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Healing After Perinatal Loss: How Can You Help?

April 2, 2012 by Deacon Joel Schmidt 2 Comments

Do you know someone who has experienced a miscarriage, stillbirth, infant death, or ectopic pregnancy? Many of our lives, either directly or indirectly, have been touched by miscarriage, stillbirth, infant death, or other such perinatal loss. As with any death, the need for healing in these situations is great. However, many of us fail to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Family, Schmidt, Joel Tagged: Death, Des Moines, Ectopic Pregnancy, Elizabeth Ministry, Grief, Healing, Infant Death, Mercy Hospital, Miscarriage, Molar Pregnancy, Perinatal bereavement, Perinatal Hospice, Perinatal Loss, Prolife, St. Augustin Catholic Church, Stillbirth

A Gentle Place to Fall: Healing After Perinatal Loss

January 5, 2012 by Deacon Joel Schmidt 2 Comments

Have you experienced a miscarriage, stillbirth, infant death, or ectopic pregnancy?  Many of our lives, either directly or indirectly, have been touched by miscarriage, stillbirth, infant death, or other such perinatal loss. As with any death, the need for healing in these situations is great. However, most people don’t know where to turn, despite the availability … [Read more…]

Posted in: Family, Schmidt, Joel Tagged: Death, Des Moines, Ectopic Pregnancy, Grief, Healing, Infant Death, Mercy Hospital, Miscarriage, Molar Pregnancy, Parenting, Perinatal bereavement, Perinatal Hospice, Perinatal Loss, Prolife, Saint Clare, Saint Francis of Assisi, Stillbirth

Special Delivery: A Mother’s Story of Pain, Prayer & Peace

December 7, 2011 by Molly Myers 6 Comments

Editor’s Note: Maybe you have stumbled upon this post because you’re searching for answers … your baby in womb has been diagnosed with a terminal condition, and now you are faced with either carrying the child to term or terminating the pregnancy. Before making any decisions, please do at least the following: read Molly’s story below and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faith, Family, Guest Contributors Tagged: abortion, Fetal Heart Defects, fetus, Humane, life, Mercy Hospice, Mercy Hospital, Perinatal bereavement, Perinatal Hospice, Prenatal, Prolife, Terminate, thanatophoric dysplasia, Womb

Saint Gerard Meets Saint Lucy

December 13, 2010 by Lisa Schmidt 4 Comments

In the spring of 2007, my husband Joel and I realized we were expecting our first child. We were so excited and shared the news with our family and friends on Easter Sunday. A few weeks into the second trimester, I started experiencing some signs of miscarriage, and my doctor sent me immediately to Mercy … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faith, Family, Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: Light, Mercy Hospital, Miscarriage, Motherhood, Prolife, Saint Gerard, Saint Lucy, saints
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