“When a child loses his parent, they are called an orphan. When a spouse loses her or his partner, they are called a widow or widower. When parents lose their child, their isn't a word to describe them. This month recognizes the loss so many parents experience across the United States and around the world. It is also meant to inform and provide resources for parents who have lost children due to miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, molar pregnancy, stillbirths, birth defects, SIDS, and other causes.” WorldChildrenStatesLostCausesParentLosesLossUnitedUnited StatesMonthsBirthResourcesDuesPartnersAround The WorldPregnancySpouseDefectsWidowsOrphanMiscarriageSidsStillbirthBirth DefectsLost ChildWidowers Author:Ronald Reagan
“Real Texans don't want any woman to die of cancer because she can't get decent health care or medical advice. Real Texans don't want any woman to lose control of her life because she can't get birth control.” WantRealCareDiesLosesAdviceBirthCancerMedicalHealth CareDecentBirth ControlTexan Author:Wendy Davis
“The fact that one can lose one's sense of self in an ocean of tranquility does not mean that one's consciousness is immaterial or that it presided over the birth of the universe.” MeanDoeSelfFactsUniverseLosesConsciousnessBirthOceanTranquilitySense Of Self Author:Sam Harris
“At the immortal touch of thy hands my little heart loses its limits in joy and gives birth to utterance ineffable.” GivingHeartLittlesHandsJoyPeaceLosesBirthLimitsImmortalUtteranceIneffable Book:Poems Source: Poems
“The first thing which I can record concerning myself is, that I was born. These are wonderful words. This life, to which neither time nor eternity can bring diminution - this everlasting living soul, began. My mind loses itself in these depths.” LifeMindFirstsI CanSoulFunnyBornLosesRecordsWonderfulBirthHumorousEternityDepthWittyThis LifeEverlasting Author:Groucho Marx
“Was it the act of giving birth that made you a mother? Did you lose that label when you relinquished your child? If people were measured by their deeds, on the one hand, I had a woman who had chosen to give me up; on the other, I had a woman who'd sat up with me at night when I was sick as a child, who'd cried with me over boyfriends, who'd clapped fiercely at my law school graduation. Which acts made you more of a mother? Both, I realized. Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life.” PeopleIfsGivingChildrenMadeHandsSchoolLawMotherNightParentLosesBirthSickGive MeParentingDeedsI RealizedChosenWitnessLabelsYour ChildrenSatCriedAdoptionBeing A ParentLaw SchoolGiving BirthSchool GraduationBearing Witness Book:Handle with Care: A Novel Source: Handle with Care: A Novel
“I have to. I've been fighting it all night. I'm going to lose. My battle is as futile as a woman feeling the first pangs of labor and deciding it's an inconvenient time to give birth. Nature wins out. It always does.” GivingFirstsDoeFeelingsNightFightingWinningLosesBirthBattleLaborAll NightInconvenient Book:Thirteen: A Novel Source: Thirteen: A Novel
“If women lose the right to say where and how they birth their children, then they will have lost something that's as dear to life as breathing.” IfsChildrenLostLosesBirthDearBreathing Author:Ami McKay
“(Soft petals, yes, but not so barren quite, Mingled with these, smooth bean and wrinkled pea;) And go along with you ere you lose sight Of what you came for and become like me, Slave to a springtime passion for the earth. How love burns through the Putting in the Seed On through the watching for that early birth When, just as the soil tarnishes with weed, The sturdy seedling with arched body comes Shouldering its way and shedding the earth crumbs.” WayBodyEarthPassionLosesBirthSpringSightSlaveSeedsLike MeSoilWeedSmoothBeansSpringtimeBarrenPetalsPeasCrumbsSturdySeedlings Book:The poetry of Robert Frost Source: The poetry of Robert Frost