Pregnancy And Infant Loss Awareness Month - October

Published: October 2020

Poems About Pregnancy And Infant Loss

October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. This awareness month was first declared on October 15, 1988, by President Ronald Reagan. It's a month to remember the babies we never got to hold in our arms or the babies that left this earth too soon. The pain can be unbearable for parents who experience this void in their lives.

Loss due to miscarriages, stillbirths, SIDS, and other infant deaths are not always talked about. Many people who suffer miscarriages don't share the news openly, causing them to wrestle with the pain without others knowing. Share your story. The darkness you walked through can shine a light for someone else going through the same thing.

We hope that you will see that you are not alone by reading these poems on pregnancy and infant loss. We encourage you to do something to keep the memory of your baby alive. Even if you never held your baby in your arms, their short life had meaning, and they will always be a part of your family.

39 Poems About Pregnancy And Infant Loss

  1. Gone But Not Forgotten

    I lost a baby due to stillbirth. One moment my world was full of anticipation and hope...the next it fell to pieces. I fell into a deep black hole. This is a tribute to him.

    in Baby Death Poems

    You were a ripple on a glass-like pond,
    Just a moment in time; it's hard to respond.

    A wave crashing onto an empty beach,

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  2. A Mother's Goodbye

    • By Ciana R. Lewis
    • Published by Family Friend Poems July 2019 with permission of the Author.

    This poem uses rhyming scheme and follows the pattern of a, a, b, b. This poem is written from a mother's point of view after a miscarriage. I mainly wrote this for my mom, who has experienced two miscarriages. So, for all you mothers who have lost a baby, I hope this poem comforts you and helps you to heal. My heart goes out to you!

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    I only had you for a little while.
    I was never able to see your smiles,
    Yet I thank God for the little time we had,
    Even though when you left, I was sad.

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  4. I'm Waiting For You

    • By Emily B. Judisch
    • Published by Family Friend Poems May 2019 with permission of the Author.

    This past fall I had a miscarriage. While I try every day to find reason or to justify it being for the best, I can't seem to find closure. I've set my life in a tail spin trying to get pregnant again, thinking that will fill the hole I can't seem to fill otherwise. After you have a miscarriage, you find out it's super common, but no one wants to talk about it. They might ask how you are, but no one wants the real answer. So I put some of those feelings into this poem.

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    At one time, I thought you were near,
    A feeling so abundantly strong and clear.
    Inside me you grew and grew,
    I was impatient waiting for you.

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  5. Maleah Antionette Gray

    • By Courtney A. Eller
    • Published by Family Friend Poems December 2018 with permission of the Author.

    My poem is written in perspective of a close friend of mine. She was diagnosed with breast cancer following her daughter's birth and was told it was not genetic but came from complications with preeclampsia during her pregnancy. Maleah was her angel and her reason to fight. Three months into her cancer battle and when Maleah was 7 months old, she got the phone call that her husband and daughter were in a minor fender bender car wreck. In less than an hour, Maleah passed from internal injuries.

    in Baby Death Poems

    God gave me an angel,
    A sweet, smiling baby girl.
    He gave her to me...
    10 little fingers, 10 tiny toes...all curled.

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  7. For My Little One

    • By Cm
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2018 with permission of the Author.

    At the moment I realized I was pregnant, I fell in love. I loved my child so much and for the next two months my excitement grew and the fear that once was buried in me about being a young single parent was gone. Then one day I felt funny and started to bleed. I lost my baby. My heart is still broken, and I wish I had the chance to tell them how much I love them. Grieving the death of my child that I never had the chance to meet has been the greatest struggle of my life.

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    I never saw your twinkling eyes
    Or touched your precious feet.
    I never shared a tiny yawn
    Or rocked you fast asleep.

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    This poem is everything I've been thinking but unable to say. I was a young mother. I'm 16 and I lost my baby. When I started bleeding they told me everything was fine. They told me my baby...

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  8. Grandpa

    • By Lisa D. Jessie
    • Published by Family Friend Poems July 2018 with permission of the Author.

