Miscarriage Stories with Arden Cartrette

Hailey is from Missoula, Montana and has had an ectopic pregnancy along with three first trimester miscarriages. She shares her story through loss, medical care, and where she's at today. Connect with TMD on Instagram:  @themiscarriagedoula To share your story on the podcast,  CLICK HERE For miscarriage & grief resources, visit  themiscarriagedoula.co ----------------- GRIEVING...

Anna is the co-founder of Tilly, an online community and app for people on their fertility journey. As they say on their website, it's "fertility support in your pocket" as it offers cycle tracking, community, courses, expert articles, and more. Today, Anna joins the podcast to share her personal journey with recurrent pregnancy loss which included two first trimester losses and two TFMR (terminat...

Angela shares her journey through two miscarriages within the past year. The first happening on her delayed honeymoon in Belize followed by a consecutive loss not long after the first. Connect with TMD on Instagram:  @themiscarriagedoula To share your story on the podcast,  CLICK HERE For miscarriage & grief resources, visit  themiscarriagedoula.co

Jessica shares her devastating experience with preterm labor and the birth of her daughter, Berkley. After having one living child who was 2.5 years old at the time of her loss and an uncomplicated pregnancy, she wasn’t expecting to go into labor right before 18 weeks. Connect with TMD on Instagram:  @themiscarriagedoula To share your story on the podcast,  CLICK HERE For miscarriage &am...

Arden chats about trying to conceive after loss and gives an inside look into a handout she has on coping with trying to conceive, navigating being a patient at a fertility clinic after loss and more. Buy the ebook: https://bit.ly/3K781Pq Free PAL download (great to download before actually pregnant): https://bit.ly/3AB7phT Work with Arden or a member of her team: https://www.themiscarriagedoula.c...

Shanna, a Chicago lawyer, shares her experience with two devastating miscarriages. The first being an ectopic pregnancy and the second a first trimester loss. This conversation covers the emotional trauma of pregnancy loss, the importance of storytelling, and the importance of detecting an ectopic pregnancy as soon as possible. Connect with TMD on Instagram:  @themiscarriagedoula To share you...

Amanda comes on to share about her daughter, Juniper "Junie" who was stillborn in 2018. Following the death of her first daughter she started advocacy work with Measure The Placenta where she fights for and with women to add measuring the placenta as a standard of care in pregnancy. In this episode we hear about Amanda's experience with losing her daughter, why measuring the placenta is important,...

Marc Sklar, @the_fertility_expert on Instagram, joins Arden today to debunk some of the biggest fertility myths in terms of recurrent pregnancy loss. Along with discussing RPL in depth, they also touch on age, testing to ask for, supplements, acupuncture, and overall reproductive health. ----------------- GRIEVING THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS WEBINAR ----------------- Connect with Marc on Instagram: @the_...

Caroline is an energy healer in Zurich, Switzerland. She openly shares her experience through a missed miscarriage at 13 weeks pregnant and as someone who is spiritual and feels energies, how that played a part in her ability to cope with the loss of her son. Follow Caroline’s story on Instagram: @mrs_carolineschmid Connect with TMD on Instagram:  @themiscarriagedoula To share your story on t...

Christine shares her fertility journey through struggling to get pregnant with her first living child, a daughter, and then a surprising pregnancy of another daughter. Then as she was pregnant with her third child, a boy, she learned that she had a vanishing twin followed by a loss during the second trimester. She describes her story as “one filled with hope and trust and God and resilience” Conne...

Melissa met her husband while living in the Netherlands and wanted to start a family with him. Her first pregnancy happening around the time of her COVID-style wedding, her second happening soon after the first pregnancy ended, and then her third pregnancy throwing her for a loop — she shares it all in this episode. *CORRECTION: In the episode, Melissa mentions that her baby was diagnosed with Dow...

Samantha shares her journey with multiple fatal diagnoses (hydrops fetalis linked to down syndrome, skin edema, and plural ascites) followed by a second trimester miscarriage. She discusses learning about the diagnoses along with the labor & delivery experience with her daughter, Cecilia. Connect with Samantha on Instagram: @rozeetuh Follow TMD: @themiscarriagedoula For resources and services...

