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Pregnancy After Loss: Navigating Fear, Hope, and Birth After Stillbirth

Pregnancy after loss carries both hope and heartbreak at the same time.

In this episode of the Birth, Baby! Podcast, host Ciarra Morgan welcomes back Elaine Nguyen, a mother who previously shared her stillbirth story, to now share her journey through pregnancy and birth after loss as she welcomed her miracle baby.

We discuss the emotional complexity of pregnancy after stillbirth, navigating fear and anxiety, learning to hold grief and hope simultaneously, and what it was like experiencing labor, birth, and postpartum after devastating loss.

This episode offers an honest and compassionate look into the realities of pregnancy after loss while providing support and validation for bereaved parents navigating similar journeys.

In This Episode, We Discuss:

Pregnancy after stillbirth
Pregnancy after loss anxiety
Navigating fear during pregnancy
Emotional healing after stillbirth
Bonding with a miracle (aka rainbow) baby
Labor and birth after loss
Parenting after grief
Holding joy and grief simultaneously
Support for bereaved mothers

Elaine Nguyen is a peds SLP and mom of 3 - two living daughters and one angel son, who was born sleeping in April 2024. Through her devastating loss, she has felt an inner nudge to create EverMother Foundation (previously known as ATX Loss Mama), a community for all types of loss moms - miscarriages, TFMR, stillbirths, infant loss, and child loss. She also went on experience pregnancy after loss and had her miracle baby.

For more information, you can find her on IG at @embracingwholeness or @evermotherfoundation. If you are in a position to donate funds to this group, please consider doing so. The proceeds donated allow loss families to access healing events, support groups and grief yoga sessions, etc. at minimal to no cost. The link to donate is: venmo.com/evermother.

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Birth, Baby! Podcast was originally produced by Ciarra Morgan and Samantha Kelly.

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Samantha Kelly:
www.beautifullymadedc.com

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