown up for you during this season, consider telling them. People often do not know the impact of their presence. And when you are ready, be that friend that shows up for someone else.

Who has surprised you? I would love to hear in the comments.

Sending love, Allison

ABOUT Miscarriage Hope Desk (MHD)

How MHD offers support:I was trying to have you post to save me some time, but adding the links takes more time for sure.

Our IG community is very active — if you are not following along, go here
Our free Facebook community continues to provide support, join here
Podcast — search our content-rich archive!
Online library & stories of hope
Mentorship program (below)

Mentorship Program

Our program is open and FREE! We are looking for mentors to help accommodate our increased demand.

Looking to be a Mentee?
If you would like to apply for a mentor, please email support@miscarriagehopedesk.com and I can send details on how to get connected with a mentor.

Miscarriage Hope Desk is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit — we appreciate the support of YOU, our community, in making our resources possible.

🌿 Resources 🌿

Use the links below to help support the work we do at Miscarriage Hope Desk.

🌿 Pre & Post-Natals 🌿 RD-formulated prenatal supplements, here. They also have postnatal supplements, here. After a pregnancy loss, I recommend either continuing with a prenatal or considering a postnatal, to help replenish.

🌿 Meal Plans- Get a 2 week free trial of healthy, fertility-friendly meal plans, here.

🌿 Supplements- Looking for high-quality, discounted supplements? I use Fullscript for high quality supplements for me and my husband (and recommend avoiding amazon for supplements). Create an account to see sample fertility protocols for both you and your partner and make an order to have quality supplements delivered to your doorstep!

🌿 OOVA- This is the tool I use to track my progesterone & luteinizing (LH) hormone to better predict ovulation. Click here and use code MiscarriageHopeDesk for 10% off.

🌿 Proov- Provides an array of at-home fertility testing. The “Predict & Confirm” kist provides valuable LH & PdG (a urine metabolite of progesterone) information to help know when ovulation occurs. They also have individual tests specific to testing PdG & FSH (ovarian reserve). Use this link or code MHD to receive 20% off at checkout.

🌿 Venmo- Want to support the work we do here at Miscarriage Hope Desk? We appreciate your donations- https://venmo.com/miscarriagehopedeskRequests? Email support@miscarriagehopedesk.com if you have requests for content, library articles or resources!

What It Means to Actually Be Okay After Miscarriage

Allison Schaaf — Mon, 25 May 2026 11:03:50 GMT

One day someone will ask how you are doing, and you will say "okay," and mean it.

Not holding yourself together. Not performing fine for whoever asked. Just okay. A little lighter. A little more like yourself.

I remember the first time that happened for me. I was surprised by it. Almost guilty. Like I had somehow betrayed my babies by not being in pain.

But here is what I know now: being okay does not mean you have forgotten. It does not mean the loss mattered less. It does not mean you have moved on.

It means you have moved through. Slowly. Imperfectly. Through.

Here is what "actually okay" has looked like for me, and for so many women in this community:

1. Thinking about your baby without it unraveling your whole day.
The love is still there. The grief is still there. But it does not knock you over every time.

2. Wanting things again.
A trip you are looking forward to. A project you care about. Something in the future that feels worth showing up for.

3. Being present.
A real conversation, a real laugh, a meal you actually tasted. Not forced. Just there.

4. Trusting your body again.
This one takes time. But there is a day when you stop feeling at war with yourself. It comes.

5. Crying at okay.
Some people do. You feel it arriving and it brings tears with it, because you have been working so hard to get here. That counts. That is still okay.

And here is what okay is not: a finish line. A place where the grief is completely gone, where you never have a hard day, where you have arrived and can stop. Okay is more like a home base. You will leave it sometimes. You will come back. You will leave again. That is normal.

If you are not there yet, that is okay too. There is no timeline and no grading system. You are allowed to still be in the hard part.

And if you are starting to find your way there, I am really proud of you. You have kept going through something enormous. That matters.

Sending love,

Allison

When the World Moves On But You Haven't

Allison Schaaf — Mon, 18 May 2026 11:02:48 GMT

The flowers are gone. The brunch is over. You are ready to move 'on.’

But you are still here, carrying the same weight you were carrying last week.

Nobody talks about this part. The calendar moves on, so the assumption is that you do too. But grief does not work that way. It does not resolve because a holiday passed. It does not check the date.

I remember this specific loneliness. By the time Tuesday came, I felt like I had missed some internal deadline. Like Mother's Day was the container for the grief, and now that it had passed, I was supposed to be done. And I was still waking up with the same ache, feeling a little ridiculous, like I had missed the window where it was acceptable to still be sad.

I want to say clearly: there is no such window. There is no expiration date on this.

