It’s a damn good thing I don’t wear mascara.

Oh, Mama – Hugs all around.

A Whole Lot of Nothing’s last blog post..Oh, Jeez – Now I’m a Videoblogger

Yes, hugs hugs hugs and more hugs!

MamaWise’s last blog post..Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire

Oh you poor thing

I haven’t ever been in your position, so I won’t patronise you by saying I know how you feel, but still, I feel so bad for you

xx

Suze’s last blog post..Teenage Spirit Update

this post, and your lack of Diva Cup does not take away your rock star status. Now, seriously, buy the diva cup. Two reasons: it will take a couple months to “master it” (hehe) and um, well, you can use it if you’re pregnant and have really heavy discharge (just sayin.). Plus that whole stupid environment thing.

hugs.

Zoeyjane’s last blog post..Reverse Course

I’m so sorry Lotus. Things get better over time, which I’m sure you know and it’s okay to have a bad day every now and again, which I’m sure you also know, but I’m with Zoeyjane…buy the cup. I’ve been using it for two months now and it’s awesome and a lot easier than you’d think.

lilacspecs’s last blog post..I Guess It’s About Time

*hug*

The Mom’s last blog post..Caffeine is the New Crack

I am going to skip the long story and go to the end, which is this: Almost 12 years later, I still think of her name. And she never even had limbs. I feel you, dawg. ((hugs))

Mr Lady’s last blog post..You only have two months left, you know.

Oh my sweet, I wish I could just BE there to hug you and feed you hot chocolate and cheese.

xx

Veronica’s last blog post..Bigger and Bigger

Just be gentle with yourself on those days. It’ll never fully go away but it’s still very early days right now and the pain is very raw. {{{HUGS}}}

Lightening’s last blog post..Gladiators Here I Come

I’m so sorry Lotus. I lost my 2cd son (between Justin & Kendall) to stillbirth @ 39 weeks & I SO know what you’re feeling. It does get easier but you NEVER forget. (((hugs)))

Connie’s last blog post..Weekly Winners~June 15th-21st 2008

Small steps.

Xbox4NappyRash’s last blog post..A UV light at the end of the tunnel

I don’t know how you feel but I can feel for you! You are not alone in your sorrow.

Barb @ getupandplay’s last blog post..If you are a Red Utahn, you’d better vote tomorrow!!

hugs

Taz’s last blog post..Maddi, Mummy and Auntie Tab

(((hugs)))

I’ve never even HEARD of a Diva Cup…had to look it up through your link…I haven’t needed “products” in over 3 years due to a surgery but I’m thinking this would have just been a mess for me.

Tammy’s last blog post..M4M substitute

I”m so sorry you are hurting from this. I wish I had some words or hugs or something that would help, but I don’t. I’d hug you anyway.

Queen of Shake Shake’s last blog post..I’m Just a Twitterho

My BFF and I were just looking at the Diva Cup online last night!! I’ll never be brave enough.

I don’t have any helpful words to say except, keep on expressing your feelings over your loss. They are legitimate and real and being true to them I think will help you as life keeps moving on.

Jenny from Mommin’ It Up!’s last blog post..Some Moms are Fun Moms. And then there’s ME.
Twitter: jennyitup

Barb’s response above was so eloquent and exactly how I feel for you. I’ve not lost a child myself, but I understand that you’re hurting and am thinking soft, huggy thoughts about you. I hope that the pain eases.

Carolyn Bahm’s last blog post..47×365, No. 55 – Matthew V.

Every day as it dawns is different. Just stay real to what you’re feeling, and know that we love you and are thinking/praying for you.

I don’t know what to say to that.

I’m so sorry that you are going through this. I don’t think loss of any kind ever goes away. or gets easier or gets forgotten.

I think it just makes us think more.

On a lighter (not really) note. That Diva Cup. I hate it. I have like the Lincoln Tunnel of vaginas or something because it rides up and gets lost and I have to do unholy things to remove it. So think twice sister. Not that I’m saying you have a gigantic vagina or anything cause really, I’ve never seen it but I’m just sayin’.

See. What happens when I start to think about loss.

~JJ!’s last blog post..Who knew I was this exciting?

