Toni Brabec, Grief Doula

04/30/2023

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04/19/2023

Online Subsequent Pregnancy Support Meeting
Date: Sunday, Apr. 23rd, 2023
Time: 6:00PM - 8:00PM
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Our Subsequent Pregnancy meetings are offered for families who are currently pregnant or considering getting pregnant again following their loss. This is an opportunity to connect with other parents on a similar journey, we invite you to join us.
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To Register:
Email hello@sharingparents.org to receive a link via Zoom or click the link below.
Please register in advance as we cannot guarantee we will be able to respond in a timely manner the day of the meeting.

http://sharingparents.org/subsequent-pregnancy/

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11/28/2022

Your baby matters.

Elizabeth. She struggled with fertility.

She waited well past the 12 weeks to share her news, until she was obviously showing.

Mary, upon learning that she was pregnant, came running to Elizabeth, the infertile woman, the white-knuckling mother.

And this story of a 3rd trimester mother and a 1st trimester mother sharing their truths and their experiences with each other, makes history.

Your struggle with fertility matters. Your 3rd trimester baby, your 2nd and your 1st trimester baby, matters. We impact one another; our stories, even of tragedy, are life-giving when we share them.

If you are grieving and your child died, if your baby died before birth, if the baby you've yearned for hasn't been conceived, your story matters.

The Christmas story is woven with women sharing about their babies and validating one another.

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Incredible Artwork: Mary Ellen Diedrich
Words: stillbirthday

11/09/2022

- When you have experienced a pregnancy loss the impact of that loss can affect you in a variety of different ways. You may find it difficult to be around other children or babies, you may not have a lot of energy or desire to participate in many holiday traditions, you may feel the need to hibernate this holiday season.

You are not alone. It's OK if things look different this year.



Geoffrey Brabec Geoff and Toni Brabec Toni Brabec Toni Brabec, Grief Doula

11/07/2022

“You can be sad AND excited. You can cry AND laugh. There are times you may not feel anything and that’s OK.”

- Hold space for conflicting emotions. You may have experienced conflicting emotions in a variety of different ways. You may have felt that tension of which emotion you should be feeling over the other. Messages all around say you can only feel one way and that there's no room for sadness or grief. Truth is, you can feel more than one emotion at the same time. It doesn't have to be one or the other. You can be sad AND be excited. You can cry AND laugh. There are times when you may not feel anything and that's ok. You are not dishonoring your baby's memory by allowing yourself to enjoy some things.

You can experience and acknowledge more than one emotion. It doesn't have to be one or the other.



Geoff and Toni Brabec Geoffrey Brabec Toni Brabec Toni Brabec, Grief Doula

10/30/2022

If you're looking for a way to honor your precious baby for halloween or the fall season, display a white pumpkin either by your door or inside. The white pumpkin has become a symbol of pregnancy and infant loss. Read about the white pumpkin in the link below.
https://pregnancyafterlosssupport.org/white-pumpkin-fall-tradition-includes-baby-who-died/



Geoff and Toni Brabec Geoffrey Brabec Toni Brabec Toni Brabec, Grief Doula

10/05/2022

9 years ago, in 2013, we started a personal blog to update our family and friends after we were given a fatal diagnosis of our Olivia Hope. Our last post was from October 2nd of 2014. Olivia's 1st birthday was just around the corner. I didn't write it in the post, but this was around the time we found out my mother was in the hospital and was going through surgery. A few days later on Oct. 5th, my mom died.
So much has happened over the last nine years. A lot of grief and trying to find our way through the losses. And yet we have also experienced joy as well. Raising two of our five children here on earth has been such a blessing and journey. But there is so much more to experiencing joy and sorrow together. It doesn't always have to be one or other other. So, if you'd like to read about our journey and how God has changed so much for me, I invite you to read. There is more to come.

"And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you." Psalm 39:7

09/15/2022

We are honored to highlight this wonderful book, “Aloha ‘Oe” written by Stephanie Solomon Pursuitofstephanie and co-founder of .

This beautiful book is a poetic love letter to the love that never ends. With beautiful, vibrant illustrations this book completes it’s mission to convey to those who have experienced the heartache of childloss through stillbirth, miscarriage or any other pregnancy loss that they are not alone. That it’s okay to have sad days and to feel every emotion. That our grief is a testament to the love we have for our babies that even death cannot and does not diminish.

Toni Brabec
Co-Founder of Our Little Sparrows

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