A few things that helped me in these in-between stretches:

1. Naming what I was feeling.
When I felt that particular loneliness, I started saying it out loud, just to myself: "This is grief without a container right now." Just naming it helped.

2. Releasing the idea of going back to normal.
There is no back to normal after loss. There is forward, slowly, into a new normal. Letting go of the old normal is its own grief. I had to give myself permission to mourn that too.

3. Letting myself need different things on different days.
Some days I needed to say my babies' names out loud. Some days I needed to not think about it at all. Both were allowed.

4. Finding people who understand.
Most people in your life love you and have no idea what to say. That is why this community exists. You do not have to explain yourself here.

5. Being patient with the timeline.
The world moving on does not mean you are behind. It just means the world does not always know how to hold grief.

You are not behind. You are not too sensitive. You are not broken.

You are grieving. That is real. It is allowed. And it does not expire.

Drop a comment and let me know how you are doing this week. I am thinking of you.

Sending love, Allison

ABOUT Miscarriage Hope Desk (MHD)

How MHD offers support:I was trying to have you post to save me some time, but adding the links takes more time for sure.

Our IG community is very active — if you are not following along, go here
Our free Facebook community continues to provide support, join here
Podcast — search our content-rich archive!
Online library & stories of hope
Mentorship program (below)

Mentorship Program

Our program is open and FREE! We are looking for mentors to help accommodate our increased demand.

Looking to be a Mentee?
If you would like to apply for a mentor, please email support@miscarriagehopedesk.com and I can send details on how to get connected with a mentor.

Miscarriage Hope Desk is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit — we appreciate the support of YOU, our community, in making our resources possible.

🌿 Resources 🌿

Use the links below to help support the work we do at Miscarriage Hope Desk.

🌿 Meal Plans- Get a 2 week free trial of healthy, fertility-friendly meal plans, here.

🌿 OOVA- This is the tool I use to track my progesterone & luteinizing (LH) hormone to better predict ovulation. Click here and use code MiscarriageHopeDesk for 10% off.

🌿 Venmo- Want to support the work we do here at Miscarriage Hope Desk? We appreciate your donations- https://venmo.com/miscarriagehopedesk

Requests? Email support@miscarriagehopedesk.com if you have requests for content, library articles or resources!

What It Means to Hold Hope After Loss

Allison Schaaf — Mon, 11 May 2026 11:00:56 GMT

After a miscarriage, hope can feel dangerous. Like if you let yourself want something again, you're setting yourself up to be hurt again.

I understand that feeling. I've lived in it. And I want to offer you something different: not toxic positivity, not "everything happens for a reason," but a more grounded, honest way of thinking about hope.

Because hope after loss doesn't look the way it did before. It's quieter. More careful. But it's still worth finding.

Here are 7 things that have helped me hold hope after miscarriage:

1. Hope doesn't mean certainty.
Hope isn't a promise that everything will work out exactly as you want. It's just the belief that something good is still possible, even if it looks different than you planned. You can hope without pretending you know how the story ends.

2. You're allowed to hope and grieve at the same time.
These two things are not opposites. You can deeply mourn what you lost and still quietly hope for what might come. Grief and hope live in the same heart. You don't have to choose.

3. Small hopes count.
You don't have to be hoping for a baby or a future pregnancy to be practicing hope. Hoping that tomorrow feels slightly easier. Hoping to get outside for a walk. Hoping that the ache lightens, even for a moment. These small hopes matter.

4. Community holds hope for you when you can't.
When you can't feel hope for yourself, let others carry it for you for a while. A counselor, a support group, a friend who's been through loss, they can hold the belief that you'll feel better when you cannot hold it yourself.

5. Give yourself a timeline break.
Hope gets harder when we're watching a clock. "I should be pregnant again by now." "I should feel better by now." When you release the timeline, hope has more room to breathe. You are not behind. You are healing.

6. Read others' stories.
There is something powerful about hearing a woman say "I've been exactly where you are, and I found my way through." That's what the Miscarriage Hope Desk podcast exists for. Real stories of loss, healing, and what came after. Listen here.

7. Hope is a practice, not a feeling.
You don't wait to feel hopeful and then start. You take one small hopeful action, even when it feels hollow, and the feeling sometimes follows. Light a candle. Journal a single line. Step outside. Hope is built in tiny moments.

Sending you so HOPE today,

Allison

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ABOUT Miscarriage Hope Desk (MHD)

How MHD offers support:I was trying to have you post to save me some time, but adding the links takes more time for sure.

Our IG community is very active — if you are not following along, go here
Our free Facebook community continues to provide support, join here
Podcast — search our content-rich archive!
Online library & stories of hope
Mentorship program (below)

Mentorship Program

Our program is open and FREE! We are looking for mentors to help accommodate our increased demand.

