Like many other traumatic life events do, when women who have miscarried speak to each other about their miscarriages, there is a shared camraderie.  A shared understanding that is known only to women who have been through the horror of losing a baby.

Here's what we think you need to know:

We are Moms.  Even if we have never carried a baby to term - we had a baby.  It died. Maybe we didn't get to hold that baby or hear it call us Mama.  Maybe we weren't far enough along in our pregnancy to feel our baby move.  Maybe we were a single mom, struggling to figure out how to manage a pregnancy and a baby.  Maybe our husband doesn't acknowledge that he, too, is a parent. Maybe you don't understand.  We would like you to try.  We wish you would acknowledge what we know in our hearts.  We are Moms.

Mother's Day is coming - do you know someone who miscarried a baby?

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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>This blog post is dedicated to a special Mom that I have recently come to know - maybe you don't see her as a Mom but those of us who have miscarried our babies do.  </em></p>
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