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One of the most difficult decisions after pregnancy or infant loss is knowing what to do with your baby's belongings. Whether it's the nursery, tiny clothes, ultrasound photos, or keepsakes, there is no "right" timeline for deciding what stays, what goes, or what changes.

In this episode, we're talking about why these decisions feel so heavy, how to navigate outside opinions, and how to give yourself permission to grieve in your ow...

One of the hardest parts of pregnancy and infant loss isn't just saying goodbye to your baby—it's navigating the silence that often follows.

In the days and weeks after your loss, people may check in often. They send flowers, bring meals, and let you know they're thinking about you. But as time passes, life begins moving forward for everyone else while your love for your baby remains just as present.

If you've ever found your...

After pregnancy or infant loss, many women find themselves replaying the day everything changed.

The doctor's appointment.

The phone call.

The ultrasound.

The decisions.

The conversations.

And somewhere in the middle of all those memories comes the question that can quietly consume us:

"What if..."

What if I had gone in so...

Have you ever wondered why everything feels different after pregnancy or infant loss?

Maybe your phone rings and your heart immediately starts racing.

Maybe someone you love is running a few minutes late, and your mind automatically imagines the worst.

Maybe every doctor's appointment, pregnancy announcement, or unexpected text message fills you with anxiety.

If you've been asking yourself, "Why am I so anxious?" or "Will I ever fe...

When we experience pregnancy or infant loss, people often ask how our hearts are doing.

Very few people ask about our bodies.

No one tells us about the hormone changes, the postpartum bleeding, the milk that may come in, or the exhaustion that seems to settle into every part of us. And when our bodies continue to change after our babies ar...

Anger after baby loss can be intense and sometimes even frightening.

You may feel angry at your body, your doctors, your partner, God, pregnant women, or simply at the fact that the world keeps moving when yours has changed forever.

In this episode of Holding Women Through Grief, we're talking honestly about anger after pregnancy and infant loss: why it shows up, what may be underneath it, ...

This episode contains conversations about pregnancy loss, infant loss, grief, guilt, self-blame, and trauma. Please listen at a pace that feels supportive for you. If you need to pause, take a break, or come back another day, give yourself that permission. Your heart matters here.

After pregnancy or infant loss, ...

After pregnancy or infant loss, it's easy to believe everyone else is handling grief better than you are.

Maybe you're crying every day and wondering why you can't "move on."

Maybe you've gone back to work, managed your responsibilities, and now you're questioning whether you're grieving enough.

Or maybe you feel numb, disconnected, or emotionally exhau...

After pregnancy or infant loss, hope can feel less like comfort and more like risk.

If you've ever found yourself pulling back from excitement, avoiding future dreams, or feeling guilty for hoping again, you're not alone. After experiencing profound loss, your heart and nervous system often learn to associate hope with vulnerability. What once felt natural can suddenly feel dangerous.

In...

Episode 26: Ask a Bereavement Doula : The Questions Grieving Moms Are Afraid to Ask Out Loud

Have you ever had a thought in grief that made you immediately feel guilty?

A thought so painful, confusing, or uncomfortable that you wondered:

“What kind of mother thinks that?”

This episode is for those thoughts.

Not the polite questions people ask about grief. The real ones. The ones whispered in the shower, cried through in...

If you’ve been surrounded by people and still felt completely alone after baby loss, this episode is for you.

After miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant loss, loneliness can feel confusing and even shameful. You may have a partner, family, friends, and people who love you and still feel painfully alone. That doesn’t mean you’re ungrateful or difficult. It means grief is...

After baby loss, it’s common for couples to grieve differently. One person may want to talk while the other shuts down. One may want closeness while the other needs space. One may be drowning in emotions while the other is just trying to function.

In this episode, we talk about how love languages can become a translation tool during grief not a magic fix, not pressure, and not a cute checklist. Just a simple way to ask: &ldqu...

This episode is personal. I’m sharing my miscarriage story because I never want you to feel like you’re listening to someone who only understands grief from the outside. I talk about the whiplash of going from a positive test to a negative one, the silence that can feel like control at first (and loneliness later), and the guilt spiral so many women carry when they’re trying to make sense of something they couldn&...

Encore Episode: Loving Yourself After Loss — Finding Your Way Back to You

Some conversations are worth revisiting.

This week, I'm bringing back one of the most meaningful episodes from earlier this season because the message is just as important today as it was when it first aired.

Have you ever looked in the mirror and thought, "I don't recognize myself anymore?"

Do you feel like grief has taken not only your baby, but piece...

What to Ask Before You Book

If you’ve ever tried to get support after loss and thought, “This person doesn’t get it,” this episode is for you. We’re talking about how to find a therapist or support person who actually understands grief, what to ask before you book, and how to tell if someone is a good fit without wasting your energy explaining your pain to the wrong person.

In this episode, we cover:

h...

If you’ve been wondering, ‘Is this grief… or is something else happening to me?’ this episode is for you. After baby loss, it’s normal to feel shattered. But sometimes the heaviness becomes depression and it can be hard to tell the difference. Today we’ll talk about what’s common, what’s a red flag, and what to do next.

In this episode, we talk about:

why grief can look like depressi...

Mother’s Day is coming and if your chest already feels tight, this episode is for you. After baby loss, Mother’s Day can feel like a spotlight on what you lost, on what should have been, and on how invisible grief can feel.

In this episode, we talk about:

Why Mother’s Day hits so hard (and why it doesn’t mean you’re “going backward”)

How to choose what kind of day you want: opt out, gentle ...

After baby loss, it’s common for partners to grieve in completely different ways one wants to talk, the other shuts down; one falls apart, the other functions. In this episode, we name different grief styles, why they happen, and how to stay connected without forcing either person to grieve a certain way.

You’ll learn:

a simple way to identify grief styles (without stereotypes)

a few phrases that reduce conflict fast

an...

Do you keep telling yourself “I’m fine” … but you can feel your body disagreeing?

Are you staying busy so you don’t have to feel and then wondering why you’re exhausted?

Do your emotions come out sideways irritability, snapping, numbness, anxiety that seems to come out of nowhere?

Have you thought, “If I start crying, I won’t stop,” so you just keep pushing through?

Today we&rs...