Normal (adjective): Ordinary or usual; as would be expected Hi team, it’s been a while. Probably my longest stint without blogging. It’s because I’ve been Sarah Michelle Gellar-ing (I just re-read that blog from February and it’s spot on), I …
Four Trying Years
Quadrennium (noun): A specified period of four years This new month marks four years of us trying for a baby. Four trying years. Trying for years. F-O-U-R Y-E-A-R-S 80% of our first TTC lustrum 48 months 208 weeks 1461 days …
Who’s Winning?
Win (noun): A successful result in a contest, conflict, bet, or other endeavour; a victory I’ve blogged about life being on hold and feeling left behind, but there’s another reason why I’m unable to move forwards, it’s because I don’t …
The Broken Records
Broken Record (noun): Used to refer to a person’s constant and annoying repetition of a particular statement or opinion It’s “fascinating” how so many loss mums, seem to experience such similar feelings at the same time. There are a few …
Imposter Syndrome
Fraud (noun): A person who deceives others, typically by unjustifiably claiming or being credited with accomplishments or qualities I’m sure I’ve mentioned previously, that it took me forever to seek out the baby loss community; other like-minded women, who’ve been …
The A to Z of Baby Loss
Words (song lyrics, Bee Gees): It’s only words and words are all I have There are no words? Yeah there are, lots of them. Lots of existing ones and lots of new ones popping up, all the time, too. So …
In Real Life
Realisation (noun): An act of becoming fully aware of something as a fact I’ve recently met up with a few different people from the baby loss community; mums who have lost babies at similar or different stages, mums who have …
Mondays
Blue Monday (noun): A Monday that is depressing or trying especially because of the return to work and routine after a weekend I always struggle with grief-filled Mondays, my counsellor suggested that it was because Summer died on a Monday, but …
Explicit
Resonate (verb): To relate harmoniously, to strike a chord My last blog was about all of the implicit nods to baby loss, but since then, I’ve been bombarded with all of the explicit references. More specifically, books and quotes about the …
Mismatched Grief
Asynchronous (adjective): Not existing or occurring at the same time One of the cleverest phrases on this blog, was obviously not my own. It was James’ when he spoke about “asynchronous grief” – I can barely spell it, but I …