“Are you Pregnant” Question
Why do people even ask??
Pregnancy After Loss | Intrusive Questions | PAL
Creating Boundaries
When someone makes you uncomfortable and comments on your body, even without words, it's important to set boundaries in a way that feels right for you.
Don't prioritize their comfort over your mental health
Pregnancy After Loss | PAL | Inappropriate Comments
8 PAL Reminders
Pregnancy after loss is a mental challenge as well as a physical one
Here are some things to remind yourself on the harder days
PAL | Fertility Journey | Grief | Mental Health
We are not in control
Each step takes effort
Putting one foot in front of the other is easier than it sounds
We're here for you through it all
Family Planning | Jewish Community | Pregnancy After Loss | Control
Letting go of our preconceived notions
Letting go of our preconceived notions and hopes is so hard
Pregnancy After Loss | PAL | Grief & Loss | Hope
Being Honest
You can share your honest thoughts and feelings, but you don't have to
If you prefer to skip it, simply redirect
Texting | Fertility Journey | Pregnancy After Loss | Mental Health | Jewish Community
PAL is…
What is Pregnancy After Loss (PAL) in the real world? It's hope and fear in equal measure. Holding space for grief and joy. It's so much wrapped up in one label.
It's hard to explain, but here you don't need to explain it
PAL | Fertility Journey | Grief | Hopey
What does pregnancy after loss look like?
Pregnancy after loss (PAL) can feel surreal and impossible to believe
Having to share the news eventually is scary, and we're here for you
PAL | Grief | Infertility | Fertility Journey
Bravery feels like Fear
I read this quote earlier in the week, and couldn’t help thinking about PAL, because it’s all about bravery and courage, every single day, every single hour, every single minute.
PAL | pregnant after loss | fertility journey | infertility journey | pregnancy loss | jew | Jewish
Pregnancy After Loss Mantras
You are going to get through this.
You are going to get through this.
You are going to get through this.
Promise ❤️
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Anxious. So anxious
This is what pregnancy after loss looks like.
Raw. Unfiltered.
The anxiety, guilt, and worry are so strong. We fight to feel that hope and trust in Gd that this time will be different, but it’s hard.
We are praying for all of you.
Pregnancy after loss | pregnancy anxiety | life after infertility | grief | hope | infertility | miscarriage | infant loss
My Anxiety:
Pregnancy after loss: where every cramp is a crisis, every symptom (or lack of one) is a mystery, and ‘just relax’ is the least helpful advice of all time. If you’re holding your breath between appointments, you’re not alone.
pregnancy after loss | life after infertility | grief journey | infertility | infant loss | miscarriage | stillbirth | pregnancy anxiety | Jewish mother
The emotions of pregnancy after loss
This is pregnancy after loss ❤️🩹
Pregnancy after loss | PAL | pregnancy anxiety | grief | infant loss | miscarriage | stillbirth | Jewish mother
Normal question turned complicated
What may have seemed like a normal question before infertility or loss now is so much more complicated to answer…
Aren’t you excited to be pregnant again and have a baby??
Yes… but also no…
Is this pregnancy going to end with a living baby?
Will I get to finally use that room I dedicated to be a nursery the first time I was pregnant?
Am I ever going to ✨feel✨like this is really going to happen for me?
Pregnancy after loss | PAL | infertility | infant loss | miscarriage | grief | life after infertility | grieving mom | Jewish mother | Jewish women
I’m scared
The years that I kept losing baby after baby are a blur.
I don’t remember much about family get-togethers or political events, and large swaths of time are just gone from my memory.
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What I do remember is the fear.
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I spent years in a perpetual state of panic, feeling traumatized by our experience with secondary infertility, not knowing if I was ever going to be able to get pregnant again. And then once I did finally see those pink lines, I had a momentary period of elation, which was followed almost immediately by a permanent state of sheer terror. I was certain that I would lose this baby too.
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Pregnancy after loss, or after infertility, is a kind of sick holding pattern, that doesn’t let up until you have a baby in your arms. It’s crippling, and makes you lose sense of all that is good and positive. You pray and hope that things will be different this time, while steeling yourself against what seems like the inevitable.
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Your world narrows and you only think about one thing: Today, my baby is still alive. And you don’t relax until you hear that first cry.
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How are you handling your pregnancy after infertility or after loss? What are some of the emotions you are going through?
Pregnancy after loss | PAL | miscarriage | stillbirth | infant loss | ttc | pregnancy anxiety | Jewish women | fertility support
Pregnancy After Loss Commandments
You are going to get through this.
Pregnancy After Loss
If you’re holding your breath between appointments, you’re not alone.
Pregnancy After Infertility
Pregnancy after infertility is holding onto so many emotions
The Emotions of Pregnancy After Loss
We know that what is visible on the outside is not always the full story.
Dr. Aimee Baron on Meaningful People Podcast
Dr. Aimee Baron supports those who are struggling with fertility - and answers some of the most import questions on this episode of Meaningful People Podcast.