Sisters in Loss Podcast: Miscarriage, Pregnancy Loss, & Infertility Stories

Today's episode is a solo episode as I'm sharing my personal infertility journey with you all.  I share why I'm choosing to go through IVF to retrieve eggs and freeze embryos for a future gestational surrogacy, and why I'm still team Surrogacy vs. team Adoption.  In this episode I talk about my first year podcasting and what I've learned about myself and this amazing Sisters in Loss community. Tha...

July is Fibroids Awareness Month and over 90% of black women are affected by fibroids by the age of 50.  In today's episode we have Fibroids Activist and Health Coach, Gessie Thompson who shares her Uterine Fibroid Journey and Eliminating Fibroids through Diet and Detox.  Gessie Thompson is one of the 90% of Black Women affected by fibroids by age 50. She personally battled the epidemic for 14 yea...

There are so many paths to motherhood and for many women diagnosed infertile Gestational Surrogacy is their chosen path.  For the month of July we are featuring Surrogacy stories and journey's on the podcast.  In today's episode we have Chelsea Hernandez who shares the beginning stages of her gestational surrogacy journey.  Chelsea is a wife of 4 years to Pedro and mom to two boys Nicholas and Ara...

There are so many paths to motherhood and for many women diagnosed infertile Gestational Surrogacy is their chosen path.  For the month of July we are featuring Surrogacy stories and journey's on the podcast.  In today's episode we have Dr. Vernette McKnight, a Cognition & Movement specialist, who shares her healing journey to becoming a gestational surrogate of twins.  In this episode Dr. Vernett...

There are so many paths to motherhood and for many women diagnosed infertile Gestational Surrogacy is their chosen path.  For the month of July we are featuring Surrogacy stories and journey's on the podcast.  In today's episode we have Eloise Drane owner and CEO of Family Inceptions on of the first Black Owned Surrogacy Agencies in the United States.  Eloise is a married mother of 5, she has dona...

In today's episode we catch up with Episode 15 guest Dareshia Ervin also known as Dee who experienced five miscarriages and lost both her fallopian tubes leaving her completely infertile.  Back in Episode 15 she shared how she planned to go through IVF and in today's episode she share's how God fulfilled his promises to her.  Dee is currently 29 weeks pregnant with her rainbow baby girl named Zuri...

For the month of June we are talking about infertility and IVF success stories on the Sisters in Loss podcast. In today's episode we have Parijat Deshpande a High Risk Pregnancy Expert who shares her IVF journey and High Risk pregnancy.  She discusses how she ended up on bedrest after going into early labor at 22 weeks.  She was able to deliver her son at 24 weeks, after managing the emotional str...

For the month of June we are talking about infertility and IVF success stories on the Sisters in Loss podcast.  In today's episode we have Candace Farris who has been on her infertility journey for 10 years due to Uterine Fibroids.  After a failed IVF in August 2017, having her mother pass away in the middle of her IVF cycle, she is currently 10 weeks pregnant from a successful 2nd round of IVF. ...

For the month of June we are talking about infertility and IVF stories on the Sisters in Loss podcast.  In today's episode we have Chimyra Powell a wife, mom, and blogger of journeyofchimyra.com .  Chimyra suffered a 5 year journey with infertility and her first natural pregnancy ended due to a life threatening ectopic pregnancy.  She and her husband decided to try IVF and it was successful as she...

In today's episode we are discussing the Cost of our Mental Health and therapy with licensed psychotherapist Dr. JaNae Taylor.  JaNaè is a licensed psychotherapist in Virginia Beach, VA, where she owns and operates,  Taylor Counseling and Consulting Services . JaNaè works with Black men and women who are struggling with harmful self-evaluations. Therapy with JaNaè helps them create a more empowere...

In today's episode we have Katina Nish who shares her child loss story and Mourning Moms blog and community.  Katina is a published freelance model and writer.  Katina loss her son in March 2008, and she felt God moving her into her purpose so she created the Mourning Moms blog and community to help other grieving mothers like herself.  Her goal through Mourning Moms is to create a national moveme...

In today's episode we have a REWIND!  My husband, my pastor, and my biggest cheerleader, Brandon McAfee, is starting a podcast to discuss the matters of the black church from the pulpit and beyond the walls of the church.  We are dedicating two episodes a month to discussing disabilities in the black church.  So, I wanted to rewind to his episode where we talk about our journey to our rainbow baby...