HUGS!

wright’s last blog post..No Suspension of Disbelief

It sucks. Take your time to heal and mourn.

katia’s last blog post..new home

It will never go away…but it will get easier. I’m sorry you are struggling.

Michelle’s last blog post..Social Crutch

I am so sorry – I remember how I felt the first time I had to buy tampons after my son died and I wouldn’t wish that bunch of bullshit on anyone – It’s like being tag teamed by nature and circumstance – Hugs.

CharmingDriver’s last blog post..Do Try & Don’t Buy

I don’t think there’s much that can be said…keep your head up.

Colleen’s last blog post..Let’s take a look at that ol’ list…
Twitter: mommy_wins

O.K. I’m really weird. Would you like to do ME with your vagina? I’m just asking because it all just sort of fits. So to speak.

Lou Lohman’s last blog post..Oh blogger, where is thy sting
Twitter: lceel

{hugs} Lotus.

Ree’s last blog post..The Return of The Wife

I’m so sorry. The pain is so hard, but you seem to be letting yourself work through it…and that is good. HUGS!!!

Elissa’s last blog post..Ten Weeks To Go

Oh sweetheart, I’m so sorry. I wish I had something painfully inappropriate and funny to say right now that would make you feel better.

Wanna talk about what I put in my vagina?

Miss Britt’s last blog post..Exposing My Kids To The Internet

I KNEW I was reading your blog too much. Now we’re on the same damn cycle.

No, really. Aunt Flo was met with a torrent of tears in the Pair camp, too. She’s a friggin’ bitch, that one. But unfortunately, she’s the friggin’ bitch that makes all of this possible.

Hugs.

The Other Dawn’s last blog post..Welcome to the Parrrrrrrrty.

(((HUGS))) Yeah, it sucks. And it might suck for a while so just keep your chin up dear. You are making it through and you will keep making it through.

As for the other thing, after your first PSBN post, I bought myself a Diva Cup and let me tell you, that lil’ guy has changed my life. It is THE. BEST. EVER.

Hang in there.

If I lived closer I’d come over and we could hang out and drink white wine and eat cupcakes while The Baby and your little fella hung out. It would be good.

I just cannot do the Diva Cup. Cannot do it. Ew ew ew. And Ew again.

Memarie Lane’s last blog post..The envelope please…

It sounds trite, but it will get easier.
*hugs*
And *shudder* I can’t imagine the Diva cup, or any cup. Then again, I’m not supposed to use something like that because of the Mirena, so I guess I’m safe.
*hugs again*

Sarah’s last blog post..Light Me Up
Twitter: SarahCB1208

Hmph. Like periods don’t suck enough without being painful reminders of things. Your post whips me back to the two and a bit years of us TTC and every time that bastardly red tidal wave would reappear and make my entire heart crumble into nothing but a heap.

I say… fuck the stupid cup. You go buy yourself a dyson.
;P

Tracey’s last blog post..Perking up

I’m sending you some hugs. I’ve never been where you are right now, but I know words can’t take the hurt away.

But please don’t use the Diva Cup. Those things CREEP me out!!

Jacki’s last blog post..The butt of all jokes

(((hUGS)))) lOTUS

I used a cup in college… meh.

I love ya… keep your chin up.

Heidi

Hydes Like Us’s last blog post..A Jumbly

You never forget and you will have those days but they will get farther and farther in between. ((HUGS))

Kay’s last blog post..Bento Box Entry

More hugs from me, mama. You’ll get there, I swear it.

And your baby girl is just waiting for the right time to make her entrance is all. I know it.

*smooches*

loveyh’s last blog post..Untitled, Part Seven

I’m sorry. Wish I had some magic “make you feel better” comment or pill.

Jennifer, Playgroups are no place for children’s last blog post..The way things are

I’m sorry. Thinking of you.

Kimberly’s last blog post..Profile of a girl

Aw, I feel for ya! I am right there, too, as I am trying to get pregnant with my second. Every time I get my cycle, I think, “Was that one really smart? Or really cute? Maybe it would have looked like my husband.” Emotions can do evil things….

Holly’s last blog post..Death by flip-flop

I have no idea how that feels, but know that I am here for you and you are loved.

