In addition to the other reader story submission opportunities we have just launched on this site, take note that you can now also share any poems you have written for your baby. I have always felt that writing is a good way to work through feelings, and many people find a great deal of solace in poetry in particular. Writing a poem can be a good way to honor your baby's memory, and sharing it may bring comfort to other moms out there who are grieving.

If you're interested in sharing a poem you have written, post it here. You can also share any thoughts you have for parents who are newly grieving a loss, as well as a brief background about your loss.

Not a poet? Consider telling your miscarriage story or your story of finding out you were pregnant after a miscarriage, or if you're a dad, give your perspective on miscarriages too:

• Miscarriage Stories
• My Pregnancy After Miscarriage
• My Partner Had a Miscarriage

Some antibiotics appear to be safer during pregnancy than others, according to new research. Scientists studied moms who gave birth to babies with birth defects and examined the likelihood that those moms took antibiotics in the first trimester compared to controls who gave birth to babies without birth defects. The study found that certain antibiotics appeared to be statistically associated with birth defects more often than other antibiotics, and it revealed evidence that two classes of antibiotics in particular might be tied to birth defects.

For some reason, this has led to some articles claiming "Antibiotics in Pregnancy Don't Cause Birth Defects" and others reading "Antibiotics in Pregnancy Tied to Birth Defects." Funny how different reporters can draw opposite conclusions from the same information, at least as far as headline writing--and a good reminder of the importance of reading more than just the headline.

Anyway, the antibiotics found to be most associated with birth defects were sulfonamides and nitrofurantoins, which are frequently used to treat urinary tract infections--and other antibiotics studied were sometimes associated with birth defects also, but not with as many different types of birth defects as the above two. However, as was pointed out in an article in MedPageToday, the methods used in the research could not determine that the antibiotics actually caused the birth defects, and it was possible that the underlying infection that led to the moms taking antibiotics was the actual cause of the birth defects. In addition, there would be obvious risks to both mom and baby if infections weren't treated, so it's still best to follow your doctor's advice and take antibiotics if you need them.

If you've been trying to conceive, you may have heard the advice to lie still with a pillow under your hips for 15 to 20 minutes after sex in order to boost conception odds. According to a report in BBC, the same may be true for fertility patients receiving insemination. Researchers interviewed fertility clinics offering artificial insemination and found that the pregnancy rates were higher in clinics that advised patients to stay lying down for 15 minutes after the procedure.

About 27% of the women who remained prone after insemination became pregnant compared to 17% of the women who stood up and moved around afterward. Although this finding is specifically limited to patients receiving insemination, one wonders if the same would also apply to couples trying at home without assistance, especially if the reason for the finding was that lying still prevented leakage of sperm (as one of the researchers postulated in the article). I know it's long been common advice to lie still with a pillow under your hips for about 20 minutes afterward to boost your conception odds -- perhaps there's something to the idea.

When a miscarriage happens, it's often forgotten that there are two parents affected by each loss. So if your partner had a miscarriage, you might be feeling a little left out by most of the support resources (possibly even this site) that seem to target only the mother.

If you are a dad who is grieving your partner's miscarriage, you're not weird. Even though many express their feelings differently from their partners, most dads do feel affected when their partners miscarry. After all, it was your baby too. And in fact, if you feel you'd like to tell your side of the story, now's your chance to do that. Along with general miscarriages stories and stories of pregnancy after miscarriage, we're collecting fathers' stories about miscarriage experiences in the hopes of featuring accounts from real people. You can write your feelings about the loss, share your tips on how to deal with a loss, or just tell your story.

Want to submit your story? Visit this form and type away. You don't have to use your real name if you don't want to, but your stories can be helpful not only to dads who want to hear how other guys cope with miscarriage but also to moms who are trying to understand why their partners react differently to the loss.