The Still Hopeful Podcast

Join Julie and me as we discuss what life looks like with our babies born after loss. Julie's first son, Evan is forever 8 days old. She has since welcomed her second son, Sean 8 months ago. In this episode, we discuss: how our grief is evolving (not disappearing) triggers anxiety around sleep flashbacks post-partum depression milestones feeding our babies therapy how we honour our Angels Con...

Jen Reisinger is a perinatal mental health specialist, grief coach, and licensed therapist. She hops on the podcast today to share her personal journey with grief with having lost her mom and losing her first baby through miscarriage.  Jen provides professional advice on how we can navigate the grief that comes with losing our babies. We need to feel it in our bodies, meet ourselves where we'...

In this episode, I sit down with Carmen to hear her incredible story—seven heartbreaking losses and four beautiful earth-side children. After losing her son Jude in August 2020, Carmen turned to the diaries she had written for each of her babies. What started as a way to process her grief turned into something much bigger. Her book, A Diary to My Babies: Journeying Through Pregnancy Loss , takes u...

I absolutely loved connecting with Kari on the podcast and I think you'll quickly see why. She's uplifting, validating, and understanding in a way only another mom to an Angel could understand. After years of infertility and then IUI+IVF, she finally became pregnant. But her world came crashing down when her sweet baby boy who she named Angel passed at 13 weeks. A baby so loved and so wa...

Hi everyone! I am SO excited to finally share my birth story with my sweet baby girl, Veronica. She is HOME safe and sound. I started this podcast when I found out I was pregnant with her because I needed to connect with other moms who get it. Who understand the anxieties that come with pregnancy after loss. I hope this episode helps give hope to the pregnant moms listening in, validates the feeli...

Hi Mamas! I cannot believe this will be my last episode before getting induced with my sweet Baby Girl! I am beyond grateful that you have been here with me throughout my pregnancy journey and that we have been able to navigate our pregnancies together.  My goal is to continue making episodes for the podcast of course. I'll talk about parenting after loss and continue to talk about pregnancy...

There are a lot of myths and misconceptions about fetal movement in the third trimester. Current research shows that babies DO NOT run out of room and that they should continue making movements right through labour. Kimberly from Count The Kicks joins us today to talk about the importance of knowing baby's pattern, how to count kicks, and how this can empower moms who are pregnant after loss....

Angie reached out to me when we were both in our first trimester being pregnant after loss. We learned we both lost our sweet boys, Maximiliano and Christopher within a week of each other in December of 2022. Fast forward a year and a half later, we're both expecting baby girls weeks apart from each other in September 2024. We both say it's no coincidence that we've "met"...

Yoga facilitator and mama, Manpreet comes onto the podcast today to share her story of motherhood and self-empowerment. About seven years ago, Manpreet had her first child, a beautiful boy and she learned how to navigate motherhood on her own as a single mother. It took an incredible amount of strength and resilience to step into her power and through meditation and yoga, she found ways to strengt...

A baby shower after experiencing a full-term stillbirth is different from a regular shower. I’ve “done this” before and I’ve lost everything. It would make perfect sense for me to have chosen not to celebrate anything until Baby Girl arrives safely and many of my mom friends who have walked this path with me do choose that and I completely understand why. For me, I chose to have a celebration even...

Julie radiates light and love when she talks about both of her boys: Evan in Heaven and her Rainbow, Sean. Her sweet Evan passed at 8 days old after being born at approximately 30-32 weeks. She talks about how she continues to include Evan in family events and outings because he will always be a member of their family. Three months after his passing, Julie became pregnant with Baby #2. Julie discu...

Sharon McGregor is a psychic medium spiritual teacher who is passionate about connecting us with our loved ones in spirit. Seeing her two months after my baby boy was stillborn, changed the trajectory of my healing and continues to validate the signs I receive from my sweet son in heaven. When Pregnant after loss, I continue to look for signs that my firstborn is okay. Sharon validates that our ba...

**Please pardon my poor microphone quality for today's recording! Amy sounds great, but I didn't plug in my mic correctly (pregnancy brain)!** In today's episode, Amy gives hope to the mamas listening in who are pregnant after loss. I feel so lucky to have her on the podcast as she's a mom who gets it. She knows how hard PAL is and reminds us how beautiful we can make it. Let&a...

