Navigating Baby Loss

Jennifer Senn
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This is where we say the things we can't say anywhere else to anyone else. Join certified life coach and stillbirth mom Jennifer Senn as she shares stories and has conversations about what life is like after suffering the loss of your baby and of the future you dreamed of before you heard those awful four words. Grief lasts a lifetime but you don't have to struggle with guilt,  fear, and the isolation that is so common for loss moms. Navigating Baby Loss will give you inspiration and hope from hearing others' stories and Jennifer will share valuable information about how you can ease your pain with the things that are hardest to cope with in the months and years following your stillbirth loss.

  1. 3D AGO

    138: Am I Still a Mom? The Question Every Stillbirth Mom Asks

    Send Jen a Text Message You are a mother. Full stop. If you've ever hesitated when someone asks how many kids you have… if you've sat at a baby shower feeling like a fraud… if you've questioned whether you really get to claim the word "mother" - this episode is for you. Your baby made you a mother. Loss didn't change that. Time doesn't change that. Silence from the people around you doesn't change that. And this is the episode to keep in your back pocket for the days when you need someone to remind you. What you'll learn: Why you became a mother the moment you saw that positive pregnancy test — and nothing has taken that awayHow to answer those impossible doctor's office questions without it breaking you open every single timeWhat to do when a friend says "just wait until you're a mother…" and you feel the floor drop outWhy the guilt around claiming your motherhood is so common — and why you don't have to carry itHow to honor your motherhood on Mother's Day in small, real ways that feel like yoursWhy saying your baby's name out loud is one of the most motherly things you can doThe truth about what motherhood actually is — and why it was never about logistics in the first placeWhy you don't need anyone's permission to claim the mother you already areRead the full blog post here: https://navigatingbabyloss.com/post/still-a-mother-after-stillbirth-138 https://navigatingbabyloss.com/workshop Free workshop for moms grieving stillbirth or pregnancy loss. Learn simple, trauma-informed practices to release guilt, calm the what-ifs, and honor your baby's memory with love instead of pain. Includes bonus Grief & Guilt Release Journal. Download my FREE "Guilt and Grief Release Journal" at navigatingbabyloss.com/journal WHERE TO FIND AND FOLLOW ME! Website-  https://www.jennifersenn.comTik Tok-https://www.tiktok.com/@navigatingbabylossInstagram-https://www.instagram.com/navigatingbabyloss/You Tube-https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz-2MCEY5PRiF6p6VB_2lxA

    10 min

  2. APR 30

    137: How to Survive Mother's Day After Losing Your Baby

    Send Jen a Text Message Are you already dreading Mother's Day? You are not alone — and you are not doing grief wrong. If your chest gets tight just thinking about Mother's Day... if you're already noticing the ads, the brunch promos, the "best mom ever" posts, and your body is bracing weeks before the day even arrives — this episode is for you. That heaviness has a name. It's anticipatory grief. And it's so much more common than anyone tells you. In this episode, I'm not going to try to fix Mother's Day or hand you a list of ways to "get through it." I'm just going to sit with you in the truth of it — share my own first Mother's Day after losing my twins, and give you permission to feel exactly what you're feeling. What you'll hear in this episode: Why the weeks leading up to Mother's Day often feel heavier than the day itself- and what anticipatory grief actually isThe story of my first Mother's Day after losing my twin daughters, and the conflicted feelings I never expected to haveWhy you can feel like a mother and feel completely inadequate at the same time- and why both are validThe guilt that creeps in when you don't want to celebrate a day that's "supposed to be beautiful"What to do when your family wants brunch, your friends send cheerful texts, and your partner has no idea what you needWhy feeling alone in a room full of people who love you is one of the loneliest parts of this dayPermission to say the things you're already thinking - "I hate this day. I wish I could skip it. I don't feel like a mom."How to start deciding what this day looks like for you- not for everyone elseWhy planning ahead for hard days is a game changer (and not the same as "powering through")Read the full blog post here: https://navigatingbabyloss.com/post/mothers-day-after-stillbirth-dread-137 If you want gentle, bite-sized support for moments exactly like this, the Stillbirth Roadmap Experience is open to you. Ten days of lessons delivered straight to your inbox, plus a personal call with me at the end. You can find it at navigatingbabyloss.com/roadmap. https://navigatingbabyloss.com/workshop Free workshop for moms grieving stillbirth or pregnancy loss. Learn simple, trauma-informed practices to release guilt, calm the what-ifs, and honor your baby's memory with love instead of pain. Includes bonus Grief & Guilt Release Journal. Download my FREE "Guilt and Grief Release Journal" at navigatingbabyloss.com/journal WHERE TO FIND AND FOLLOW ME! Website-  https://www.jennifersenn.comTik Tok-https://www.tiktok.com/@navigatingbabylossInstagram-https://www.instagram.com/navigatingbabyloss/You Tube-https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz-2MCEY5PRiF6p6VB_2lxA

