by RNE | Jan 5, 2024 | Advocacy, Family Building Story, Infertility, Loss
Guest Post by Kristen L. O’Neill 2023 was a year of deep pain. The kind of pain you experience when the third baby you are expecting dies in your womb. With the third loss in a row, I had to face the harsh reality that siblings for my living daughter may never come. I...
by RNE | Oct 3, 2023 | Awareness, Holidays, Loss, Support
“We talk about them because we are theirs, and they are ours, and no passage of time can change that.” -Unknown October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, a time for us to we honor the babies held in our hearts. The heartbreaking reality is that...
by RNE | Sep 24, 2023 | Events, Family Building Story, Footsteps for Family Building, Infertility, Loss, Support
1 in 4 1 in 6 1 in 50 1 in 880 1 in 5 One is the loneliest number. Even more so when you encounter it over and over again during your family building journey. I know stats like these are supposed to make you feel less alone, but when the only number one you long to...
by RNE | Jun 26, 2023 | Family Building Story, Infertility, Loss
Every year on June 26th, my enormous extended family would come together to celebrate my grandfather’s birthday. More planning and preparation went into this event than every other holiday combined. There were always a million photos taken, especially of the birthday...
by RNE | May 16, 2023 | Adoption, ART, Donor Conception, Education, Infertility, IVF, Loss, Resources, Support, Surrogacy
Featured in the RNE Magazine, 2023 Volume 3 By: Katie Aguayo Zweifel, LICSW, PMH-C Many people facing challenges in growing their family also experience mental health difficulties as a result. Numerous studies have shown that people who are struggling with fertility...
by RNE | Oct 20, 2022 | Loss
I never knew how many types of silence there were until we heard the space where your heartbeat should have been. The gasping silence dredged up between sobs that were too deep to make a sound. The helpless silence that grew between two people lying in...
