Do you have a story to tell?
Birth Story Held for Loss
is here for you. Many times the stories of our lost and anticipated babies, fetuses, embryos, and fertilizations do not have space to be told. We haven't been taught how to slow down with a story, to hold it and feel its entire energy and messy multiplicity. Without the space to be with our stories of loss, we continue to live our lives with what is many times an incomplete narrative. You get to claim space here. This book is for you to have the space to explore, remember, and reflect on your loss story. This space is for you to tell your story, and to hear within it new and unexpected details. This book exists to give your story of perinatal loss all the space it needs - to breathe, to shift, to be. As your guide, I will be walking with you as you read and write, but this is your space, and I know you have the voice to fill it.
is a guide centered on inclusivity. You may see words different from those you might use; know they were intentionally chosen to allow this book to serve a wide and diverse range of people. If other language resonates better with you, by all means use it. Let's see what your story has to say. * * * Including a foreword by Betsy Winter and Kiley Hanish of Return to Zero: HOPE. "This was an amazing read!. . .It was a very intentional guide for reflection on this journey."
-Sadija A. Smiley, Stillborn and Infant Loss Support (SAILS) Founder and CEO, and mother to Ivyanna Salene, who was born sleeping on November 13, 2003