03/05/2026
Often overlooked, but devastating…
It’s the end of perinatal loss awareness month, and I wanted to finish up with a conversation about one type of loss on this realm that we hardly EVER talk about.
The inability to conceive at all is often a deeply held and devastating secret. Folks who never conceive get even less “airtime” and there is no natural opportunity to ceremonialize this form of loss.
These folks will never need to call a funeral director like me. But you know what? There could be all sorts of value in marking this loss with some form of personal, meaningful ritual and ceremony.
If this sparks something in you, please give my friend and colleague Megan Sheldon from a follow. Check out the incredible platform she and her husband built (after experiencing recurrent miscarriages, as a matter of fact).
I often can’t believe the incredible creativity and goodness that can come out of loss, and the app they created is a shining example of exactly that.
Let me know how this month’s topic landed for you. Let know if you have questions. Because perinatal loss awareness month might be over, but we’ve only just gotten started taking about this.
