it happened.
Sixteen weeks into my second pregnancy, while home alone, I had a miscarriage. Suddenly, and without warning, I saw myself and the overwhelming sense of loss I was feeling in my patients. Learning how to navigate that loss while simultaneously caring for my patients required a level of self-evaluation I was, admittedly, ill-prepared to endure. But as I transitioned back to work post-miscarriage, and learned how to hold space for both my patients and myself to grieve, I realized I was also inadvertently becoming a better mental health care provider.
I found myself able to relate to my patients in a way I never imagined, creating room for mourning to enter my work in a different, far more personal way. I’d always cared deeply about my patients, but I never envisioned I’d one day become them.
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ROCKINGHAM â Local author and 2021 Mrs. Vermont winner Rebecca Stockwell, RN has published a new book on Amazon.com: âLove Your Body: A 30 Day Journal,â designed to help women learn how to trust their bodies following a pregnancy loss or trauma. Stockwell is using the proceeds of her book sales to donate journals to Share, a national organization supporting women after miscarriage.
âWhen I suffered the loss of my second pregnancy in 2010 I felt so betrayed by my body,â said Stockwell. âI spent years neglecting my body, which affected my confidence the way I moved through my life. Maybe youâve experienced pregnancy loss like me, or physical or mental trauma, or maybe youâve never felt comfortable in your body. Whatever it is thatâs kept you from feeling fully present in your body and held you back from seeing the potential you have this journal will help guide you to appreciate what yo