I've got two kids. I did have two daughters and now I have a son and a daughter. That's quite easy for me to say now, but it wasn't maybe six or seven years ago.
"My baby was alive but 16 weeks is too young. I'm holding my baby and I could tell that there was nothing I could do. My baby had 10 tiny fingers and toes and was perfectly formed but was just tiny, the size of a pear."
FitFlop makes these dual-strap leather sandals that are low-key and not overtly a support shoe, even though that is exactly what they are. The arches are contoured to keep your foot in a good position and disperse pressure.
We were stuck. Then there was a phone call. On the other end was a woman who worked with my husband at his new job. We'd never met but she'd got wind that we were sick and let me know she'd just dropped a big pot of soup on our doorstep. That soup saved us — even the dogs got some. It sustained us for days, until I was well enough to prepare the most basic of meals.