To blog or not

I knew I wanted to raise awareness on stillbirth, and I found comfort in my story being told to those close to me. I decided I wanted to write my thoughts and feelings down and really found a safe place reading other families’ experiences. At times it helped me think about my situation from a different angle, and sometimes realise how lucky I am to be alive and with a supportive family and healthy daughter. I was unsure about making my story and inner personal feelings known to the world so I looked to my partner for reassurance I suppose. His response “it may be good babe, for people to understand what we went through, so they know – so they can see. Maybe this is your way to stop the silence, stop the bulls**t silence about stillbirth”. So here I am, about to press publish on some of the most traumatic, raw, angry, personal, confused, (and hopefully in the future) optimistic and hopeful internal feelings I will feel in my lifetime.