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	Christine Beauchaine BellaOnline's Miscarriage Editor

A new year, a new hope...
A quick ramble on the amazing things a year can bring and my best wishes for success to all readers who are trying for a baby after miscarriage(s).

A Q&A with miscarriage author Hannah Stone
Author Hannah Stone shares some thoughts about the lack of support resources for pregnancy loss and discusses the new miscarriage book she´s working on.

Advocate for Yourself After a Miscarriage
It's not always easy to stand up for yourself and advocate for what you need but self-advocacy can be crucial after a miscarriage.

Bereavement Help and Information
It´s normal to go through a cycle of grief and bereavement after a miscarriage, particularly if your loss took place late in pregnancy. BellaOnline host Susanna Duffy has a collection of wonderful articles and links to help you cope with your loss.

Dealing with the holidays after a miscarriage
The holidays may not be the happiest time for you if you have had a recent miscarriage. This is normal and nothing to be ashamed of. Here are some tips for how to make it through this holiday season.

Ectopic pregnancies - A different kind of grief
Ectopic pregnancies often get overlooked by other miscarriage and loss resources, so I´m going to talk about them here.

Feeling Helpless After a Miscarriage
It´s not uncommon to feel like nothing you do can make a difference after you´ve had a miscarriage. How can you feel less helpless?

For Those Who Have Had Miscarriages [offsite link]
Written by a mother who lost her baby shortly after birth, this article tells the truth of what to expect as far as coping after the loss of a baby.

Forever Our Angels - A reminder that you're not alone
A book by Hannah Stone offers a window into the experience of miscarriage and pregnancy loss. In this review, I describe why this book might be especially good for your friends and relatives.

Getting Through the Holidays After Miscarriage and Pregnancy Loss
The holidays can be hard to take when you´ve lost your baby and babies are everywhere you look. Here are some tips for how to get through without having a nervous breakdown.

Gift ideas for a friend or loved one who has had a miscarriage or pregnancy loss
Has your friend or loved one experienced a miscarriage? Here are some Christmas gift ideas to help her get through the holidays.

Grieving Grandparents
Grief is a natural part of having a miscarriage but often your parents are greiving right along with you.

How to cope with insensitive doctors after a miscarriage
Anyone who has ever miscarried knows how devastating it is to lose a baby. If it´s not the worst day of your life, it ranks at least in the top 10. But miscarriage is sadly common and many doctors deal with it every week, if not every day, so they view it as a routine occurrence and nothing extraord

I Don't Know How You Do It
People say "I don´t know how you do it." It´s meant as meant as a compliment, so why is it bothersome?

Insensitive Comments
This article is about the comments people may make after a miscarriage. For the most part, people are attempting to be comforting but they may say things that are actually pretty insensitive.

Jealousy After Miscarriage
After you have a miscarriage you may feel very jealous of women who are pregnant or who have babies.

Journaling Can Be Helpful
Keeping a journal after a miscarriage can help you sort out your feelings and emotions.

Light a Candle on October 15
Did you know that October 15 was Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day? Read here to learn more and find out what you can do to honor your angel on this day.

Miscarriage and Loss of Innocence
When you have a miscarriage, there is an obvious loss in the loss of your baby. Other losses can be more subtle but no less painful.

Miscarriage: Surviving Pregnancy Loss [offsite link]
This article outlines the grief process and what you should expect from others after a miscarriage, and it also gives you a glance at "normal" feelings for when you get pregnant again. It offers a wonderful list of your "healing rights," and is a must read for any woman who has suffered a loss.

Miscarriage: The grief that never really goes away
Friends and family often have trouble understanding that we never really "get over" our pregnancy losses. But they do get easier to deal with over time.

Music Can Heal
Making yourself a mix of music can help you heal after a miscarriage.

New Mother's Day cards to acknowledge mothers' miscarriage grief
Kimberly de Montbrun, owner of La Belle Dame Jewelry, has designed a new line of sympathy cards to acknowledge pregnancy loss for Mother´s Day. She offers some advice for grieving mothers and their friends and family for how to get through the day.

On miscarriage and wanting to know why
It´s only human that we want to understand why bad things happen to us, and that´s no less true of miscarriages and pregnancy loss.

Partners Grieving Differently
Your partner may be grieving over your miscarriage in a very different way than you are but that doesn´t mean he doesn´t care.

Rant: What THEY don't get about miscarriage
The total lack of understanding for the miscarriage process can be infuriating. Health care professionals seem to view pregnancy as a roll of the dice, but for mothers trying to conceive, it´s so much more.

Silent Grief [offsite link]
This website accompanies a book of the same name, but it is a wonderful site that offers grieving parents a place to meet and not feel like they´re the only ones in the world.

Stress reduction tips for the holidays
Miscarriage or pregnancy loss can make the holidays a time of stress instead of a time of joy, so here are a few tips for reducing stress.

Support group helps families cope with ´silent grief´ [offsite link]
This article outlines how a support group for miscarriage and stillbirth is helping numerous bereaved parents in Oregon.

Surviving a Baby Shower
Baby showers can be a lot of fun. But if you´ve had a miscarriage and you´re invited to some one else´s baby shower it can be really difficult.

The Secret Club offers a window into miscarriage pain
No words exist that can really describe what it feels like to lose a baby to pregnancy loss. But if it´s true that a picture is worth a thousand words, a group of artists are telling quite a compelling story about miscarriages.

Unwelcome reminders of miscarriage in the media and culture
A reflection on some of the unexpected things that might bother you after you have a miscarriage or pregnancy loss.

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