Sisters in Loss Podcast: Miscarriage, Pregnancy Loss, &amp; Infertility Stories

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292 – Incompetent Cervix and Therapy for Healing with Sahmia Parks Mar 02, 2023

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Today's guest is a storyteller, writer, and photographer. She experienced a second trimester loss due to incompetent cervix of her baby girl. Sahmia Ase @sahmiaasephotography didn't recognize the early signs of labor as it was her first pregnancy. She remembers having back pains but it never registered that she was in active labor. Sahmia was rushed into the emergency room due to her spontaneous labor and had her baby girl. In today's episode Sahmia shares her birth and postpartum experience after losing her daughter, how therapy helped her reconcile her new journey as an angel mother, and how she navigated her postpartum body. Listen to this episode here: sistersinloss.com/links

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291 – Placenta Abruption and Shaniya's Gift with Lashana Standard Feb 23, 2023

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Have you heard of a placenta abruption?

Placental abruption occurs when the placenta detaches from the inner wall of the womb before delivery. The condition can deprive the baby of oxygen and nutrients.

Symptoms include vaginal bleeding, belly pain, and back pain in the last 12 weeks of pregnancy.

Today's guest experienced an unknown placental abruption and birthed her baby girl born still. She is a mother of 3 boys with a boy on the way. Lashana Standard, has been using her story to support others including starting her non-profit Shaniya's Gift after her daughter Shaniya.

In today's episode, Lashana shares her experiences birthing her boys, birthing her baby girl Shaniya stillbirth, and how she is navigating pregnancy again. Her non-profit Shaniya's Gift is closing down, but you are still able to donate to help her support other pregnancy loss and stillbirth families.

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290 – Pregnancy Loss and Taking Control of your Health with Ghannika Dazilma Feb 08, 2023

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Today's guest never thought she wanted children until not being able to carry children into the world. Ghannika Dazilma experienced two pregnancy losses and went through the grief journey alone. After her second miscarriage she became upset with God because she thought there was something wrong with her. The second loss caused friendships to break, more anger and even causing family to push away.

In this episode, we journey through her motherhood after experiencing two losses and finding a nutritionist who helped her change her diet and improve her health. She took back over her health by eating clean, taking vitamins and minerals her body needed and added daily movement and exercise into her daily routine. Her body was a fertile ground and she unexpectedly conceived her rainbow baby. She shares her rainbow pregnancy journey and how she had to remove anxiety and fear and connect with her baby after 6 months. Ghannika also credits therapy to helping her heal and now raise her rainbow baby.

This episode is for you to listen to if you need that extra push to get your health on track for 2023. I know some of you may have fallen off, but now its time to get back on and take control of your health for you, but also for your future babies.

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289 – Second Trimester Loss, Failed Transabdominal Cerclage, and Trusting God Chasing Rainbows with Fernanda Matsinhe Feb 01, 2023

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Today's guest is from Mozambique, but resides in Cape Town, South Africa. Yes, we have Sisters in Loss on the continent y'all. She was diagnosed with PCOS and calls it a beautiful string of pearls on her ovaries, and is the mother to 3 boys in heaven. Fernanda Matsinhe, has experienced 6 IUIs, 2 IVFs, and 3 second-trimester losses (20, 17, and 19 weeks respectively). After her first two losses she and her partner decided to receive a Transabdominal Cerclage (TAC). Fernanda was hopeful that her next pregnancy would be her rainbow baby, but it was a failure as she lost her son at 19 weeks.

In this interview. Fernanda takes us on her journey through being diagnosed with PCOS, conceiving her babies through IUIs and IVF, and her failed transabdominal cerclage experience. She shares her pain and growth and how she is still chasing her rainbows. Fernanda shares her alternative medicine, meditation, and healing practices she uses to help her heal. She also gives back by using her voice to hold space for women in Mozambique who are going through infertility and child loss.

