Celebrating Pregnancy Again - a Book
This is a link to a new book about pregnancy after a loss. The book is about her personal journey. It is available for the Kindle free until tomorrow (Feb 13th) otherwise it is $3. It is also available in paperback through Amazon for $8, and for PDF download for $3. I haven't read it yet, but I did download it. Thought I'd share it.
The Dead Baby Club
A resource blog for those who've suffered through any type of baby loss,
and for those who want to try to "get it".
About this blog
The intent of this blog is to form an interactive community where parents of dead babies can come together and swap information, stories, tears, memories and encouragement. This is designed to be a neutral place. We are not religious nor are we anti-religious. Come as you are. You can sign the guest book, add your baby(ies) to the baby name memory list, review books on infant death, add warnings about movies and books that contain a dead baby, add your blog to our directory or a number of other things. Don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or would like to see something added to this blog. Rule One: be kind to each other. We're all in this together. We all suffer and miss our babies madly.
What's New?
If you are new to blogging and would like to be featured please let us know! Looking for parents who are new to this community and are looking for some peer support.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Christmas and into the New Year
Christmas can be a very hard time to be missing your little one. I hope that you made it through this holiday with some kind of peace and going in to the new year you will be able to lift up your head, take a deep breath and step forward.
Don't let anyone tell you how you should or should not grieve, do what works for you and much love to you.
Don't let anyone tell you how you should or should not grieve, do what works for you and much love to you.
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Safe Blogging
This is part one of a series I am working on regarding navigating social media after baby loss. In lieu of some recent disturbing events I thought the first post should be on internet safety. It may seem a little disjointed to do the safety one first and then do "how to's" later but for me, being safe online and keeping my kids safe online is the first consideration to make when deciding to blog or jump into FB or any other media.
Identity theft: how many times have we come across a woman pretending to have lost a child? They steal photos, stories, and any details they can to make it their own and pretend to be someone their not.
Change security settings:
Go to your settings on blogger. From there you can change who can comment, enable comment moderation, and change whether or not your blog is "searchable."
General tips
Keep in mind that whatever is public on the internet is really really public. Anyone can see it. Do you want everyone in the world to know that you and your child are going to be at Walmart Tuesday at 2:30pm?
Keeping yourself and your family safe is the number one priority.
We all want to make a meaningful connection after losing a child. For some of us, including myself, online friendships are sometimes the only way to keep your child's memory alive. The sisters you make online are the ones that remember special dates, cry with you, share with you, heal with you. I have said time and time again that I am indebted to all of the women who reached out to me after I lost Blaine. Who shared their children with me and who said to me "your son matters." So, how do we open ourselves up to the gifts while keeping ourselves safe from the harm?
What are some things you need to be aware of and concerned about when sharing your life and story online?
Identity theft: how many times have we come across a woman pretending to have lost a child? They steal photos, stories, and any details they can to make it their own and pretend to be someone their not.
Online predators: A mom on a FB group said that she checked her blogger stats and was getting traffic from an adult site. Another said that she looked at the terms used to search her blog and it included adult content. What is disturbing is that they were searching for something related to child porn and somehow the search engine gave her blog as a suggested site. I was on a message board once and this mom used to share tons of pics of her daughter and also lots of personal information. I didn't even live in the same Province as her but I was able to figure out where they lived. Scary!
Trolls: I swear some people have nothing to do but search for things they disagree with and then start arguments about it! I find it best to ignore ignore ignore. If you feed the troll it will keep coming back. They are usually harmless and are just looking for attention. Delete them, disregard them and they will go on to the next site.
Here are some tips I've gathered from various sites which can help you to keep yourself and your family safe. Please feel free to comment with any tips of your own or any experiences you've had. Happy and safe connecting!
Disable right click:
You need the HTML code, one can be found here. You go to "Add a Page Element" on Blogger and paste in the code. The code says "function disabled" but you can change that to your own message like "hands off!" This is not foolproof as people can still do a screen shot and take a screen capture if they want. I have not tested this.
Watermarking:
This is good if you want to copyright something but it doesn't do anything to keep people from just stealing the photo. Here is a youtube video on how to watermark. Again, I have not tested this.
Change security settings:
Go to your settings on blogger. From there you can change who can comment, enable comment moderation, and change whether or not your blog is "searchable."
General tips
Keep in mind that whatever is public on the internet is really really public. Anyone can see it. Do you want everyone in the world to know that you and your child are going to be at Walmart Tuesday at 2:30pm?
Keeping yourself and your family safe is the number one priority.
Monday, August 27, 2012
How high of a price are you willing to pay?
In a recent blog post, on the subject of TTC post dead baby, I asked "How high of a price are you willing to pay? How many dead babies can you suffer? In the end, is all of the anxiety worth it? Have you had another child post dead baby? What did you do if you and your spouse were on separate pages?" What are your thoughts?
