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 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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My husband and I have dual-factor infertility, each with multiple diagnoses. Our journey through infertility was long, painful, and at times felt never-ending. After 4 medicated cycles, 4 IUIs, 4 egg retrievals, and 4 embryos transferred, we were blessed that our final embryo gave us our beautiful son, our miracle baby. After everything we had
My first two pregnancies were fast, unexpected, and definitely God’s gift to me. I was with my boyfriend (now husband) for a little over a year when we got pregnant in 2014. We had a handsome baby boy in 2015 at 36 weeks after 3 days of labor. In 2016, I found out we were
A long wait. I found out at a very young age, that my reproductive organs aren’t shaped and developed properly, and got told that I would never carry a baby full-term. I was raised believing the greatest job in the world, was being a mom; so hearing this news absolutely shattered me from the inside.
Hello my name is Amber and as long as I can remember I’ve wanted to be a mother. It’s the only thing that ever sounded right and fitting for me. But getting pregnant never came easy. At 14 I was diagnosed with PCOS and told I may never have children. This ate away at me