I guess the best place to start is the day of your birth. I wish I remembered more, but somehow I have been left with a hazy memory, a cloudy smear of the day that forever changed my life. I knew you would be born this day, November 7th 2012. It was a Wednesday, exactly…
Tag: stillbirth
Di’s Second Birth – July 2011
This is the story of the stillbirth of my son, Sebastian. It was a memorable experience, if not a happy one. I have written it without really softening the edges. When Sebastian was born, we already knew he wasn’t alive. Just before noon on July 8th, we found out the results of that morning’s ultrasound, which…
Welcome to MotherGather
Thank you for being here! I hope you find what you came for. Here is the story behind MotherGather. When I was first pregnant, I asked practically every mother I could find to tell me her birth stories. I wanted to hear what birth is really like, not the hypothetical situations you read about in…