    We lost our grandson after birth in January 2018. He had a disease, and we knew we'd lose him. It affected his organs and took one of his legs. My husband has been struggling with this. In efforts to comfort him in any way I could, I wrote this poem for him. My husband's grandpa passed away many years ago, and he always says that he just wishes he had one more day with him. I know my husband knows that his grandfather is with his grandson in heaven, but he still struggles with this loss every single day.

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    Dear Grandpa,

    I don't want you to worry about me.
    This was the plan from the very first day.

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    This poem is sad. It’s very sad to lose someone, especially a child or grandchild, and things like that happen all the time. What makes it even sadder is being a mom, dad, grandpa, or...

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  9. Baby Boy Silas

    • By Lisa D. Jessie
    • Published by Family Friend Poems June 2018 with permission of the Author.

    My husband and I were having our 1st grandchild, and it was a boy! We received devastating news that he had a rare disease and all of his internal organs were going to be on the outside of his body. The doctor informed us that he would only live a few minutes. We buried our precious angel in Feb of 2018. We were all heartbroken to see our daughter have to go through such heartache. I wrote this for our grandson to be read at his funeral. Silas Michael Speck, until we meet again one day!

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    Now we lay you down to sleep.
    Our baby boy's soul to keep.
    We pray you feel how much you're loved.
    So many hearts you've surely touched.

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  10. Still

    • By Jenna L. Alfrey
    • Published by Family Friend Poems April 2017 with permission of the Author.

    This poem was written after I suffered an early miscarriage. There is no right or wrong way to go through this process, and I felt completely betrayed by my body in the days after I lost the baby. I had all the initial dreams and hopes for this child as I have for my children I carried to term. I needed to let myself feel all the grief and pain associated with the loss, and I will continue to feel the loss of that child forever. This miscarriage has changed me.

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    My body is still birthing,
    But nothing is to show.
    The little life that was to be
    Left my body days ago.

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    I've had 2 miscarriages...one at 8 weeks and one at 12. I'm still grieving. I agree, it is a very lonely process. It's been 2 years since my first one. The pain subsides but never fully goes...

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  11. Never Far Away

    • By Kym Erickson
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2016 with permission of the Author.

    This poem was written many years after suffering the loss of my son.

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    This locket that was given to me
    Lays gently around my neck.
    Inside I carry his picture
    Of my son you've never met.

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  12. Daddy's Little Angel

    • By Ilona M. Blake
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2016 with permission of the Author.

    My friends lost their baby just before her birth. This poem is for them and for all the other parents who have carried their babies but God had other plans for their little ones.

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    Tiny angel, baby girl
    Spread your wings and fly.
    God picked you as his special angel,
    Up there in the sky.

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    Hi, myself and my partner just recently went through a medical termination due to our baby being diagnosed with anencephaly. Our baby was born on May 7, 2020 at 13 weeks, 4 days. It's...

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  13. Our Precious Baby

    • By David W. Hewitt
    • Published by Family Friend Poems March 2016 with permission of the Author.

    After the miscarriage of our baby, I had to find a way to help ease the pain we were experiencing. Putting it in words seemed to be a way of letting our baby know that we were sorry for what happened and that we loved him or her.

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    As you lied so helpless in the womb,
    We patiently awaited your day of bloom.
    A boy, a girl, we had not a clue,
    We'd love no matter what, and this we knew.

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  14. Angel In Heaven

    • By Ranja Kujala
    • Published by Family Friend Poems January 2016 with permission of the Author.

    We lost out baby boy at 16 weeks pregnant. I didn't know anything was wrong until I went for a check-up and my doctor couldn't find his heartbeat. Our hearts have been forever broken since that day...miss you, Little Babe. Love, Mummy, Daddy and your Big Brother Ryder

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    We were so excited to meet you
    And be a family of four.
    You were to be our second baby,
    Who we would cherish and adore.

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  15. A Beautiful Little Angel

    • By Amor Hall - Pineda
    • Published by Family Friend Poems August 2015 with permission of the Author.

