Miscarriage Stories with Arden Cartrette

Having two living children and a lifelong struggle with a chronic illness, Martha experiences two miscarriages between 13-16 weeks of pregnancy. She shares her journey through loss and healing in hopes to help others feel less alone. Join our email list HERE Check out virtual one-on-one support HERE Download a free worksheet HERE Follow TMD on Instagram: @themiscarriagedoula

Lydia works within a profession where she has access to an ultrasound machine. Upon having a coworker do an ultrasound to check on her baby at 19 weeks and 5 days of pregnancy, she learns that she has experienced a missed miscarriage. Listen as she shares the moments that lead up to learning about her loss and what birth was like at that time. Join our email list HERE Check out virtual one-on-one...

Becca shares her story through two miscarriages, her first happening at home and her second being a complete molar pregnancy. Opening up about the process of treatment and recovery for complete molar pregnancies, we learn about mexotrexate, chemotherapy protocols, and coping with recurrent pregnancy loss. Follow Becca on Instagram: @chickensbeforetheegg Join our email list HERE Check out virtual o...

Brittany openly walks us through her experience with recurrent pregnancy loss. Instagram: @wowbrittanylane This episode is sponsored by Mental Push Plan. The Mental Grief Plan digital workbook is designed for you to identify and approach your grief in a gentle, self-compassionate way. It provides meditations and journal prompts to understand how your grief is manifesting, mindfulness tools to use...

Kaylin openly talks about mental health, trying to conceive, wanting to be a mom, and experiencing two miscarriages between having her rainbow baby, Luke.  Her second miscarriage included an unplanned pregnancy while on birth control, a possible ectopic pregnancy, and the uncertainty of having more earth-side children. This episode is sponsored by Mental Push Plan. The Mental Grief Plan digit...

Samantha shares with Arden her experience with miscarriage during her first pregnancy. After multiple ultrasounds with positive outcomes, she felt that something was off and pushed for another ultrasound where she learned that her baby no longer had a heartbeat. Sam shares the traumatic experience of loss and how she had a "chemical pregnancy" following her first loss. Join our email list HERE Che...

Talia shares her journey through miscarriage as an earth-side mama as she tells us about two miscarriages: one of a twin pregnancy and one of a singleton pregnancy. We discuss miscarriage after getting pregnant quickly and recurrent pregnancy loss. Connect with Talia on Instagram: @talia.valerio Join our email list HERE Check out virtual one-on-one support HERE Download a free worksheet HERE Follo...

Clarissa shares her journey through a traumatic miscarriage that showed her how poorly our medical care is for women in the reproductive health space. After her experience she started an online community "Project Plum" to support other women that are going through what she's been through. Follow Project Plum: @projectplum Join our email list HERE Check out virtual one-on-one support HERE Download...

Christine openly shares her journey through recurrent pregnancy loss and doesn't shy away from explaining how a first trimester loss is very similar to labor and delivery of a full-term baby minus the whole "getting to bring your baby home" thing. Join our email list HERE Check out virtual one-on-one support HERE Download a free worksheet HERE

Gabriella shares her story through terminating a wanted pregnancy during a really difficult time in her life and then experiencing a miscarriage of a twin pregnancy. Sign up for our newsletter, The Mourning, HERE In this conversation, we mention the following books/podcasts: In The Flo What To Expect When You’re No Longer Expecting Life After Miscarriage Podcast Connect on Instagram: Gabriella: @j...

TMD Podcast is taking a short break for the month of August. Host, Arden Cartrette, is moving, changing some things around with her job, and has been busy creating the Circle community and meeting 1:1 with women who are experiencing loss. Share your story via voice note: https://anchor.fm/arden-cartrette/message Join our community for miscarriage, grief, pregnancy after: themiscarriagedoula.co/com...

Tricia shares her journey through three miscarriages, one of which being a twin in a twin pregnancy. We announced our new Support Community for only $5/month - Join HERE Follow The Miscarriage Doula - @themiscarriagedoula Learn more at themiscarriagedoula.co

Sarah shares her miscarriage journey at the age of 35 and while living in Switzerland. This episode contains an ending with a rainbow baby. We announced our new Support Community for only $5/month - Join HERE Follow The Miscarriage Doula - @themiscarriagedoula Learn more at themiscarriagedoula.co

After experiencing the loss of her first pregnancy, Elena opens up about what miscarriage is really like, ways that support could improve, and how hearing others speak out about miscarriage inspired her to share her story. Read some pieces that Elena has written about miscarriage: Self-Care After Miscarriage How to Better Support Someone Through Miscarriage Carried Together - care packages for wom...

