Goodbye for Hello

Maybe you had been trying to get pregnant for months... Maybe you were caught completely off guard... Maybe your pregnancy had progressed as planned until you began to spot or bleed... Maybe your first ultrasound revealed no beating heart... Maybe you knew you were pregnant from the first second... Maybe you had no idea that you were pregnant until you suddenly weren't... Maybe this child was very much wanted and planned for... Maybe being a parent was never on your To Do list... Regardless, you are now a part of a club that no one ever signs up for. Your baby has been miscarried and you may find yourself feeling alone, sad, angry, relieved, depressed, numb, a little bit of everything, or nothing at all. This book of prompted letters is a way for you to tell your baby all the things that you will never get a chance to tell them as they grow up. It is a way for you to work through the sorrow, pain, and anger at having to say "Goodbye" before you could even say "Hello." There are no wrong answers, no mistakes. This is your special, unique journey. Write what you need to write, when you need to write it. Scream it. Sob it. Whisper it. Put it on a shelf when you are finished or burn it and toss the ashes in the wind.