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Jill's avatar

Beautiful post my friend 💗🙏💗

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Julia Sparkman's avatar

Thank you for sharing your story 🫶🏼

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The Retreat Print Paper's avatar

thank you for reading <33

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Kami Marchand's avatar

Every single word of this melted into me. Thank you for sharing all the love, signs, magic, and grief, and thank you Huck ❤️

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The Retreat Print Paper's avatar

<3 thank you for reading

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Viv Kruckow's avatar

I resonate so deeply with this story Carley. A few years ago I had a dream of my baby, and it's been such a swirly, confusing, back and forth experience since - wishing I already had her, knowing that the timing isn't right, feeling like I'm behind. What a rollercoaster!! I know our babies will drop in when they're ready ❤️

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Sinéad Connolly✨'s avatar

I really loved this, thank you for sharing. I am experiencing a miscarriage at 7.5 weeks at the moment and have ‘story hunger’ for those brave enough to share their words, it’s very comforting. Thank you and sorry for your loss X

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The Retreat Print Paper's avatar

Sinéad, I'm so sorry for your loss - my heart is breaking for you. I did the same thing when it was happening to me, I searched and searched and the stories I found were the best balm and encouraged me to share my own. I hope the ones you've found have offered you peace and a bit of hope. 🫶

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Sinéad Connolly✨'s avatar

They absolutely have, yours included. Thank you 💛

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Candice Rose's avatar

Oh Carley. I’m so sorry. Oddly I too found out I was pregnant with Luna in the bathroom of a grocery store. And as you know, Luna never made it earth side. At least not as my daughter.

As someone who has had multiple miscarriages and 2 healthy babies- I know your pain and as your friend- I know your heart.

Your advice is, as always, SPOT ON. Sharing our stories normalizes a (sadly) common experience that we for some reason, we feel shame around. But in reality, by sharing you’re healing your heart and so many more.

Here’s to Huck. I trust he/she is coming through when they are ready.

Love you.

💜

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Rohini Mauk's avatar

I love you 🤍 I’m so very proud of you for sharing .. and my goodness is your writing beautiful

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Lucy Baker-Jones's avatar

Thank you for sharing your experience. I had a missed miscarriage around this time last year at 11 weeks and I first felt so embarrassed I had told so many people about the baby (I named her Laurel). In the end I was so grateful - I had told my friends at my birthday party and we were all so excited. I was so happy I had a celebration and felt the love of all of my friends while I was pregnant with her. I hope that baby Huck will make his way back to you, but also glad for you that you were able to celebrate him and experience the joy of being pregnant with him.

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The Retreat Print Paper's avatar

Lucy, thank you so much for sharing this with me. I'm so sorry you went through this. It is so brutal— mentally, emotionally and (unexpectedly) physically, in my experience. I hope your taking the time and space to honor your body and heal.

I have a feeling sweet Laurel will come back to you. The visual of you and your friends celebrating at your birthday party is so beautiful and I'm happy that you got to share that with them—I don't regret for a second sharing and celebrating with my friends. It may be different the next (hopefully) time around, but who knows. I'm here if you ever want to talk more. <3

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Lucy Baker-Jones's avatar

Yes the physical part I was so unprepared for! I felt physically ill and tired for months afterwards.

Thank you for your bravery in sharing this, I think it's a really important conversation to be having.

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