Story by Shayla Bradley. “I didn’t know how much grief had seeped into the hidden parts of me until I lost my second pregnancy in three months. Our first loss – which was supposed to be our second baby – came almost as soon as I found out I was pregnant. It hurt, emotionally, and wounded my resolve to keep going, but I steeled myself by reasoning that the bad thing that could have happened, happened, and wouldn’t happen again.”

Story by Nikki Chodos. “I hid at home for almost two weeks while I waited for nature to take its course. It was awful. Then finally, at 17 weeks and 4 days, I started having contractions.”