After Miscarriage

A woman's journey through the heartache of miscarriage, the gift of adoption and the immersion in her lifelong passion that proved crucial in her healing process. The story does not read like a traditional self help book. Instead, Lori’s story about baby loss and how she found peace in her love for horses is inspiring and indeed a form of grief counseling that others can borrow from. Lori’s insights into how to tell people about the miscarriage and how the loss of baby can effect the relationship between husband and wife, are personal accounts that others can use for their own situations.

On August 13, 2000, just months after her honeymoon, Lori suffered her first miscarriage. After four miscarriages in less than two years, she struggled to find peace each day. As she suffered in silence with her grief, she was determined to find comfort and hope. Lori’s passion for horses and her faith helped her escape the emotional turmoil only to discover how these passions assisted her journey to healing. This realization exposed her to a new world she may otherwise have never known. Her tenacious desire to have a child led her to appreciate the beauty and gift of adoption as well as experience the instant unconditional love that you can feel for a child.

After struggling in silence with her grief from suffering four miscarriages in two years, Lori Leo began to openly speak about her losses and reach out to women who had nowhere to turn for support and no one to help them navigate the turbulent emotional waters that follow a miscarriage. She lives outside of Boston, Massachusetts with her husband, son, five horses and three dogs.