    I wrote this poem for my niece who lost her firstborn child during delivery because of negligent doctors and staff at the hospital she was admitted. Please pray for her and our family as we move forward to pursue justice and accountability against those who failed to "first do no harm." Khayeden was a victim of grave medical malpractice that resulted in her untimely death...
    We love you, Khayeden Germay...

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    Heart full of joy and excitement
    To meet you face to face.
    Months of waiting and anticipating
    To give you my soft embrace.

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  16. Baby Boy

    • By Angie Milton
    • Published by Family Friend Poems May 2015 with permission of the Author.

    I have a friend who has been having trouble with pregnancies. She was excited about making it past her first trimester. At her 19 week check-up, the doctor didn't find a heartbeat. After exams and tests, the doctor believed the baby stopped breathing about a week after her 16 week check-up. My friend went in to induce labor and deliver her baby boy who died inside her womb.

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    There are no words to say but, "I love you,"
    For I've shed tears to not have heard you coo.

    A mother's joy turned to grief in a moment so fast,

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    You were here, you were near. You grew, and I knew you were alive. I felt you move, I saw you grow, I heard your heart beat. My boy, that was your name, until I could learn to love your name....

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  17. My Angel Baby

    • By Claire
    • Published by Family Friend Poems April 2015 with permission of the Author.

    I have suffered two miscarriages and am finally starting to heal and see a way forward!

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    I will never get to hold you,
    To keep you warm and safe.

    Never see your eyes twinkle,

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    My boyfriend and I also had a miscarriage about 6 months ago and I am still in pain over our loss. I am 15 as well, and so reading this poem touched me very dearly. This poem is beautiful and...

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  18. My Baby In Heaven

    • By Jenna
    • Published by Family Friend Poems March 2015 with permission of the Author.

    There's not a day that goes by that I'm not thinking about my sweet baby.

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    My baby's in heaven,
    but that's okay.
    There she'll be safe
    every second of every single day.

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  19. Heaven's Rocking Chair

    • By Ron Tranmer
    • Published by Family Friend Poems June 2014 with permission of the Author.

    We lost a little grandchild to S.I.D.S. When we received the call and rushed to our daughter's home, we found her sobbing as she rocked her little son who had left this world. I wrote this poem in remembrance of that night.

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    Are there rocking chairs in Heaven
    where little babies go?
    Do the angels hold you closely
    and rock you to and fro?

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    On July 8, 2017, I lost my precious three month old granddaughter. She was at the sitter's and was found face down in the playpen. I received the call to rush to the hospital while my...

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  20. Miscarriage

    • By Ron Tranmer
    • Published by Family Friend Poems June 2014 with permission of the Author.

    When a child dies before birth, many question why, as did my daughter who lost a child through miscarriage. I wrote this poem for her through my belief that as hard as miscarriage is to understand, God doesn't make mistakes. He loves us, and there is an answer that I believe coincides with my poem.

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    What we call miscarriage,
    Is hard to understand,
    but God calls special babies
    back with Him in Heaven's land.

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  21. The Missing Piece

    • By Kylie Ann
    • Published by Family Friend Poems April 2014 with permission of the Author.

    This poem expresses my pain over a recent lost pregnancy. The words break my own heart, but I hope that it helps anyone in a similar situation to feel less alone in their hurt.

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    Your first Christmas came without you.
    You're the unopened secret screams.

    We carry you in our broken hearts all day

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  22. In Heaven On Your Birthday

    • By Krista Nielsen
    • Published by Family Friend Poems July 2013 with permission of the Author.

    My Charlyze was alive for three months and I can say without doubt that those were the best months of my life. She did more for me and my family than most people do in their lifetime. She was born with a very rare case of petty syndrome. Being only the ninth case, we did our best to prepare for the worst. No preparation is enough to ready you for the loss of your child. I will always miss my little monkey, but one day I will see her again. I will not have these empty arms forever.

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    Precious in your little frame, you danced into my heart.
    And with the grace with which you came, with grace you did depart.
    You held my finger in your hand, and with it held my soul.
    I fell in love with those wide eyes, one kiss and I was whole.

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