    13 min

  3. APR 23

    136: Before You Try Again: What Couples Need to Talk About After Baby Loss

    Send Jen a Text Message Grief after stillbirth doesn't just live inside you — it can quietly settle between you and your partner, too. And if you've ever looked at him and wondered how he can just go to work and act like everything is normal... you're not alone. In this episode, Jennifer sits down with Miranda Bayard Clark, a licensed therapist turned coach and founder of the Baby Ready Blueprint. Miranda helps couples prepare their relationship for the realities of parenthood — and today, she's getting real about what loss does to a relationship, why partners grieve so differently, and how resentment can build without either of you realizing it. This conversation is for the mom who feels like she's carrying her grief alone — and the one who's wondering what it would even look like to feel like a team again. In this episode, you'll hear: Why partners almost always grieve differently after loss — and why that doesn't mean he doesn't careHow resentment quietly builds when needs go unspoken, and what to do when you notice it happeningWhy trying again — whether naturally or through IVF — can bring up so much more than just hopeThe one conversation Miranda says every couple should have before moving forward after a lossWhat it actually means to ask for what you need, even when you're afraid of what he might sayWhy men tend to jump into "fix it" mode — and the simple language shift that can change everythingWhat "score keeping" in your relationship really signals, and why it's worth paying attention toHow the stories we tell ourselves in silence can quietly become resentment over timeMiranda's Baby Ready Blueprint and her upcoming Us Before Baby course — and who they're really forMiranda's Links: www.loveafterlullabies.com @mirandaforcouples @loveafterlullabies Read the full blog post here: LINK https://navigatingbabyloss.com/workshop Free workshop for moms grieving stillbirth or pregnancy loss. Learn simple, trauma-informed practices to release guilt, calm the what-ifs, and honor your baby's memory with love instead of pain. Includes bonus Grief & Guilt Release Journal. Did you know you can text me right from your podcast app? My podcast host has a new feature that allows you to send a message or ask a question and I will answer them in future episodes! (just an FYI- it's a one-way message so I won't be able to respond unless you leave your name and contact info in the message!) Look under the title where it says Send Jen a message and let me know what’s on your mind. Download my FREE "Guilt and Grief Release Journal" at navigatingbabyloss.com/journal WHERE TO FIND AND FOLLOW ME! Website-  https://www.jennifersenn.comTik Tok-https://www.tiktok.com/@navigatingbabylossInstagram-https://www.instagram.com/navigatingbabyloss/You Tube-https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz-2MCEY5PRiF6p6VB_2lxA

    36 min

  4. APR 16

    135: Still in the Group Chat, But Not One of Them Anymore

    Send Jen a Text Message Have you ever been invited to something — a baby shower, a play date, a summer gathering — and felt that quiet dread settle in before you even replied? It's not that you don't love your friends. You do. It's that somewhere along the way, you became the exception in the group — the one everyone is a little careful around, the one whose life went a different way. And now being around the people you love most can feel like the loneliest place in the world. In this episode, Jennifer talks honestly about what happens to your friendships after stillbirth — especially when you're watching a whole friend group move into the season of babies and play dates and nursery updates that you were supposed to be part of too. She talks about why it's so hard, why you keep showing up even when it hurts, and what you can actually do about it without losing yourself or the friendships that matter. What you'll learn: Why being invited isn't the same as feeling included — and why that difference is so importantHow to understand the real reason your friend group feels so isolating right now (even when everyone loves you)Why the two worlds — yours and theirs — don't speak the same language, and why that's not anyone's faultWhat's really behind the guilt and longing and resentment you feel when you see their babies and their beautiful, uncomplicated livesWhy pretending you're okay is keeping you stuck — and what honesty with your friends can actually look likeHow to decide what you can and can't do right now — without guilt and without apologyWhat to do when you're invited to something that feels impossible — including a few real, honest options that aren't just "white knuckle it"Why some friendships will deepen after loss and some will fade — and why both of those things are allowedHow to protect yourself without pulling away from every person you loveWhy you are not responsible for managing everyone else's comfort around your grief[Read the full blog post here: https://navigatingbabyloss.com/post/friendships-after-stillbirth-baby-loss-135 https://navigatingbabyloss.com/workshop Free workshop for moms grieving stillbirth or pregnancy loss. Learn simple, trauma-informed practices to release guilt, calm the what-ifs, and honor your baby's memory with love instead of pain. Includes bonus Grief & Guilt Release Journal. Download my FREE "Guilt and Grief Release Journal" at navigatingbabyloss.com/journal WHERE TO FIND AND FOLLOW ME! Website-  https://www.jennifersenn.comTik Tok-https://www.tiktok.com/@navigatingbabylossInstagram-https://www.instagram.com/navigatingbabyloss/You Tube-https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz-2MCEY5PRiF6p6VB_2lxA

