'The Things I Wish You Knew' was first created in 2021 as an Instagram account I could use as an outlet to say all the things I wish people understood about loss after my son died at 31 weeks gestation. It has since developed into a loving & supportive community for parents to grieve baby loss of any kind, and for support people to learn how to be there for their loved ones. 

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In December of 2018 my husband and I were fortunate enough to become parents and take home our first child; we were over the moon! We both wanted more children, so we planned to grow our family and everything seemed to be going according to plan - we got pregnant again when we wanted, and our kids would be just over two years apart from one another. Everything seemed to be going perfectly, until it suddenly wasn't...

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