Hi mamas! Today's episode was a hard one to record...I talk about the importance of going in to get checked at the hospital during our PAL journeys. Going in to get monitored is hard: it's triggering, and it involves a lot of layers. BUT, it's how we can parent our baby right now. We monitor their movements (I use the Count the Kicks app) and we promise ourselves to go in ANYTIME ba...

What an honour it was talking to Katherine from the At a Total Loss Podcast ! We talk all things Pregnancy After Loss and even an hour and 15 minutes in, and we JUST scratched the surface. We talk about her beautiful son, Brody who died and was stillborn at full term. We then discuss trying to conceive after loss and the many layers that brings with it. And then we go over her PAL journeys x2 with...

What an honour to have Irma Prosser on the podcast! She is a mom to two living children and three gone too soon. She is also the author of the children's book, "I Miss the Baby". This beautiful book helps children understand that they are not alone in their grief as they navigate the loss of a baby in their family. We talk about Irma's motherhood, practical strategies for talki...

In this episode, we hear from Samantha who is an amazing mom and her story will inspire everyone who listens in. Despite everything she has gone through and continues to go through, she finds a way to shine her light and honour and celebrate all four of her children. Samantha has a young son, a toddler daughter who is kicking cancer’s butt, her third baby passed shortly after birth at 33 weeks but...

Is This Your First?  How many kids do you have? When is your due date? These questions can be downright brutal to answer when Pregnant After Loss. I tackle how to answer these questions and more in today's episode. Topics covered: -answering tough questions -sharing the news with children -making a playlist for our Angels and another for our Rainbows - Pregnancy After Loss Support App and Web...

Hi Moms! Welcome back to The Still Hopeful Podcast. In this episode, I talk about: -what’s been working for me to manage anxiety before ultrasounds -hypnobirthing with Anja meditations on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@HypnobirthingWithAnja -At a Total Loss Podcast: the latest PAL episode with Amanda https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pal-birth-plan/id1638946363?i=1000658378701 -hospital door...

Pregnancy After Loss is so different from a regular pregnancy. A major difference that I have noted in my own experience is the anxiety leading up to ultrasound appointments. In this episode, I talk about: -ultrasound anxiety -finding out the sex of the baby -my latest signs from Christopher Apply today to share your story on the pod. Whether you are trying to conceive after loss, pregnant after l...

In today's episode, I talk to Angelica who is pregnant with Baby #3 after the stillbirth of her sweet, beautiful boy, Maximiliano. We laugh, we cry, we talk about our babies and how we promise to show up for them each and everyday. 2:40 Shoutout to Katherine from the At a Total Loss Podcast 5:00 Angelica’s first pregnancy with her daughter 14:24 Angelica’s experience with her second pregnancy...

Bereaved Mother's Day and Mother's Day are a week a part and...we made it! If you're experiencing a grief hangover, you're not alone. It takes a lot out of us. In today's episode, I discuss: -Bereaved Mother's Day -Mother's Day -Validating our Motherhood -Signs from my sweet Christopher Apply today to share your story on the pod. Whether you are trying to conceiv...

Just when you get the hang of things being pregnant after loss, you find yourself ready to start sharing your big news. But we all know it's not all happiness and rainbows. Announcing your pregnancy after loss is full of a range of emotions and I have some advice on how I navigated that. I also talk about ultrasound anxiety and a new book recommendation. Apply today to share your story on the...

Welcome back to the Still Hopeful podcast! Today, I'm talking about how I survived the first trimester. I discuss helpful apps and Youtube channels, taking bump photos and how to continue honouring our Angel babies while we celebrate this new life. Oh, and I'm starting to sound like Darth Vader with being out of breath. Please bear with! Apply today to share your story on the pod. Whethe...

Every journey carries its storms, and today, I invite you into the heart of mine.  My name is Serena and I am currently 12 weeks pregnant after the full-term stillbirth of my son, Christopher Jonathan. Christopher is by no means a storm, but losing him felt like my husband and I were in the middle of a tumultuous hurricane that we could not escape from. Navigating the emotions that follow a loss a...