Himmat Collective

 W elcome to Himmat Collective, a place for the Punjabi Community to share their story around fertility and loss. We believe that everyone's journey is different, but we can all connect somehow. Our blog today is from a mother, who would have done anything to take the pain away from her daughter during her loss at 5 months pregnant. I remember the exact moment my entire world changed. It was all in a matter of minutes with one call from my daughter  Kirren , telling me “my daughter is gone”. 4 words that shattered my heart and then the phone cut off.  I stood unable to speak or move, tears streaming down my face uncontrollably, then I quickly came back to reality and realised where I was. I was at work, so I felt I had no choice but to get a hold of myself. I calmly walked to the toilets, washed my face and asked if I could leave work. Luckily, I had understanding colleagues who of course, told me I could go.  I walked so quickly that my head started spinning. All I ...

Welcome to Himmat Collective, a place for the Punjabi Community to share their story around fertility and loss. We believe that everyone's journey is different, but we can all connect somehow. Thank you for taking the time to read my blog. I’m Kirren and I am a mother to my little angel Keerat Kaur Sira who was born sleeping. I’m sharing this blog to help anyone out there going through this feeling alone, to educate people on how it feels and what it looks like to lose a baby, and most importantly to highlight this is happening to people every day in our community. After 3 years of trying for a baby, a failed IVF attempt and multiple fertility issues, I was so ready to give up trying. So, we did, and everything we had put on hold including holidays, new job roles and moving to a new house began to take over. I left the organisation I worked for and moved to another bank, booked a holiday to Kenya and within three months of all of that I fell pregnant naturally. I was so excited but...

  Missed Miscarriage: We are the 1-5% of people who experience this journey  Welcome to Himmat Collective, a place for the Punjabi Community to share their story around fertility and loss. We believe that everyone's journey is different, but we can all connect somehow. Todays post is from myself, Sarina and this is my story of our Baby Dinosaur. My Angel above, my brightest star in the sky. The one that changed my world, the one who made me a Mum. I met my husband in 2015, and we have been married since 2017. We always planned to travel before starting a family, and at 24 years old, we thought we had time. Time to spend together before starting a family, because in our minds, when we decided we wanted children, it would just happen. I feel like that's how you are brought up because fertility struggles, miscarriage and baby loss is just not talked about in the Punjabi community. Its not one of those topics that you sit down to talk about over a cup of tea. Its hidden, locked aw...

Welcome to Himmat Collective, a place for the Punjabi Community to share their story around fertility and loss. We believe that everyone's journey is different, but we can all connect somehow. Today's blog is from Mena, a mother of 3, and a mother in law who has watched her son and daughter in law go through their fertility journey. -- " Every parent looks forward to becoming a grandparent, especially when it's the FIRST grandchild. It's the time in your life when you can spoil them, and give your time and affection.  So when we found out our son and daughter in law were expecting a baby, we were so incredibly excited. I remember the moment they told me, my entire being filled with excitement at the prospect of a new addition to our family. It was going to be amazing. We were so conscious of my daughter in law doing too much, constantly reminding her to sit down and relax. We were thrilled with the thought that in 9 months, our new grandchild would arrive! The Preg...