Looking to be a Mentee?
If you would like to apply for a mentor, please email support@miscarriagehopedesk.com and I can send details on how to get connected with a mentor.

Miscarriage Hope Desk is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit — we appreciate the support of YOU, our community, in making our resources possible.

🌿 Resources 🌿

Use the links below to help support the work we do at Miscarriage Hope Desk.

🌿 Meal Plans- Get a 2 week free trial of healthy, fertility-friendly meal plans, here.

🌿 OOVA- This is the tool I use to track my progesterone & luteinizing (LH) hormone to better predict ovulation. Click here and use code MiscarriageHopeDesk for 10% off.

🌿 Venmo- Want to support the work we do here at Miscarriage Hope Desk? We appreciate your donations- https://venmo.com/miscarriagehopedesk

Requests? Email support@miscarriagehopedesk.com if you have requests for content, library articles or resources!

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What I Know Now About Mother's Day

Allison Schaaf — Fri, 08 May 2026 12:03:33 GMT

Mother's Day used to be one of the hardest days of the year for me.

I remember sitting in church pews while they asked all the mothers to stand, and running to the bathroom to cry. I remember the flower arrangements and the brunch reservations and the cards in every store window, all of it feeling like a reminder of what I did not have, what I had lost, what my body could not seem to hold onto.

Six times, I lost a pregnancy. Six times, I had to find a way to survive this particular Sunday in May.

And then, slowly, something shifted. Not because the grief went away. But because my life began to expand around it.

Now I sit at our kitchen table on a Friday evening, and I watch my kids recount stories of our day, and I think: this is enough. Not in a way that forgets. In a way that holds both things at once. The ones who are here, and the ones who are not.

I do not think healing from miscarriage means forgetting. I think it means learning, slowly, to carry what cannot be put down.

If this Mother's Day is hard for you, I want you to know: you are not doing it wrong. Grief on Mother's Day comes from a place of love. And that love is real. The babies you lost are real. The mother you are, or the mother you are becoming, or the mother you grieve not being yet, all of it is real.

Here is what I want to say to you today:

You do not have to celebrate today if it hurts. You are allowed to mark it quietly, privately, in whatever way is honest for you. Or ignore it completely.

You do not have to pretend you are okay. You are also not obligated to fall apart.

You are allowed to hold grief and gratitude at the same time. They are not opposites.

And if today is simply a day you need to get through, that is enough. Getting through is its own kind of courage.

I will be thinking of you today. I will be thinking of every baby who was loved and lost.

With so much love,
Allison

If you want to share how you are spending today, or who you are holding in your heart, I am here in the comments.

ABOUT Miscarriage Hope Desk (MHD)

How MHD offers support:I was trying to have you post to save me some time, but adding the links takes more time for sure.

Our IG community is very active — if you are not following along, go here
Our free Facebook community continues to provide support, join here
Podcast — search our content-rich archive!
Online library & stories of hope
Mentorship program (below)

Mentorship Program

Our program is open and FREE! We are looking for mentors to help accommodate our increased demand.

Looking to be a Mentee?
If you would like to apply for a mentor, please email support@miscarriagehopedesk.com and I can send details on how to get connected with a mentor.

Miscarriage Hope Desk is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit — we appreciate the support of YOU, our community, in making our resources possible.

🌿 Resources 🌿

Use the links below to help support the work we do at Miscarriage Hope Desk.

🌿 Meal Plans- Get a 2 week free trial of healthy, fertility-friendly meal plans, here.

🌿 OOVA- This is the tool I use to track my progesterone & luteinizing (LH) hormone to better predict ovulation. Click here and use code MiscarriageHopeDesk for 10% off.

🌿 Venmo- Want to support the work we do here at Miscarriage Hope Desk? We appreciate your donations- https://venmo.com/miscarriagehopedesk

Requests? Email support@miscarriagehopedesk.com if you have requests for content, library articles or resources!

8 Small Things That Actually Helped Me Heal

Allison Schaaf — Mon, 04 May 2026 11:03:30 GMT

Mother's Day is one week away.

If you are already bracing for it, I see you. If you are somewhere in between, I see you too.

I thought this week I would share something practical. Not a roadmap for grief, not a five-step plan. Just a quiet list of small things that actually helped me during the hardest seasons after my losses. Things that were manageable. Things that fit inside a regular Tuesday.

I hope that something on this list meets you wherever you are right now.

8 Small Things That Actually Helped Me Heal

1. Letting myself cry in the car.
The car became a sacred space for me. I live in the country and it’s a long drive into town. I would let myself feel what I had been holding all day.

2. Saying their names out loud.
Even just to myself. Even just a whisper. It mattered that I remembered. It mattered that they were real.

