Finding Hope After Loss | Hope in Infertility and Pregnancy Loss

Monica has experienced a lot of loss in her lifetime, including several family members and a pregnancy loss. Monica discusses how she became more in tune with the spiritual world and started seeing signs. She talks about how you can start to see signs from your baby. Monica has also written three books about how to get signs from your loved ones.

Amy has been through two pregnancy losses including her daughter who was stillborn due to a possible placental abruption and a 14 week miscarriage. Amy shares her journey and how she now helps other women who are going through fertility or pregnancy struggles through her business, Smooth Stones Consulting.

Katy's son was stillborn due to fetal hydrops with no known cause. Katy shares how waiting to deliver him was the right decision for her and talks about what it was like after her loss.

Sarah Jane went through multiple pregnancy losses, unexplained infertility, and a chronic disease that ultimately led to a hysterectomy. She is now childless not by choice. Sarah Jane talks about her journey and how it is important to have self-compassion for ourselves throughout the difficult times. She created Embodied Possibility to help other women through their journey.

Dr. Catherine Darley is a Naturopathic physician who specializes in sleep. Dr. Darley talks about the importance of sleep, especially for women, during all stages of their life, including trying to get pregnant, pregnancy, and after pregnancy. She gives tips and recommendations for how to improve your sleep quality during the various phases of your life. She also experienced three miscarriages dur...

Michelle is a mom of two who experienced post partum depression after her second child was born. Going through PPD made her realize how little care there is for maternal mental health. She now wants to educate others on what to look out for, ways to deal with PPD, and when to ask for help.

Grace had to terminate for medical reasons (TFMR) at 13 weeks due to her baby not being viable. She also has one rainbow baby. She wrote a book called Behind My Smile: A Rainbow Baby Story. Grace is now on a mission to advocate doctors and healthcare providers about the loss and pregnancy after loss experience.

Carmen is the mother of 11 babies, 3 of which are living, and is currently pregnant with her rainbow baby. She went through recurrent losses including missed miscarriage, miscarriage and 2 TFMR. She also wrote a book based on her experiences called A Diary to Our Babies.

Kasia had quite a long journey with infertility and loss. She went through several rounds of IUI and IVF, along with several miscarriages, before being diagnosed with stage 4 endometriosis. She had surgery and was preparing to use a surrogate before doing one final transfer, which resulted in her rainbow baby. Kasia also discusses the importance of advocating for yourself with doctors.

Anusooya is a fertility coach for women who also has a pharmacist background. She dealt with a chronic illness which made her motherhood journey more difficult. She now helps other women who are going through infertility.

Katie spent time working as a registered nurse in L&D and postpartum. She is now a childbirth and nutrition educator. Katie had a miscarriage, chemical pregnancy, and the loss of twins on her journey to motherhood. She has two living children, one of which required a NICU stay.

Alexandra is a death doula that runs a death doula training school. In this episode. Alexandra has a lot to share about grief after loss and the issues surrounding death. Alexandra also discusses dealing with PCOS, endometriosis, eating disorder recovery, and being childless not by choice.

Heather discusses her 38 week stillbirth due to a true knot in the cord. She also talks about dealing with depression after her loss and what that experience was like.

Joanna is a fertility nutritionist. In this episode, she talks about the key things you should be doing nutrition-wise when trying to get pregnant and during pregnancy.

Sarah is a doula who helps support other women during pregnancy and birth. She had a miscarriage with her first pregnancy, followed by the birth of her rainbow baby. Sareh credits her faith to helping her get through the tough times after loss.

Sarah discusses tips on how to get through grief after pregnancy loss during the holiday season. She also talks about the various things you can do to help honor and remember your baby during the holidays.

Mel is a clinical herbalist, environmental educator, mother, wilderness therapist, and podcast host on The Herbalist’s Path. Mel has studied plant medicine for well over 20 years. She shares ways you can use herbs to help with grief and loss, pregnancy, breastfeeding, and more.

Kassandra is a loss mom of 2 and has 1 rainbow baby daughter.  She was diagnosed with PCOS and a uterine abnormality at an early age and told she would never be able to get pregnant.  Kassandra had to TFMR (termination for medical reasons) because her baby Atlas had anencephaly. She talks about her experience going through her losses and how important it is to support TFMR moms.

McKenzie experienced the infant loss of her son, Theo, due to complications from a congenital heart defect.  She discusses her experience after his birth and leading up to his death, along with her experience after her loss.

Ashley struggled with unexplained infertility before finally being able to get pregnant with her twins.  Her journey inspired her to become a holistic fertility coach where she works with yoga, meditation, and other holistic healing.

Kendra went through infertility and had a miscarriage before she was ever diagnosed with PCOS. She had some terrible experiences with doctors during her loss, which led her to take charge of her own health and advocate for herself.

Nicola is the founder of the Instagram account Fat Positive Fertility.  Her mission is to help end the stigma around people who have bigger bodies and help them successfully reach their goal of having a family.  Nicola is the leading voice for fat folks seeking fertility support, bringing a unique fat-positive perspective to her work as a fertility coach and author of the groundbreaking book &quot...

Nicole shares the experience of going through recurrent pregnancy loss. She has gone through the loss of 7 different babies throughout her journey to become a mother.  She adopted 2 girls and has written a book about her entire experience.

Michelle went through infertility, including multiple rounds of IUI and IVF, and experienced a miscarriage and the neonatal loss of her daughter, Her daughter was born early due to Michelle having pre-eclampsia.  Ultimately, she used a surrogate and had her living child.  She was also inspired to create a non-profit, the Collette Louise Tisdahl Foundation, in honor of her daughter. 

Ros went through multiple pregnancy losses, including a miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, and chemical pregnancy. She also went through the stillbirth of her son Sam. She currently has no living children. Ros discusses going through her losses and the idea that the so called happy ending is not always attainable for everyone.