This is My Story - Shannan
We found out we were pregnant about 5 weeks in. The pregnancy was good - I didn’t really get much morning sickness.
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Jun 118 min
This is My Story - Jen
Our story began when my partner Tom and I decided to start trying for a baby. 6 months later, I was staring at a positive pregnancy test.
May 145 min
This is My Story - Kristen
This series of personal stories from parents who have suffered pregnancy or baby loss holds space for talking about loss and grief and...
Apr 211 min
This is My Story - Paxton
My partner and I had been trying for a baby for 18 months and just hadn’t had any luck. Aug 11th 2016 was the day I found out I was pregnant
Mar 131 min
Possum Portraits on TONTS.
Each week Claire Tonti talks to writers, thinkers, activists, experts and deeply feeling humans about their stories.
Jun 23, 20235 min
This is My Story - Jenna
This series of personal stories from parents who have suffered pregnancy or baby loss opens up a space for talking about loss and grief...
Feb 13, 20235 min
This is My Story - Jane
This series of personal stories from parents who have suffered pregnancy or baby loss opens up a space for talking about loss and grief...
Jan 24, 20235 min
This is Our Story - Hailey & Tammy
This series of personal stories from parents who have suffered pregnancy or baby loss opens up a space for talking about loss and grief...
May 4, 20224 min
A midwife's perspective on perinatal loss
Co-Founder and Vice President of Possum Portraits Jascha Reinboth is a practicing midwife. As a perinatal caregiver, Jascha experiences...
Feb 4, 20222 min
The Living With Loss Program
The Living with Loss (LWL) Program is an online support program for parents following the death of their baby through stillbirth or...
Jan 28, 20223 min
Common responses to perinatal bereavement
Grief can affect emotional, social, physical, spiritual/religious and mental wellbeing. Grief is not a set of finite stages, instead it...
Jan 18, 20224 min
The silent grievers: dads need workplace support too
This post is an article by Kate Obst, a Provisional Psychologist and PhD Candidate at the University of Adelaide.
Jan 18, 20222 min
Stillbirth Stories
In this post we introduce Stillbirth Stories, a UK-based archive of personal stories on the topic of perinatal bereavement. The archive...
Dec 14, 20212 min
For a Reason
The addage "Everything happens for a reason" is a saying which usually imparts comfort. However, for bereaved parents this sentence is...
Dec 14, 20212 min
Growing Around Grief
Before we experience a life-changing event occasioned by grief, we probably harboured an expectation about how grief behaves over time....
Dec 14, 20211 min
What is PTG?
PTG stands for post-traumatic growth. PTG is a theory that explains a kind of transformation following trauma. It was developed by...
Aug 24, 20219 min
The Baby Loss Journal
The Possum Blog is now featuring the journal entries of UK mum Amy Hanbury, who is using journaling to process her grief. She and her...
May 5, 20211 min
Recognition of Early Pregnancy Loss
A feeling which many parents voice upon suffering pregnancy loss is emptiness. Where there should have been a baby, there is now a void....
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