In 2024, after almost two years of separation, we found out we were pregnant. We already had our daughter, Arya, and thought we knew what our family would look like. He was our surprise reconciliation baby. Our promise from God for restoration. We were finally moving forward. When I learned he was a boy, I […]
My husband, Kyle, and I couldn’t wait to start a family together. We found out we were expecting when the fetus was the size of a poppy seed and started calling “her” Poppy. We were already envisioning our future family of three. We naively thought getting pregnant was the hard part. We couldn’t wait to
In this episode of Finding Hope After Loss, Lonna shares her heartbreaking experience with stillbirth at 38 weeks after being reassured throughout pregnancy that everything was fine. After being diagnosed with PCOS at a young age and told it may be difficult to become pregnant, Lonna unexpectedly conceived naturally and looked forward to welcoming her
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My husband and I have known each other since we were in middle school and we started dating when we were 15 and 16. We got engaged at 19 and 20 and married at 20 and 21. I was still in college so we wanted to wait a little bit to start our family as
In this episode of Finding Hope After Loss, Kassandra shares her experience with TFMR (termination for medical reasons) after her baby Atlas was diagnosed with anencephaly. After being diagnosed with PCOS and a uterine abnormality at a young age and told she would never be able to get pregnant, Kassandra never imagined she would face
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In this episode of Finding Hope After Loss, Ros shares her experience with multiple pregnancy losses, including miscarriage, chemical pregnancy, ectopic pregnancy, and the stillbirth of her son Sam at 31 weeks. Ros opens up about the devastation of losing multiple pregnancies, the pain of being told there was “no reason why” her son died,
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In this deeply personal episode of Finding Hope After Loss, Sarah shares the story of giving birth to her “pot of gold” baby after experiencing two miscarriages and a 32 week stillbirth. She opens up about the emotions of pregnancy after loss, what it felt like to finally give birth after pregnancy loss and infertility,
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Dr. Heather Browne PsyD, LMFT joins Finding Hope After Loss to discuss the importance of communication while navigating grief after miscarriage and pregnancy loss. Through both professional insight and personal understanding of grief, Dr. Browne shares how loss can affect relationships, emotional connection, and the ways people give and receive love during difficult seasons. In
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In this episode of Finding Hope After Loss, Michelle talks honestly about navigating recurrent miscarriage while parenting a living child and holding onto hope for a future rainbow baby. She also shares how humor has helped her cope during some of the darkest moments of infertility and pregnancy loss. Michelle shares her experience with infertility,
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In this episode of Finding Hope After Loss, Katelyn shares her experience with miscarriage, pregnancy loss, and ultimately making the heartbreaking decision to have a termination for medical reasons (TFMR) after her baby was diagnosed with a severe form of spina bifida. After previously experiencing miscarriage, Katelyn found herself facing another devastating loss. This time,
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