3. Stopping the comparison.
Other people's pregnancies were none of my business. But I had to stop measuring my healing against theirs. My grief had its own timeline. So does yours.

4. A morning ritual.
I have a full routine. But I am flexible to contract or expand depending on the morning: a cup of warm lemon water, five minutes outside meditating, 1 page of journaling, a heartfelt prayer/. Anchoring myself before the day.

5. Moving my body in gentle ways.
Not to burn anything off. Not to fix anything. A walk. Stretching that feels good. Something that says- I am taking care of you.

6. Reading others' stories.
Sometimes the most healing thing was knowing someone else had survived this. That someone else had gone through multiple miscarriages and lived to tell about ti. (The Miscarriage Hope Desk podcast was made for exactly this.)

7. Resting without guilt.
Grief is exhausting. I had to stop apologizing for needing more sleep, more quiet, more time. My body was doing something enormous. So is yours.

8. Coming back here, to this community.
You remind me that healing happens in community. You are not alone.

Which of these feels most possible for you right now? I would love to know in the comments.

Sending love and hugs,
Allison

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What Grief Looks Like a Year (or Two) Later

Allison Schaaf — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:01:00 GMT

Nobody really tells you about this part.

They talk about the acute grief. The first days, the first weeks. The kindness of casseroles and check-in texts. But then life moves on for everyone else, and you're left wondering why you're still feeling something that supposedly should have softened by now.

If you're a year out, or two years out, or even further, and grief still catches you off guard sometimes, I want you to know: that is completely normal. And it doesn't mean you haven't healed. It means you loved someone.

Here is what grief can look like further down the road, things I wish someone had named for me:

It shows up on ordinary days.
Not just anniversaries or due dates. Sometimes it's a Tuesday. Sometimes it's a stranger's pregnancy announcement at a work meeting. Grief doesn't follow a calendar.

You can be mostly healed and still have hard moments.
Healing is not the same as forgetting. You can have built a full, meaningful life and still feel a wave of sadness that surprises you. Both things are true at once.

Your relationship with hope changes.
After significant loss, hope feels different. More fragile, maybe. More hard-won. That's not weakness. That's wisdom born from experience.

You carry them with you.
Your babies don't disappear from your story. They become part of who you are. The grief shifts from something that consumes you into something you carry, quietly, alongside everything else.

Community matters more than you expect.
One of the things that helped me most, even years later, was finding people who simply understood. You don't have to explain yourself here. We get it.

If you are in this longer chapter of grief, I see you. You are not behind. You are not broken. You are someone who loved deeply, and that love doesn't have an expiration date.

Lean into your faith when the hard days come. For me, that has meant trusting that God holds my babies even when I can't, and that He holds me too.

Where are you in your grief journey right now? I would love to hear from you in the comments.

Sending love and hugs,
Allison

ABOUT Miscarriage Hope Desk (MHD)

How MHD offers support-

- our IG community is very active, if you are not following along, go here

- our free Facebook community continues to provide support, join here

- podcast (I'm still figuring out what it will look like in 2024, but search our content-rich archive!)

- online library & stories of hope

- Mentorship program (below)

Mentorship Program -

Our program is open and FREE!

We are looking for mentors to help accommodate our increased demand.

-> A Call for Mentors

Have you walked the path of miscarriage and feel like you are on the other side and ready to work with someone else in our community, 1:1? If you are interested, please email support@miscarriagehopedesk.com with the word "mentor" in the subject line for details.

-> Looking to be a Mentee?

If you would like to apply for a mentor, please email support@miscarriagehopedesk.com and I can send details on how to get connected with a mentor.

**Miscarriage Hope Desk is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, we appreciate the support of YOU our community in making our resources possible.**

🌿 Resources 🌿

Use the links below to help support the work we do at Miscarriage Hope Desk.

🌿 Meal Plans- Get a 2 week free trial of healthy, fertility-friendly meal plans, here.

🌿 OOVA- This is the tool I use to track my progesterone & luteinizing (LH) hormone to better predict ovulation. Click here and use code MiscarriageHopeDesk for 10% off.

🌿 Proov- Provides an array of at-home fertility testing. The "Predict & Confirm" kist provides valuable LH & PdG (a urine metabolite of progesterone) information to help know when ovulation occurs. They also have individual tests specific to testing PdG & FSH (ovarian reserve). Use this link or code MHD to receive 20% off at checkout.

🌿 Venmo- Want to support the work we do here at Miscarriage Hope Desk? We appreciate your donations- https://venmo.com/miscarriagehopedesk

Requests? Email support@miscarriagehopedesk.com if you have requests for content, library articles or resources!

Miscarriage Hope Desk is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

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