View the original post here.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Updates
Wow, over 100 pageviews today and over 120 yesterday!! Thank you for visiting and for inspiring me to start updating.
I'll be updating the resources we link to here so if you have anything you'd like to see or any sites you'd like to share please comment.
4 comments on the last post but 44 pageviews, c'mon!! Don't be shy. We would love to hear about your babies and anything that you have found helpful/healing on this journey.
I'll be updating the resources we link to here so if you have anything you'd like to see or any sites you'd like to share please comment.
4 comments on the last post but 44 pageviews, c'mon!! Don't be shy. We would love to hear about your babies and anything that you have found helpful/healing on this journey.
Monday, August 13, 2012
New Here?
Every so often I check the stats on blogger to see how many people are reading, what they're reading, where they're from. I click on their link and I usually end up at a blog or two that I've never seen before. I lost my son in April 2010 and started blogging the June after. I don't think I've actively searched for blogs in a year or more. So, I'd like to open the comments up to anyone who would like to share their blog with us. Are you new to blogger? New to this community? I am so sorry you're here. But I'm glad you've found the support.
Please feel free to comment with any information you'd like to share about your baby.
Please feel free to comment with any information you'd like to share about your baby.
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Urn Resources
According to Google stats we get a lot of traffic from people searching for baby urns/memorial products. Here is our previous post and I thought I'd do a bit of searching and find some other websites/sources as well. I have personally only bought from In The Light Urns. I bought a cremain pendant to hold my son's cremains. The urn arrived in a timely manner, was moderately priced, was easy to fill and seal, is exactly what was shown in the photo online and has held up to almost two years of wear. Here are some other sites I've come across but have not used so you will want to make sure they are right for you. Shop around. This is a huge decision. For many of us we will buy one and it will be a permanent resting place for our child's remains.
If you have purchased any memorial products or urns what tips would you give? Where did you purchase?
Monday, June 18, 2012
To Hubby on Father's Day
Thank you thank you thank you. Thank you for holding me up and being my rock. Thank for for listening to me rant and be irrational and emotional and let's face it, a little crazy. Thank you for holding me while I cry and making me laugh. Thank you for being my partner and my friend on this incredibly sad and bittersweet journey we call parenting. Thank you for being a Daddy to our children.
I wish I had a photo to insert here of my hubby holding our little boy Blaine but sadly I have none. Do you? What is your favourite memory or photo of your baby Daddy and baby?
I wish I had a photo to insert here of my hubby holding our little boy Blaine but sadly I have none. Do you? What is your favourite memory or photo of your baby Daddy and baby?
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Lil Angels Hankie
I just got this...blogged about it here...http://wavesoverstones.blogspot.com/2012/05/i-just-got-this-in-mail-today-totally.html
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Mother's Day
How do you celebrate a day for mothers when your baby is not with you. Mothers day can be such a painful day for those who's children have died. It's yet another day that reminds us that our sweet son or daughter is not here.
We don't get a gift from daddy with a card saying the baby just had to buy it for us, or paper flowers made at school with such love and care, or even a bratty teenager mumbling insincere mothers day wishes as they dart out the door. For mothers day we watch all the "real" mothers around us get recognized and appreciated while we're left on the sidelines wanting to scream "BUT I'M A MOTHER TOO!!!!". Just because our babies cannot be seen does not mean that our motherhood is not real or should be overlooked.
We carried a life within our bodies, no matter how short that life was, our child was a part of us and will be forever. We don't get up every morning and look into our children's eyes, we get up every morning and deal with the fact that they are gone.
This mothers day, if you are a mother who holds their child in their heart instead of their arms, do something for yourself. Chose a flower that represents your child and wear it in your hair. Buy a piece of jewelry that you find special. Have a quiet day to yourself or a picnic with others to celebrate that you ARE a mother! And you deserve special recognition on this day.
We don't get a gift from daddy with a card saying the baby just had to buy it for us, or paper flowers made at school with such love and care, or even a bratty teenager mumbling insincere mothers day wishes as they dart out the door. For mothers day we watch all the "real" mothers around us get recognized and appreciated while we're left on the sidelines wanting to scream "BUT I'M A MOTHER TOO!!!!". Just because our babies cannot be seen does not mean that our motherhood is not real or should be overlooked.
We carried a life within our bodies, no matter how short that life was, our child was a part of us and will be forever. We don't get up every morning and look into our children's eyes, we get up every morning and deal with the fact that they are gone.
This mothers day, if you are a mother who holds their child in their heart instead of their arms, do something for yourself. Chose a flower that represents your child and wear it in your hair. Buy a piece of jewelry that you find special. Have a quiet day to yourself or a picnic with others to celebrate that you ARE a mother! And you deserve special recognition on this day.
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