Lauren

Dates

I thought about leaving the envelope, unopened, on the counter. I knew what was inside: the first doctor’s bill —…
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To become healthy again, it is important to permit all feelings to surface. To repress them hurts you, body and…
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There’s a reason the imagery of a pebble came to me the other day when I was trying to deal…
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I am taking a break from Facebook, aka Babybook. It seems all it’s good for the past few years is…
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If I had lost a leg, I would tell them, instead of a boy, no one would ever ask me…
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I am furious and terrified. I can’t cry, try as I might. The pebble imagery isn’t working today and my…
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The pharmacist looked at me kindly as he handed me my prescription: Misoprostol (Cytotec). Four little tablets that I pushed…
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I have learned here is no way to understand the heartbreak of miscarriage if you have not experienced such a…
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On Tuesday I was told that I needed to wait a whole week for a second ultrasound — a week! …
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Before giving birth to me, my mother was pregnant with another baby. She had a miscarriage, and that person wasn’t…
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