Today's episode is a solo episode and its a Mother's Day episode as Mother's Day is this upcoming Sunday, May 13, 2018.  I share the letter I wrote in a recent blog post to Grieving Mothers and Sisters in Loss for Mother's Day.  In this episode I am also recapping my weekend spent in NYC keynoting with a short clip of my keynote, and how it was meeting some of my listeners, and podcast guests in p...

In today's episode we have Dr. Jerisa Berry a board-certified Emergency Medicine doctor also known as Dr. Jerisa ER.  She is a nationally recognized speaker, media consultant, and author.  In this episode Dr. Jerisa shares her infertility journey with uterine fibroids, multiple surgeries, IVF, and how surrogacy was her final decision to become a mother.  Dr. Jerisa also uses her expertise in partn...

This is a Bonus episode and last episode for Sisters in Loss Fertility Awareness Month and National Infertility Awareness Week. In today's episode we have Heather and Dimitri Wilson, who lost their daughter Kennedy to stillbirth, and they share how the 1st year has been since starting their Non-Profit Organization called Kennedy's Angel Gowns in January 2017.   You may remember Heather,  she was m...

It is Sisters in Loss Fertility Awareness Month!  One week in April is not enough to acknowledge the 1 in 10 women and couples who experience infertility.  As black women this number is far less and I want to acknowledge those who struggle to get pregnant and stay pregnant during the month of April. In today's episode we have Lisa Hendrickson-Jack' who shares her Miscarriage Story and Uterine Fibr...

It is Sisters in Loss Fertility Awareness Month!  One week in April is not enough to acknowledge the 1 in 10 women and couples who experience infertility.  As black women this number is far less and I want to acknowledge those who struggle to get pregnant and stay pregnant during the month of April. In today's episode we have Patrice Washington, "America's Money Maven" who opens up and shares her...

In today's episode we have Kemi Olowe who shares her infertility journey with PCOS diagnosis and IVF story.  Kemi is the founder of #9MonthsandWaiting, a blog dedicated encouraging those on their fertility journey through her own experiences, research and testimonials. Kemi has been married for 6 years to her Primary School sweetheart and in November 2016, after a five year journey with infertilit...

It is Sisters in Loss Fertility Awareness Month!  One week in April is not enough to acknowledge the 1 in 10 women and couples who experience infertility.  As black women this number is far less and I want to acknowledge those who struggle to get pregnant and stay pregnant during the month of April. In today's episode we have Sosina Morgan who shares her fertility journey and decision to adopt aft...

In today's episode we have Rana Campbell host of Dreams in Drive Podcast who shares her miscarriage story and the cost of miscarriage from her feature on Elle.com.  After her miscarriage in 2016 Rana found the hospital bills quickly adding up to the thousands of dollars even with insurance.  In this episode Rana takes us back to how she started Dreams in Drive while grieving the loss of her baby,...

In today's episode we have Michelle Smith who shares her 2nd trimester pregnancy loss story at 19 weeks gestation, her journey to become a full circle doula, and her non profit Miracle Speaks.  Michelle is wife and mom of 4 and is passionate about helping other women and mothers of loss.  After her loss of daughter Miracle at 19 weeks she knew she wanted to help other moms through their birthing p...

In today's episode we have Bettye Williams who shares her SIDS story of four month old daughter, Bailey Nicole.  On June 26th 2015, Bettye loss her my four month old daughter, Bailey Nicole to SIDS. It was the most devastating, life shattering experience of her life. Trouble is inevitable in this life but when you lose a child, so suddenly and so unexpectedly in their death, a part of you die as w...

It's Women's History Month as well as National Developmental Disabilities Month. In today's episode we are featuring the 5th black women author who shares her journey around Faith, Miscarriage, Stillbirth, Infant and Pregnancy Loss, and Hope to continue on this grief journey. In today's epsiode we have LaTanya Sothern who shares her infant loss journey and journey with special needs son. Tiffany i...

It's the last day of Black History Month!  We are highlighting the 4th book of 6 books by black authors around Faith, Miscarriage, Stillbirth, Infant and Pregnancy Loss, and Hope to continue on this grief journey. In today's episode we have Tiffany "B.Renee" Upchurch-Rivera who shares her ectopic pregnancy loss and infertility journey. Tiffany is also the author of Ruined Womb: From Fertility to I...

It's Black History Month!  We are highlighting the 3rd author of 6 black authors of books around Faith, Miscarriage, Stillbirth, Infant and Pregnancy Loss, and Hope to continue on this grief journey. In today's episode, we have Tanika Fitzgerald who shares her miscarriage story and her book titled "Miscarried Joy: Moving Beyond Incredible Pain to Extraordinary Faith."  We discuss how her faith pla...