Confessions of a Grieving Mother

Listen as Mara shares what it was like to lose her son Arro at 41 weeks gestation due to a placental abruption. Mara was having a very healthy pregnancy and at 41 weeks gestation she decided to begin natural induction methods. She went into labor soon after and labored for about 16 hours when they suddenly couldn't find a heartbeat.

Listen as Janet shares what it was like to experience multiple losses of her twin sons Emmett & Wyatt. Janet was excited when found out she was pregnant with identical twins, however her excitement turned to fear when she went into preterm labor at 23 weeks 4 days.

Listen as Larissa shares the tragic loss of her son Zuri. She had to go to the hospital for kidney stones, which she had multiple times before, at 26 weeks gestation. Within minutes of arrival to the hospital, the doctors decided she needed an emergency c-section.

One of our favorite guests, Pam Presler, LCSW, CPLC shares the importance of naming your loss baby and how important it is for your grief journey. 

Listen as Tricia shares what it was like to experience three miscarriages resulting in the loss of her babies Alex, Taylor and Fiona.  Her first two losses were early term miscarriage. Her third loss occurred when she found out she was pregnant with twins, but then found out one of the babies no longer had a heart beat. 

Listen as Sydney shares what it was like to lose her daughter, Lilly, to an early term miscarriage. Her loss occurred while she was a college student in an abusive relationship.  **Trigger Warning** This episode discusses domestic violence. 

Listen as Sam shares her early-term loss with us. Since she was so excited to get pregnant with her second child, she found out immediately at four weeks gestation that she was pregnant with Angel Baby D. At about eight weeks gestation she had a questionable sonogram and later that week ended up losing her baby. 

Listen as Jen shares her roller coaster of a grief journey.  In this episode she discusses medical diagnoses, her struggles to get pregnant and then what if felt like losing her daughter Hope at 8 weeks gestation. 

Listen as Chloe shares what it was like to lose her daughter Adalyn at 17 weeks. Chloe’s pregnancy was normal until she suddenly got very sick and was diagnosed with Listeria, which was what caused her to go into preterm labor. Her grief journey led her to start The Adalyn Rose Foundation in her daughter's memory. 

Listen as Kelli shares what it was like to lose her twin babies, Kellan & Katerina, at twenty weeks gestation. Kelli was in a terrible car accident at twenty weeks that caused her to go into labor.  Thank you, Kelli, for sharing your heart with us on today's episode. Your babies are so loved and missed every single day.

Listen as Leslie shares what it was like to lose her daughter, Josephine Camile, at twenty six weeks gestation. The pregnancy was smooth sailing until she was about twenty five weeks and started having vision problems.  Thank you, Leslie, for sharing Josie with our listeners. You are not alone.

Listen as Sarah shares what it was like to experience an early-term pregnancy loss in January 2021.  If you would like to connect with Sarah, you can email her at sarah@pregnancyafterlossdoula.com .  Instagram: @pregnancyafterlossdoula

Listen as Christina shares what it was like to lose her daughter, Harper, at forty weeks and three days gestation. After Harper was born still, Christina and her husband Gavin were told there was a true knot in Harper's cord and wrapped around her neck twice. 

Listen as Becky shares her multiple losses with us. A 7-week gestation loss and a 15-week gestation loss. 

Listen as Molly shares what it was like to deliver her son Beckham on November 8th, 2019, after receiving the news that he had a life-limiting diagnosis.

Listen as Miranda shares what it was like to experience a twin loss. Levi and Luca passed away 24-48 hours after one another. Levi died from a surgery Miranda had to get and Luca was stillborn.

Listen as Jaime shares her feelings about getting the diagnosis of Down Syndrome and delivering Josiah preterm at 25 weeks gestation. Josiah lived for 21 days and passed away on November 15th, 2020. Jaime pumped her breast milk for six months and gave back to families in honor of Josiah. That is just the beginning of how she has shown up as his mother. 

Listen as Brad and Jessica share their story about recurrent pregnancy loss. Suffering from early-term pregnancy loss to still birth.   Be sure to tune into Guys & Grief in January 2023!

Through the different stages of grief, there are many ways you will remember your baby. And it most likely could change every year. Listen as we share some ways the four of us remember our 15, 8, 6, and 1 year old this season. 

...the things you wish you would have done before you lost your baby.

As we head into the holiday season, listen as Tracy and Julie talk with two other loss moms. Payton, who lost her daughter Rudy and Carol, who lost her daughter  Johanna about what the holidays look like right now and how each year of grief is different. 

Listen as Hailey shares what it was like to lose her daughter Hayden at 17 weeks gestation. After Hailey lost Hayden she wanted to create a community for loss moms to gather on Instagram. She started @heylossmama and has quickly grown her following!! Head over to Instagram and give her a follow. 𝙷𝚎𝚢 𝙻𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝙼𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝙵𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 | 𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 | 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮: @𝘩𝘦𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘮𝘢

Listen as we talk with Scott and Sarah Stoops about what it was like to go through multiple pregnancy losses. Losing Celeste from an early term loss and Dexter at 18 weeks and 3 days.  

Listen as Allysa shares about how hard it was to conceive and how much this baby was wanted and loved. Allysa and her husband Evan lost their sweet baby at 8 weeks and 2 days.

Listen as Brooke shares about losing her son, Milo at 30 weeks and 1 day.