After Five Miscarriages and Four Years of Searching for Answers, a Jupiter Mom Is Making Sure No One Walks the Same Road Alone

For four years, Kimberly Malik was told she had unexplained infertility.

She went through five miscarriages. She researched on her own. She pushed for answers her doctors hadn't offered. Eventually, she learned she had a blood-clotting condition that had contributed to every loss — a diagnosis that explained what years of doctor visits hadn't.

"When you get told unexplained infertility, that's not really what you want to hear and that's not an answer I can accept," Malik said.

On November 8, 2024 — her husband's birthday — she welcomed what families in this community call a rainbow baby: a child born after pregnancy loss. And almost immediately, she felt a pull toward something bigger than her own story.

"I just felt this calling of don't let others walk alone," she said.

That calling became Hope Rising.

On Friday, October 17, Malik is hosting the inaugural Hope Rising 5K and Fun Walk at Carlin Park in Jupiter — an event built not primarily around a race, but around connection. Local businesses, wellness providers, and community partners will form a Support Village on the grounds, giving attendees a chance to meet people and find resources specific to infertility and pregnancy loss.

The event will include a Rainbow Baby Wall where families can celebrate children born after loss, wooden hearts where participants can leave messages of encouragement, and remembrance activities for those honoring losses that never became a birth. Proceeds will support the Hope Rising Grant, which aims to help Florida families facing the significant financial burden of fertility treatment.

Jenny Frattaruolo, owner of Jupiter Fit Club and one of Malik's support network during her journey, is helping organize the event. She offered a blunt description of why it matters:

"I think we will all experience death and grief in our lifetime, but miscarriage is the only death you will experience inside your own body."

October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. Malik's event falls in the middle of it, and she's making no apologies for the directness of the mission.

"We can have those that unfortunately are on a fertility journey feel seen and supported," she said.

The Hope Rising 5K and Fun Walk is Friday, October 17 at Carlin Park, 750 S State Road A1A, Jupiter. Registration is open at the Hope Rising website.

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