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288 - Stillbirth and Rainbow Baby on Autism Spectrum with Marjorie Vail Jan 25, 2023

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Today's guest experienced a stillbirth at 27 and lost her son in labor. She went on to experience postpartum depression, but was determined to have another baby and continue her motherhood journey. Marjorie Vail became pregnant 2 years after her stillbirth with her rainbow baby and later found out he was on the autism spectrum. In today's episode, Marjorie shares her journey to motherhood, her stillbirth experience and postpartum depression and grief journey, and how not only advocating for her rainbow babies autism diagnosis led her to advocate for maternal health. We discuss her advocacy work as the co-director of awareness for PUSH for pregnancy ensuring the voices of BIPOC familes are heard. Listen to this episode here: sistersinloss.com/ep288 Become a Sisters in Loss Birth Bereavement, and Postpartum Doula Here Living Water Doula Services Book Recommendations and Links Below

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287 - Second Trimester Twin Loss, Infertility, Recover, Reign, and Arise with Seun Arise Jan 18, 2023

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Today's guest experienced infertility on her journey to motherhood along with repeated early miscarriages, a second trimester loss, and nearly lost her life. Seun Arise, has made it her mission to help other mothers who have dealt with loss, infertility, abuse, and other challenges with the grace of God. In this episode she shares her journey to motherhood battling infertility, experiencing miscarriages including a second trimester loss, grief from losing her husband, and raising her rainbow babies.

This episode is for you to listen to give you hope on your journey to reign, recover, and arise from life's setbacks and challenges.

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286 - Grief from Child Loss and Infant Loss and Mothering Living Children with Jasmine Lashea Jan 11, 2023

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Today's guest has experienced the inevitable of having a child die from drowning in a neighbors pool. Jasmine Lashea knows the feeling of getting a call during the Holidays that her son was missing. He was found unresponsive in a neighbors pool and this all happened during Christmas and New Years season.

In this episode, Jasmine takes us back to that day she found out her son had passed and the ongoing litigation around it. She also shares her grief journey as she also experienced infant loss as she began to grow her family after losing her son. Jasmine shares the pain and grief of parenting not only living children, but what its like to parent children in heaven.

This episode is for you to listen to if you have experienced child loss and have an autistic child. This episode is for you to listen to and understand how grief transcends time even if you have living children.

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285 - New Year to Blossom in 2023 with Erica Michelle Jan 04, 2023

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Happy New Year 2023! I am excited to get behind the mic and kick off the new year with a solo episode discussing all about 2022 accomplishments and failures. In this episode, I deep dive into my personal development and growth in 2022, and share my 2023 word of the year. We discuss what's next with Sisters in Loss and what to look forward to in 2023 and how to stay connected to the community. Become a Sisters in Loss Birth Bereavement, and Postpartum Doula Here Living Water Doula Services Book Recommendations and Links Below

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284 - How to Move Forward After Loss? REWIND Dec 28, 2022

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Today's podcast episode is all about how to move forward after miscarriage.

Rana Campbell host of Dreams in Drive Podcast who shares her miscarriage story and the cost of miscarriage from her feature in Elle. After her miscarriage in 2016 Rana found the hospital bills quickly adding up to the thousands of dollars even with insurance. In this episode Rana takes us back to how she started Dreams in Drive while grieving the loss of her baby, and how her feature helped her shed light on the financial burden of losing a child. Rana has since given birth to her rainbow baby. Congratulations Rana and thank you for sharing your story.

Crystal Justice found out she was pregnant on Aug 9, 2018. On Sept 7, 2018 she was told that the pregnancy was no longer viable. Despite my HCG levels and Progesterone levels being normal her D&C was scheduled on Sept 11, 2018 which is was her partner's birthday. In this episode Crystal takes us back to that day and how her faith has helped her heal from miscarriage.

Sherita Thompson experienced a miscarriage while on a trip helping friends babysit and was devastated. She returned from her trip and realized she hadn't prayed about it because she was angry and frustrated at herself. In this episode Sherita takes us on her grief journey towards healing, how her faith and prayer helped her conceive her rainbow baby a month after her miscarriage, and encouragement for those moms who are overwhelmed.

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