Maternal Hope

Stories of Unseen Struggles, Unexpected Resilience, and the Untold Ways Families Are Made

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Reproductive Heartbreak. Real Hope.

Not every path to parenthood is simple—or spoken aloud.

Maternal Hope is a powerful collection of raw and rarely shared stories from everyday people navigating painful realities on the road to starting a family.

Covering experiences such as infertility, IVF, miscarriage, infant loss, postpartum depression, and more, these candid essays dismantle the myth of “happily ever after” and honor the truth of what it means to build a family when doing so is anything but simple.

A light in the dark. A balm for the soul. A chorus of voices that says: You are not alone.

"Virtually anyone facing the daunting prospect of having a baby (or not having one, or losing one) will find words of wisdom in these pages."

— Kirkus Reviews

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Who We Are

Ali Mann Stevens

Camille Seigle

Camille Seigle and Ali Mann Stevens met in the workplace long before they each started their family-building journeys. When Ali later experienced the premature delivery and then loss of her twins, and Camille suffered from life-altering postpartum anxiety and depression, they decided to team up to help break the silence around the struggles of starting a family.