Sarah shares her experiences between two miscarriages at different fertility clinics and how the care compared to each loss through her now rainbow pregnancy. Listen for tips on what to ask your RE and ways to advocate for the care you deserve. Follow Sarah: @westcoastIVFmama Follow Arden: @ardenmcartrette Follow TMD: @themiscarriagedoula For 1:1 services, resources, and more, visit themiscarriage...

In this episode of The Miscarriage Doula Podcast, Arden chats with Allison who experienced a loss at 8 weeks pregnant with her third child. She recaps the events of her loss and talks about her regrets, what she wishes she knew, and gives a lot of helpful advice for fellow loss moms going through this right now. Some topics discussed: use of Cytotec, having a rainbow baby, advocacy, and supportive...

Ali Prato, the co-founder of Fertility Rally and host of the Infertile AF podcast, joins Arden to share her story. Ali also openly talks about the effects that secondary infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss had on her relationship with her husband. Check out Arden’s episode on InfertileAF (Ali’s podcast) HERE Purchase the Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Webinar replay HERE Follow Ali: @infertileAF Fo...

Experiencing a "chemical" pregnancy and poor bedside manner from a birth center, Alexis shares the experience of her first pregnancy and miscarriage. *Trigger Warning* - after sharing her story she reveals that she's newly pregnant after her loss and expresses the emotions that go along with pregnancy after loss. Follow Alexis: @alexismeisenholder_doula Follow Arden: @ardenmcartrette Follow TMD: @...

Jackie and Arden talk openly about how the language around different types of miscarriages (specifically blighted ovums) affects the grieving process. Jackie is a miscarriage support specialist and shares what led her to want to help others go through what she's been through. ABOUT THE MISCARRIAGE DOULA: New here? Welcome! I'm Arden - a bereavement doula & trauma support specialist. Through TM...

Within three months, Reggie experienced two miscarriages. She shares her experience being pregnant during the beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Topics: * blighted ovum * Recurrent pregnancy loss * Miscarriage at home * Rainbow pregnancy

Sam shares her experience with an ectopic pregnancy and how it caused a shift in her trust and anxiety. Now she's the earth-side mama to a beautiful rainbow baby but finds little ways that her previous loss affects her motherhood journey. Read more about Sam's fertility journey HERE Follow Sam: @_samkeefe Follow Arden: @ardenmcartrette Follow TMD: @themiscarriagedoula `

Traci McCombs is a seasoned analyst at the NIH and an active-duty Army Spouse. After back-to-back miscarriages and the discovery of balanced Robertsonian translocation and cancer, she naturally conceived and gave birth to a daughter and later a son. Buy Traci's book "My Miscarriage" HERE Follow Traci: @tracidmccombs Follow Arden: @ardenmcartrette Follow TMD: @themiscarriagedoula ` Interested in sh...

After losing her son at 22 weeks pregnant in 2016 due to cervical insufficiency/early cervical opening, Stephanie pushed for treatment in subsequent pregnancies and moved forward with a transabdominal cerclage which is permanent. From there she went on to have three more losses, unexplained, before having her second rainbow baby in 2020 after an IVF journey. Follow Stephanie: @saallenrd Follow Ard...

Wendi, a military spouse, opens up about her first pregnancy that ended as a missed miscarriage. Following the loss of her first pregnancy, she worked on her grief and healing which lead to her rainbow pregnancy with her son. Follow Wendi: @strength4spouses Follow Arden: @ardenmcartrette Follow TMD: @themiscarriagedoula themiscarriagedoula.co

Married for the second time and now in her 30s, Tessa started trying to conceive for her first child and found herself struggling with infertility unexpectedly. Then her first pregnancy happened after two years of trying and started her pregnancy loss journey. Listen as Tessa openly shares her fertility journey with the community. This episode for you is if you are still in your wait after experie...