The Darcie Project

05/26/2026

This. Why even after multiple kids are women and pregnant people not taught this? 💙💗

You don’t expect to walk into the hospital at 38 weeks and leave without your baby. ❤️

In this episode, Lonna shares her journey through PCOS, stillbirth, miscarriage, fostering, and eventually welcoming her rainbow baby after years of heartbreak.

At 38 weeks pregnant with her daughter, Eleanor, she went into the hospital expecting an induction and left facing the unimaginable.

We talk about the shock of losing a baby when everything seemed fine, carrying grief through everyday life, and the fear and hope that can exist side by side after loss.

Were you taught about the importance of movement?

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05/25/2026

🐇This gal is a graduating senior this year ❤️
🐇Jesse and I couldn’t be happier for her and her plans to go to college for a Musical Theater Degree 📜 🎭
🐇I send love out to all loss parents & friends as we navigate children in our lives who are living their milestones, while we miss the ones who aren’t able to have these milestones.
🐇Sending you love and hugs 🫂

05/24/2026

🐇Some may like this post and some may not.
🐇And that’s OK.
🐇The current state of our country that is waging a war on women’s bodies is one of the most terrifying things that we will see in our time. (Other than the current genocide in P@lestine)
🐇The fact that we are in the year 2026 and we have to gather in protest to fight for women to be treated like their fellow male counterparts is sickening.
🐇We are lucky to live in New York State, where there is still full access to reproductive healthcare for women, but I just think about the over 400 women who have been criminalized since Roe v. Wade was overturned and have been punished for making a decision about their own body.
🐇When people are only looking at it from a biblical standpoint and not realizing that every pregnancy does not always go as planned is ignorance.
🐇As somebody who needed an ab@rtion due to my child Darcie dying inside of me, I am grateful for that being available.
🐇I think we have to realize as a society, if this is the track we are on, women will not want to have children at all.
🐇If there is a chance we can be in trouble legally for our bodies failing us or becoming ill because of pregnancy, why do it?
🐇Why put ourselves at risk, again and again and again.
This is not the handmaids tale but damn, it sure feels like it.

05/10/2026

Remember, it’s OK if today is not one of your favorite days. I have mixed feelings about Mother’s Day and while I cherish the time I spend on this day with my earthbound kids, it’s just a painful reminder of the ones that didn’t get to stay.💗💙

05/08/2026

What we really want 👏

05/06/2026

🐇Today is World Maternal Mental Health Day ❤️
🐇This day helps raise awareness for conditions such as anxiety, depression, postpartum depression & other other conditions that specifically loss mothers can suffer such as PTSD. ❤️
🐇We are here for you and we are standing with you on days like this and everyday 💗💙
🐇Remember, it’s okay to talk to someone, a doctor, family member, a friend about your mental health. ❤️

05/06/2026

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Today is the 2nd day of Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) Awareness Week. What is OI?? Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) is a genetic disorder that causes fragile bones that break easily, often from minor injuries. It’s caused by mutations affecting collagen production, a protein essential for bone strength. OI affects about 1 in 6,500 to 30,000 people and can lead to symptoms like short stature, bone deformities, and blue sclera (bluish eyes). While there’s no cure, treatment focuses on managing symptoms. Most cases are inherited, but about 25% occur spontaneously without a family history.(Alle was a spontaneous mutation)

05/04/2026

🐇Today is TFMR Awareness Day 💗💙
🐇For those that don’t know what that means, it stands for terminate for medical reasons.
🐇This is probably one of the least talked about reasons a pregnancy does not work out.
🐇Usually, this decision is happening because there has been severe fetal abnormalities where a baby cannot survive out of the womb, or there is a severe health risk to the mother.
🐇This decision is never easy for anyone involved, but having days like today to bring awareness to it means there will be more understanding for families who have to be involved in these decision and the public in general.
🐇 If you have been affected by TFMR, we see you and we are here for you and we are sending you love.

05/03/2026

🐇Today is Bereaved Mother’s Day ❤️
🐇A day to recognize mothers who have lost a child in any capacity❤️
🐇No one wants to be a part of this club, but once you’re in it, it is comforting to know there is support and that you are seen💗💙
🐇Sending fellow loss moms hugs and love today 💗💙

05/02/2026

💙For those of you know don’t know, May is Apraxia Awareness Month.
💙Apraxia is a speech delay that affects children/toddlers and can also affect adults after a stroke.
💙Our younger daughter Daphne has Apraxia of speech which she has come a long way from the beginning of her speech therapy services until now.
💙Please remember when little ones are struggling to speak or get those words out to be patient with them and help them problem solve what they would like to say.
💙You can find out more here about Apraxia of Speech.
Apraxia Kids:
http://www.apraxia-kids.org
Thanks for your help over the years Heather Hofmann Hermon 💙