Navigating Baby Loss

Send Jen a Text Message Jealousy following a pregnancy loss or stillbirth is very normal but can leave you feeling awful for the thoughts you have toward others while you are processing your grief. And it is not at all about you wishing bad things for someone else, but rather that you are SO wishing you had what they have...or are expecting. It's the ultimate "it's not you, it'...

Send Jen a Text Message I am talking to Ashley Bush, author, founder, and Podcast host of the Unplanned Mom School talks to us about how an unplanned pregnancy can cause some feelings that may trigger guilt after our baby's loss and how to process those feelings. She works with women on Mindset, Money, and Miracles and helps them navigate an unplanned pregnancy and still reach their high-achi...

Send Jen a Text Message The due date, Baby's first birthday, holidays, the first day of school...there is no shortage of milestones that keep happening year after year that reminds you of the baby you lost. I know that the stress of anticipation is real and the anxiety builds in the days and weeks leading up to the stillbirth anniversary or other related dates. In this episode, I give ideas o...

Send Jen a Text Message I have a unique perspective on this topic because I have been on both sides of the coin as a sibling who has tried to understand stillbirth loss and as a parent who has had to try to explain it to my own children. In this episode, I tell my own story of how it felt to be on both sides and how we decided to handle it as parents. I give my best advice to anyone who is going t...

Send Jen a Text Message This episode is a comprehensive guide on how to identify exactly what your triggers are and how they make you feel, then I teach you my HEAL method to diffuse them quicker leaving you feeling better and breathing easier again. The HEAL method is: H- Hurt- feel the pain. The only way out of it is through it. Allow yourself to be uncomfortable and experience it. E- Empower- T...

Send Jen a Text Message This episode is a real, raw, unedited conversation in real-time talking about what the grief journey looks like many years later. I dropped my rainbow baby off at college this week and am telling the real feelings I have around it. Baby Loss lasts a lifetime and it's times like this that have it knocking at your door again. Find out what my favorite way to quiet the gr...

Send Jen a Text Message Nothing quite rocks your self-confidence more than a pregnancy loss or stillbirth. Within minutes, your whole life and the future you have dreamed about disappearing as waves of disbelief and grief wash over you. You just can't believe this is happening. That this is your life or that it's happening to you. You've heard of it happening to other people but nev...

Send Jen a Text Message I love to collaborate with loss parents to find ways for them to memorialize their babies in a special way. There are as many unique ways as there are parents and babies. In this episode, I am sharing 10 of the most common ones that the parents seem to love and some of my own favorites.  I would love to see yours on my Private Facebook Group- Navigating Baby Loss Community-...

Send Jen a Text Message Do you feel like it's your fault for losing your baby? Most loss parents experience great feelings of guilt and blame themselves. in this episode, we will talk about all the guilt feelings loss mothers face and the questions they ask themselves such as: Who else would be to blame but me? Did I do something wrong? I should've________. Once this guilt subsides if yo...

Send Jen a Text Message Preparing Your Mindset for Your Rainbow Baby Are you pregnant or want to become pregnant after your loss? Preparing for your rainbow baby takes as much or more mental preparation as it does physical preparation, and the ability to keep yourself on track. Realize that this is a new experience and that means the outcome can be completely different than last time, but for some...

Send Jen a Text Message Episode 7: When Someone Close to You Loses Their Baby How do you support someone who is close to you without being triggered yourself? The statistics of miscarriage is 1 in 4 and stillbirths occur 1 in 100 pregnancies. Chances are you will have someone in your circle that will suffer a loss and look to you for support.  But how can you do it without getting triggered yourse...

Send Jen a Text Message The inner dialogue we have with our bodies struggles as much as the inner dialogue in our minds. There are no suggestions or how-to guides on how to live in your body once your baby's heart stops beating in it. This episode discusses the things I found to be most helpful in getting over the anger and betrayal I felt about my body following the loss of my twins and help...

Send Jen a Text Message Permission to Heal This episode looks at what prevents loss parents from healing in a way that would be best for them as well as those around them. No one likes to sit in grief because it is uncomfortable, and when we are faced with uncomfortable things, our instinct is to do whatever we can to make it better as fast as possible. We are given all kinds of quick-fix advice o...

Send Jen a Text Message Relationships in general with those closest to you are often strained after a baby loss. It's hard to be around people who want you to be your old self again when you know that person is no longer there. The hardest person to connect with is often the one you love the most- your husband or partner. Communication is vital in repairing any type of relationship breakdown,...

Send Jen a Text Message Depression noun : a state of feeling sad : low spirits : MELANCHOLY specifically : a mood disorder that is marked by varying degrees of sadness, despair, and loneliness and that is typically accompanied by inactivity, guilt, loss of concentration, social withdrawal, sleep disturbances, and sometimes suicidal tendencies  To anyone who has ever experienced any type of loss, t...

Send Jen a Text Message What is Pregnancy Loss Coaching and how do I know if I need this or therapy?  I wanted to share what a Pregnancy Loss Coach is, how I became one, and why I think it's so helpful for parents who are struggling following a stillbirth. I tell my story about how I found myself in my first coaching session as a business owner just wanting to learn the nuts and bolts of busi...

Send Jen a Text Message This is the first Episode of the Navigating Baby Loss Podcast. This Podcast is created to help women and their families who are struggling after the loss of their stillborn babies heal and find hope again. I introduce myself and tell the story of my twins who were lost to stillbirth and my objectives for providing value to the listeners of this podcast. Here are the links f...