Miscarriage Stories with Arden Cartrette

Padma bravely shares her journey through loss with us. She remembers first learning about her pregnancy not long after her arranged marriage to her husband and what the experience of being newly pregnant and then experiencing loss was like for their relationship. From a partial molar pregnancy diagnosis, fearing possible chemotherapy, a funeral service for her baby that goes against her usual beli...

Rachel is the loss mom behind the Instagram and Facebook page, Unexpected Family Outing , where she writes about grief from the loss of her daughter Dorothy . Listen as Arden and Rachel openly discuss how grief has affected their lives before and after the birth of their earth-side children and why it's important to openly share grief. Follow Rachel: @unexpectedfamilyouting Follow Arden: @ardenmca...

Becca shares her infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss journey with Arden. They discuss family dynamics, religion, friendships, fostering children, looking into adoption - and so much more. This episode is for anyone who is currently still without their rainbow baby. Follow BECCA: @beccatoews Follow ARDEN: @ardenmcartrette Follow TMD: @themiscarriagedoula Visit themiscarriagedoula.co for more i...

Christina Reed is the writer behind @NotPregnantPoetry who unapologetically shares her infertility and loss journey as a woman in a same-sex marriage. We hear her share the desire she felt to be a mom but not necessarily carry a pregnancy and what led her to adopt her two children. Follow Arden: @ardenmcartrette Follow TMD: @themiscarriagedoula Learn more about The Miscarriage Doula Co: themiscarr...

Kelly openly shares her experience with pregnancy loss at 12 weeks after having two healthy children earthside along with struggling to fit into the miscarriage community because of her fertility history. This episode is especially for anyone who miscarried their second, third, fourth+ pregnancy and is struggling with their grief. Connect with Kelly: @ksmith922 Follow Arden: @ardenmcartrette Follo...

Cat ( @tryingyears ) shares the reality of being pregnant after infertility and miscarriage and how it lead her to start podcasting, coaching, and starting an online community surrounding pregnancy AFTER. This episode is perfect for anyone who is currently pregnant after miscarriage as we discuss pregnancy and motherhood after loss in detail. Follow Cat: @tryingyears Follow Arden: @ardenmcartrette...

Rachel shares her personal experience with recurrent pregnancy loss during the first trimester. There is no mention of a rainbow baby in this episode, this story includes talk about trying to conceive after loss and the difficult decisions that come up with moving forward. *Support The Miscarriage Doula Podcast for as low as $0.99/month! Click here to learn more . Connect with Rachel: @rgrose Foll...

Arden chats with her friend Steffi about recurrent pregnancy loss, when miscarriage is the reason for an infertility diagnosis, and how OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder) can be triggered during a fertility journey and then motherhood after. In this episode, we hear Steffi's story through two miscarriages, a balanced translocation diagnosis (and what that means), having to do IVF to make a baby,...

In this episode of The Miscarriage Doula Podcast, Kim shares her infertility and loss journey and what life after miscarriage has been like for her as she wants to expand her family. *Support The Miscarriage Doula Podcast for as low as $0.99/month! Click here to learn more .

Shara Hutchinson, author of "I STILL Want to Be A Mom" joins Arden for a discussion about her journey with infertility, recurrent pregnancy loss, IVF, ectopic pregnancy, and writing a book to inspire others from her experiences. *Support The Miscarriage Doula Podcast for as low as $0.99/month! Click here to learn more . Follow Shara: @istillwanttobeamom Follow Arden:  @ardenmcartrette Follow...

After three first trimester miscarriages, including an ectopic pregnancy, all while battling secondary infertility, Michelle chats with Arden and shares her story. *Support The Miscarriage Doula Podcast for as low as $0.99/month! Click here to learn more . Follow Arden:  @ardenmcartrette F ollow The Miscarriage Doula:  @themiscarriagedoula themiscarriagedoula.co

Dr. Jessica Zucker, who started the #IHadAMiscarriage campaign after giving birth at 16 weeks gestation at home, alone, joins Arden for a deep discussion into grief, normalizing the hard parts of pregnancy loss, and how generational trauma plays a role in your healing and outlook on the world after loss. In this episode, we speak graphically about what giving birth looks like in the first and seco...

Lisa (@expectingtheunexpected1) opens up about her miscarriage and infertility journey.  Topics include: recurrent pregnancy loss, a Cytotec experience, traumatic bleeding, IVF, premature labor, and motherhood after loss Follow Arden:  @ardenmcartrette Follow The Miscarriage Doula:  @themiscarriagedoula themiscarriagedoula.co

Amy Beckley, Ph. D. joins Arden to talk about progesterone and the role it plays in getting pregnant, staying pregnant, and overall hormone health. We learn the ins and outs of progesterone along with how we can test our PdG (a metabolite of progesterone) at home using Proov. Arden shares the story of how she met Amy three years ago and how Proov is literally the reason why she has her rainbow bab...

Savanna shares her journey through a missed miscarriage at 10 weeks pregnant and her experience with taking Cytotec and how her Catholic upbringing played a role in her loss. Topics Discussed: Getting your rainbow baby after miscarriage First-trimester loss Religion Follow Savanna: @savvy281_ Follow Arden:  @ardenmcartrette Follow The Miscarriage Doula:  @themiscarriagedoula themiscarria...

Erica from @sistersinloss joins Arden to talk about the course that Sisters In Loss offers for those who feel called to be bereavement doulas. Arden is a certified birth & bereavement doula through Sisters in Loss and shares how she found the course, what she thought of the lessons, and how she uses it in her practice. This episode is for you if you've considered becoming a bereavement doula,...

Katy ( @mrskayetea ) shares her journey through two miscarriages within a six-month period and how she found support in others through being open. Topics Discussed: First Trimester Birth (natural/at-home), Miscarriage Trauma Follow Arden:  @ardenmcartrette Follow The Miscarriage Doula:  @themiscarriagedoula themiscarriagedoula.co

Arden chats with Maddy ( @early_cervical_opening ) about outdated terms such as the incompetent cervix and weak cervix. We hear Maddy's story with traumatic birth experience as an outcome of early cervical opening and how her doctors dismissed her concerns until it was almost too late. Arden and Maddy also discuss the racial disparities with ECO and how Black women are almost 3x more at risk t...

 Chrissy and her husband Tyler openly share their journey through four devastating miscarriages and the road to her rainbow baby who was born in early 2021.  Topics Discussed: First Trimester Birth (natural/at-home) Miscarriage Trauma Male’s Perspective on Loss Cornual Ectopic Pregnancy ARE YOU INTERESTED IN SHARING YOUR STORY? ⁠⁠CLICK HERE⁠⁠ WORK WITH ARDEN + HER TEAM: Book a 1:1 call ⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠ Vi...

In this heartfelt episode, Arden Cartrette shares her deeply personal journey through miscarriage, detailing her experiences from the first positive pregnancy test to the emotional aftermath of loss. She discusses the challenges of navigating pregnancy after loss, the confusion of medical appointments, and the impact of grief on her identity as a mother. Arden aims to create a supportive space for...