Jen openly and bravely shares her journey through experiencing a miscarriage during the height of COVID where she also got sick and lost her brother from the virus all within a matter of mothers. To share your story on the podcast, CLICK HERE For miscarriage & grief resources, visit themiscarriagedoula.co

Arden shares the recording from Feel Good Weekend Event in February 2022 where she discussed navigating grief after miscarriage. To share your story on the podcast, CLICK HERE For miscarriage & grief resources, visit themsicarriagedoula.co

Danielle joins Arden to recap her loss journey and share her pregnancy after loss story in detail. She first appeared on Shelly Mettling's Life After Miscarriage Podcast and is back to share an update and give the good, bad, and ugly about the physical and mental aspect of pregnancy after loss. To share your story on the podcast, CLICK HERE

Today's episode is a replay of a talk that I did for Feel Good Weekend back in February 2022. It's all about pregnancy after loss and basically how to manage the fear and anxiety. For resources and services from The Miscarriage Doula & co, visit themiscarriagedoula.co To share your story on the podcast, CLICK HERE

Kara openly and bravely shares her journey through trying to conceive in a same-sex relationship. She shares about a PCOS diagnosis, tubal removal due to blockages, using a known sperm donor to moving forward with an unknown donor, IVF, and of course -- pregnancy loss. Follow Kara on Instagram: @BeTrueToYou21 Follow TMD on Instagram: @TheMiscarriageDoula Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts as...

Asmi opens up about going through two miscarriages over the last two years, the first one leading to a diabetes diagnosis. She shares the difficulties that came from her new diagnosis along with the emotional toll that miscarriage has had on her, her partner, and family. Join our email list HERE Check out virtual one-on-one support HERE To share your story on the podcast, CLICK HERE Follow TMD on...

Amy is back on the TMD podcast and today we're discussing luteal phases, progesterone, and how it all plays into getting and staying pregnant. She shares why using the term "luteal phase defect" may be a turn off to your doctor and how progesterone can affect each stage of your fertility journey (even birth and postpartum of a full-term baby). Products that we discussed during the podcast (don't f...

Lauren openly shares the story of losing her twin boys at different gestations (during the second trimester) and the events that followed including another miscarriage at 10 weeks and the birth of her rainbow baby. To connect with Lauren, you can find her on Instagram @lmckiser Join our email list HERE Check out virtual one-on-one support HERE Download a free worksheet HERE Follow TMD on Instagram...

On this episode of The Miscarriage Doula Podcast, Arden sits down with Sabrina who is a doula for the TFMR (Termination for Medical Reasons) community. Women who have experienced this type of pregnancy loss often feel even more isolated because they aren't sure where they fit in. Sabrina and Arden break down those walls, talk about the reality of abortion laws and how they affect loss moms, and ho...

Leandra is LAMFAM guest from Shelly Mettling's "Life After Miscarriage" Podcast. She's here to share a recap of her journey along with an update on where she is today and what it took to get here. SPOILER: She's pregnant... with twins! Listen to Leandra's episode of Life After Miscarriage w/ Shelly Mettling HERE Connect with Leandra on Instagram: @leandra_wade Join our email list HERE Check out vi...

At 37 years old Lisa did fertility testing as she was single but knew that she wanted to have children one day. Only five months after testing and learning that she had a fibroid, she met her now husband and embarked on her fertility journey where she encountered many obstacles, including a missed miscarriage. Follow Lisa on Instagram: @inspire_to_leap or @lisa_john_coaching Join our email list HE...

Audrey opens up about her recent miscarriage where she took Misoprostol and had a horrible experience (like many women who share their story) and ended up having a D&C. She has two living children and shares how her miscarriage experience was as a mother and how she's coping. Join our email list HERE Check out virtual one-on-one support HERE Download a free worksheet HERE Follow TMD on Instagr...

Naomi shares her journey through recurrent pregnancy loss in her 30s after feeling concerned with her fertility due to an autoimmune disease that she was diagnosed with when she was little. Join our email list HERE Check out virtual one-on-one support HERE Download a free worksheet HERE Follow TMD on Instagram: @themiscarriagedoula