    15 min

  5. APR 9

    134: What Grandparents Need to Know After Baby Loss

    Send Jen a Text Message Does your family know how to grieve with you or are they quietly falling apart on their own? Grandparent grief after stillbirth is one of the most overlooked parts of baby loss. Your parents and in-laws lost a grandchild. They lost the future they imagined for you. And most of the time, nobody is checking in on them while they're trying to figure out how to show up for you without making things worse. In this episode, I'm talking to both sides the grandparents who are carrying their own grief in silence, and the loss moms who might not realize that the people closest to them are struggling too. With Mother's Day right around the corner, this felt like the right time to open a conversation that could change everything in your family. What you'll learn: Why grandparent grief gets overlooked and why it matters more than you thinkThe double loss grandparents carry: grieving their grandchild and grieving for their childWhat not to say to a loss mom (especially if you're her parent)The simple things grandparents can do that actually help even when words feel impossibleWhy your adult child might pull away from you, and what it really meansHow in-law dynamics make grandparent grief even more delicateOne small Mother's Day gesture that can heal or one silence that can break a relationshipHow to tell your parents or in-laws what you actually need from themWhat happens when the baby becomes the thing nobody talks aboutWhy sharing this episode might open the door you've been afraid to walk throughRead the full blog post here:  https://navigatingbabyloss.com/workshop Free workshop for moms grieving stillbirth or pregnancy loss. Learn simple, trauma-informed practices to release guilt, calm the what-ifs, and honor your baby's memory with love instead of pain. Includes bonus Grief & Guilt Release Journal. Download my FREE "Guilt and Grief Release Journal" at navigatingbabyloss.com/journal WHERE TO FIND AND FOLLOW ME! Website-  https://www.jennifersenn.comTik Tok-https://www.tiktok.com/@navigatingbabylossInstagram-https://www.instagram.com/navigatingbabyloss/You Tube-https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz-2MCEY5PRiF6p6VB_2lxA

    18 min

  6. MAR 19

    133: What Emily's Stillbirth Story Taught Me About Charging Through

    Send Jen a Text Message I came home from a retreat in Nashville with a lot of things on my mind. But one conversation wouldn't leave me alone. I met a woman named Emily — a birth worker, a loss mom — and she said something that stopped me cold. She said, "I chose to be a buffalo." I've lived in Buffalo my whole life. Buffaloes are everywhere I look. And somehow, I had never heard it this way. This episode is about that conversation, what it made me realize about grief, and the honest question I've been sitting with ever since: What if the way we're trying to get through the pain is actually keeping it in us longer? I don't say that to make you feel bad about how you've been surviving. Surviving after stillbirth is everything. But I do want to sit with you in this question, because it changed something in me — and I think it might do the same for you. This is a solo episode about facing grief head on (not alone), why managing your pain and actually feeling it are two very different things, and how the storm you've been running from might be the very thing keeping you in it. What you'll learn: The buffalo analogy and why it's the most honest picture of what grief-facing actually looks likeWhy running from your grief doesn't make it go away — it just makes it follow you undergroundHow grief shows up as snapping at your partner, low-grade numbness, guilt you can't trace, and that tight feeling in your chest at the grocery storeThe real difference between surviving your grief and actually moving through itWhy "being strong" and being brave are not the same thing — and which one actually helps you healWhat it means to charge into the storm with support — not just willpower and suffering aloneThe honest question to sit with this week: where in your life are you going around your grief instead of through it?Why facing your loss doesn't mean leaving your baby behind — it's actually one of the most honoring things you can dohttps://navigatingbabyloss.com/workshop Free workshop for moms grieving stillbirth or pregnancy loss. Learn simple, trauma-informed practices to release guilt, calm the what-ifs, and honor your baby's memory with love instead of pain. Includes bonus Grief & Guilt Release Journal. Download my FREE "Guilt and Grief Release Journal" at navigatingbabyloss.com/journal WHERE TO FIND AND FOLLOW ME! Website-  https://www.jennifersenn.comTik Tok-https://www.tiktok.com/@navigatingbabylossInstagram-https://www.instagram.com/navigatingbabyloss/You Tube-https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz-2MCEY5PRiF6p6VB_2lxA

