You’ve probably noticed that there are triggers all around—at the mall, in the mail, on TV, in the streets. So this week’s Whiny Wednesday topic is this:
Being caught in public by surprise feelings of loss or grief
Whine away, my friends.
filling the silence in the motherhood discussion
You’ve probably noticed that there are triggers all around—at the mall, in the mail, on TV, in the streets. So this week’s Whiny Wednesday topic is this:
Being caught in public by surprise feelings of loss or grief
Whine away, my friends.
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…and I cry and I just don’t care if somebody is looking at me. I just don’t care.
I was caught off guard in a team meeting at work several years ago when our VP announced that one of our colleagues — who was about 5-6 months pregnant — had sadly lost her baby. There were gasps all round — the loudest of them being mine. I dropped my head to the table & started hyperventilating. And I stayed that way for the rest of the meeting (which thankfully was not much longer). I’m sure some people were wondering “what the…??” — not many had been around when I lost my baby, years earlier. I knew I was making a “scene,” and I probably should have just gotten up and left, but it was like I was frozen.
I heard everyone leaving & then I felt someone’s arms going round me…. two wonderful women who both knew my story & why I was so upset. I talked to this woman’s boss later on & passed along the name of the support group that had helped dh & me so much. I believe she did eventually have another baby.
I think maybe an email announcement might have been better than dropping that particular bombshell into a meeting…??