Sorry and hugs … wish I had something wiser to say.

Oh, and the DivaCup? Tried it once. HATE!

Ummm, yeah, I can relate. I wrote a similar post yesterday about how movies like Juno (which I found hilarious for the most part) can send me over the edge because of my own infertility problems.

It has been 9 years since the beginning of our infertility. I have two beautiful adopted boys that I adore and totally know I am their mom, but the desire to carry a child and the pain associated with it NEVER SEEMS TO TOTALLY GO AWAY.

KEEP BELIEVING

Anigie’s last blog post..How to Inefficiently wash a mini-van in suburbia.*

It sucks. After my October pregnancy ended, I refused to take notice of my periods. Okay, I had to notice, but I pretended I didn’t. It’s such a private thing anyway – seeing that blood when you are all alone. When it is also a reminder of grief, it becomes even more lonely. We understand.

Veronica Mitchell’s last blog post..On Behalf of the Comma

I hear ya.

Tara R’s last blog post..Happy Birthday Becky

I second Tracey: screw the Cup and get thyself a Dyson, pronto. I think that definitely qualifies as doing something good for the environment. And, even better, it is doing something good for YOU.

Sending you lots of chubby hugs and peace and comfort for your heart. We’re walking right there with you.

anne’s last blog post..tickled

Lotus:

Please take comfort in knowing how many others (including those above) share your pain and anguish, have you in their thoughts and prayers, and are sending you healing energy during this miserable time. When I am feeling really bad about something, I like to take account of my blessings to help make it a little easier to make it through, and for you, that includes the sweet image in your post Weekly Winners June 15-21, entitled: “Happy Father’s Day” which shows two special men smiling so nicely and with love for the picture taker, who, I am certain are so thankful to be a part of your life. My brother called me late this afternoon and told me he had some ‘bad news’ for me. Anyone from my family calling me at 3:30pm in the afternoon from over a thousand miles to the north, is probably calling with bad news. He advised that our nephew, our oldest sister’s son, Steve, is in a Wisconsin hospital in critical condition, and doctors say he probably won’t last through the night. Steve is about 40 years old, and is the father of 4 children. He lost his wife in her early 30′s about 5 years ago, to cancer – a beautiful soul. My brother said there is nothing anyone can do for Steve, including the doctors, but pray. That is what I am doing for he and his family this evening, praying, and that is what I am also doing for you, ((((Lotus)))).

Coast Rat’s last blog post..HARBOR LUNCH IN ‘THE PASS’

Nothin’ much here but more hugs…

Rachael’s last blog post..The New Classics: Top 100 Movies of the Last 25 Years
Twitter: rachael1013

Oh wow….I’ve been sitting here for like 10 minutes wanting to write something supportive and witty….but drawing a blank. I just admire you so much for sharing yourself and the pain so openly. This might sound weird considering the content of your post, but you are a breath of fresh air! You simply put it out there. How it is. In all of your humanity.

Thank you for just being you and blogging about it.

You make such a difference.

Oh yeah, and add me to the bazillion *HUGS*!

Cassandra Rae’s last blog post..Tired or PISSED?!

i heartily agree with all your lovely readers and their comments. i had never heard of the diva cup either since reading your post but have seen something similar at the store. so i read up on this diva cup thing and went out and bought it. and i love it already. it is a little fiddly, i will say. but im love love loving the idea of not having to buy any more tampons! so thanks!

Cri’s last blog post..why i make ze planz!

I am all for ‘[doing] weird things with my vagina’. But I am questionable about this whole diva cup thing. Sort of like before I started using tampons as a young girl and wondered if they would just fall out. I mean, they didn’t. But still. I’m going to need a divacup update.

Shamelessly Sassy’s last blog post..RoadRash Rita: the Sister of 80’s Lady

i can mail you a box of tampons. should we set up a monthly delivery service?

i’m so sorry you’re going through this.

Yolanda’s last blog post..everyone’s a blog whore

I’m so sorry. Thanks for sharing with us.

Krista’s last blog post..How Much Does It Cost You To Eat?

(((HUGS))) I have no words of wisdom for you just sending you a huge hug.

Jesss last blog post..It’s Just Another Manic Monday

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