    20 min

  7. FEB 26

    132: What Grief Looks Like When It's Hiding in Plain Sight

    Send Jen a Text Message I sat frozen at a table full of women cutting out pictures of diamond rings and vacation homes — and I couldn't put a single thing on my page. Not because I didn't want nice things. But because somewhere deep inside of me, grief had quietly convinced me that wanting things was dangerous. In this solo episode, I'm sharing one of the most defining moments of my life — the story of a vision board exercise at a business conference that changed everything. I was there for the numbers. For the strategy. I was not expecting a life coach to sit down beside me, look at my blank page, and say something I had never once heard from a doctor, a therapist, or anyone who loved me. If you've ever felt yourself living small without fully understanding why... this episode is for you. What you'll learn: Why grief doesn't always look like sadness on the floor — and what it looks like when it's quietly running your whole lifeThe moment I realized I hadn't let myself dream in over ten years (and what finally cracked that open)The one thing that life coach said to me that no one — not my doctor, not my therapist, not my family — had ever said beforeWhy "healing" doesn't have to mean leaving your baby behindThe real difference between therapy and life coaching for grief, and why it matters for moms like usHow your baby's memory doesn't have to live only in the painful places — it can be woven into your future, every single dayWhat I finally put on that vision board, and what happened the following yearhttps://navigatingbabyloss.com/workshop Free workshop for moms grieving stillbirth or pregnancy loss. Learn simple, trauma-informed practices to release guilt, calm the what-ifs, and honor your baby's memory with love instead of pain. Includes bonus Grief & Guilt Release Journal. Download my FREE "Guilt and Grief Release Journal" at navigatingbabyloss.com/journal WHERE TO FIND AND FOLLOW ME! Website-  https://www.jennifersenn.comTik Tok-https://www.tiktok.com/@navigatingbabylossInstagram-https://www.instagram.com/navigatingbabyloss/You Tube-https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz-2MCEY5PRiF6p6VB_2lxA

    20 min

  8. FEB 19

    131: The Myths About Pregnancy After Stillbirth

    Send Jen a Text Message In this honest and layered episode, I’m talking about something that doesn’t get said enough: pregnancy after loss is not a fresh start. It might look like one from the outside. Two pink lines. A new due date. Another chance. But if you’ve lived through stillbirth, you know it doesn’t feel clean or simple. It feels complicated. It feels terrifying. It feels hopeful and heartbreaking at the exact same time. I walk you through the myths that surround pregnancy after loss — the ones that make it even harder. The idea that a new baby will heal your grief. That once you’re pregnant again, you’ll stop thinking about the baby you lost. That trying again means you’re “over it.” That a rainbow baby replaces the one who died. None of that is true. We talk about the guilt that creeps in when you want another baby. The fear of being disloyal. The internal spiral of “Am I ready?” and “Will I ever be ready?” I share my own experience navigating pregnancy after losing my twins — including the comments people made that still sting when I think about them. We also get into the relationship side of this. What happens when you and your partner aren’t on the same timeline? When one of you is ready and the other isn’t? How do you even start that conversation when you’re both exhausted from grief? And of course, we talk about the comments. The insensitive ones. The “Aren’t you scared?” and “At least you can have another” and “Are you sure it’s not too soon?” Because unfortunately, pregnancy after loss seems to come with public opinions. This episode is about holding two things at once. Grief and hope.  Love for the baby you lost and longing for another.  Terror and excitement. You’re not starting over. You’re turning the page. And that page still includes your baby. What You’ll Learn in This Episode:Why pregnancy after loss doesn’t feel like a “fresh start”The biggest myths about rainbow baby pregnanciesWhy a new pregnancy won’t erase your griefHow guilt shows up when you’re thinking about trying againWhy wanting another baby isn’t betrayalHow fear carries into every pregnancy after lossWhat to do when you and your partner aren’t on the same pageSimple conversation starters for navigating different timelinesWhat to say when people make insensitive commentsWhy you don’t owe anyone your explanation or timelinehttps://navigatingbabyloss.com/workshop Free workshop for moms grieving stillbirth or pregnancy loss. Learn simple, trauma-informed practices to release guilt, calm the what-ifs, and honor your baby's memory with love instead of pain. Includes bonus Grief & Guilt Release Journal. Download my FREE "Guilt and Grief Release Journal" at navigatingbabyloss.com/journal WHERE TO FIND AND FOLLOW ME! Website-  https://www.jennifersenn.comTik Tok-https://www.tiktok.com/@navigatingbabylossInstagram-https://www.instagram.com/navigatingbabyloss/You Tube-https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz-2MCEY5PRiF6p6VB_2lxA

    22 min
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This is where we say the things we can't say anywhere else to anyone else. Join certified life coach and stillbirth mom Jennifer Senn as she shares stories and has conversations about what life is like after suffering the loss of your baby and of the future you dreamed of before you heard those awful four words. Grief lasts a lifetime but you don't have to struggle with guilt,  fear, and the isolation that is so common for loss moms. Navigating Baby Loss will give you inspiration and hope from hearing others' stories and Jennifer will share valuable information about how you can ease your pain with the things that are hardest to cope with in the months and years following your stillbirth loss.

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  • Creator
    Jennifer Senn
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    139
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Navigating Baby Loss
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    Navigating Baby Loss