From Ending to Beginning

About Melissa Miles Carter

Dr. Melissa Miles McCarter is an editor, writer, publisher, and academic who lives in rural Southeast Missouri. She endured 12 years of infertility after the loss of her daughter to SIDS and an ectopic pregnancy. Melissa edited and published an an anthology on motherhood and loss called, Joy, Interrupted, which has a number of contributions about the struggles with infertility. She enjoys spending time with her husband, stepson, three English bulldogs, Boss Hog, Daisy and Roscoe, and their mutt, Little Bit Flash.

From Ending to Beginning

Dec. 1, 2015 by Melissa Miles Carter

It’s been over ten years–ten years of waiting, wishing, and hoping for this ending: The ending of my infertility. After ten years, it really seems never-ending, and in so many ways, it always will be. As we look forward to a new beginning at the start of the year, I can’t help … Read More »

Lessons in Healing

Nov. 1, 2015 by Melissa Miles Carter

I am a stepmother and mother of a daughter who died of SIDS in 2003, and had an ectopic pregnancy in 2004. I have also struggled with secondary infertility since my daughter's death. Despite this tragedy and challenges, I have went on to get my PhD and start a small press. … Read More »