What I Wish I Knew beyond Pregnancy Loss

Sharna Southan
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What I wish I knew beyond Pregnancy Loss: The Intersection of Fertility, Trauma & Purpose This podcast is a space for deep, honest conversations about fertility struggles, pregnancy loss, and the unseen layers of healing. Here, we explore the intersection of trauma, the nervous system, and emotional recovery—because healing is not just about moving forward; it’s about understanding how loss changes us and how we can reclaim our power. Whether you’re navigating life after loss, facing reproductive challenges, or seeking purpose in your own healing journey, this is where we go beyond the surface. Through expert insights, personal stories, and trauma-informed support, you’ll gain the tools to heal, grow, and step into a future that honours your past while embracing what’s next. Your story matters. Your healing matters. And there is more waiting for you beyond loss

  1. 2d ago

    EP148: PART ONE: "We did it" — One man's decade of loss, love, and refusing to quit - with Guest Nathan Weiser

    Citations: Al-Zirqi et al. (2018), American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Norway cohort)   This conversation doesn't have to end when the episode does. The Reproductive Loss Leaders Room is where it keeps going — replays, live mentorship, and a room of practitioners across every discipline, all working out what this means for their own piece of care. Not another place where pregnancy loss is one topic among many. Here, it's the whole conversation. Join the Room HERE   What does it look like when a man refuses to let grief have the final word? In this episode, I'm joined by Nathan Wiser — a former scuba diving instructor who built a life in the Turks and Caicos with his wife Lucy, nine rescue dogs, and an unshakeable dream of becoming parents. What followed was a decade that tested them in every way imaginable. Four pregnancies lost. An infant daughter, Mary, who didn't come home. A uterine rupture that nearly took Lucy's life. A hurricane. A wildfire. And through it all, Nathan doing what so many men are never given permission to do — feeling it, carrying it, and staying. This episode is raw, honest, and deeply human. Nathan talks about the moments he almost didn't make it through, what it meant to be the one who had to tell his wife their daughter was gone, and why he kept saying yes when every part of him wanted to say no more. Their son Otto arrived at 26 weeks — under two pounds, fighting for his life. And the three words Lucy said to Nathan when she came out of surgery became the title of his book. In this episode we cover: What pregnancy loss looks like from a father's perspective Navigating grief, PTSD, and coping in the wrong ways The moment Nathan almost gave up — and what brought him back Why men struggle to share their stories, and why it matters that they do Otto's premature birth and the long road through the NICU Connect with Nathan: IG: @nathanwieser  If this episode moved you, please share it with someone who needs to hear it. And if you're walking through loss right now — you are not alone.   Connect with Sharna  Find me here: @reproductivelossleadership  If today's conversation resonated with you, I'd love to stay connected. My mission is to help change the landscape of pregnancy loss care through education, advocacy, research, and evidence-informed, trauma-informed support. Whether you're navigating your own loss, supporting someone you love, or you're a healthcare professional wanting to improve the care you provide, there's a place for you here. You can follow my work, explore educational resources, listen to more podcast episodes, or learn about the Pregnancy loss recovery method & Integrated Pregnancy Loss Care framework Or the Pregnancy Loss & Trauma-Informed Specialist Certification. Together, we're creating a future where every pregnancy loss is acknowledged, every family is supported, and every practitioner feels confident to provide compassionate, person-centred care. I'd love to hear what resonated with you from today's episode. Share your thoughts, leave a review, or connect with me on social media—your voice helps shape this conversation and reach more families who need it. Thank you for being part of this community. Together, we're changing the future of pregnancy loss care. Follow the podcast page: @pregnancyloss_podcast

  2. Sep 28

    EP147: Knowing isn’t enough: How we actually change reproductive loss care - With Sharna Southan

    Ready to Go Deeper? Welcome to the Reproductive Loss Leaders Room There’s only so much we can explore in a podcast episode. You can hear a new perspective, discover something you weren’t taught, or finally find language for something you’ve been noticing in your work. But then what? What do you do with what you now know? How does it apply to your work? What sits within your scope? What questions has the learning created? And where do you go when you want to continue the conversation rather than simply move on to the next episode, training or piece of information? That’s why I created the Reproductive Loss Leaders Room. The Leaders Room is a professional membership for existing and aspiring practitioners supporting women across fertility, pregnancy, birth, grief, trauma, mental health, postpartum, nutrition, reproductive health and beyond. You do not need to identify as a pregnancy loss specialist to belong here. And you certainly don't need to become an expert in every aspect of reproductive loss care. The intention is different: Understand more of the whole.Know where you fit within it.Deepen the piece you choose to hold. Inside the Leaders Room, we move beyond simply acquiring more information. You’ll have access to The Gap Series, where we reveal areas of reproductive loss care that may have been overlooked or absent from our professional training. You’ll receive live mentorship and integration support from me, so you can explore what the learning means for the work you do. You’ll learn from guest experts and specialist practitioners bringing different disciplines and perspectives into the room. You’ll have access to a growing library of trainings and professional resources. And you’ll be part of a community having deeper, multidisciplinary conversations about how we collectively advance reproductive loss care. Because I believe professional learning needs to go beyond education alone. Acquire the knowledge.Retain it through mentorship, discussion and continued exploration.Transfer it into your work. That’s where knowledge starts becoming practice. And that’s where change can begin. This isn't another space where pregnancy loss is one topic amongst many. In this room, reproductive loss IS the conversation. 🤍 If you've been listening to What I Wish I Knew: Beyond Pregnancy Loss and wishing you had somewhere to continue these conversations professionally, I created the Leaders Room for exactly that. Different disciplines. Different expertise. One woman moving between them. Join the Reproductive Loss Leaders Room Explore the Reproductive Loss Leaders Room and join us inside For practitioners who are ready to see more, understand more and integrate what they learn into the piece of reproductive loss care they are uniquely positioned to hold. Connect further with Sharna  Find me here: @reproductivelossleadership  If today's conversation resonated with you, I'd love to stay connected. My mission is to help change the landscape of pregnancy loss care through education, advocacy, research, and evidence-informed, trauma-informed support. Whether you're navigating your own loss, supporting someone you love, or you're a healthcare professional wanting to improve the care you provide, there's a place for you here. You can follow my work, explore educational resources, listen to more podcast episodes, or learn about the Pregnancy loss recovery method & Integrated Pregnancy Loss Care framework Or the Pregnancy Loss & Trauma-Informed Specialist Certification. Together, we're creating a future where every pregnancy loss is acknowledged, every family is supported, and every practitioner feels confident to provide compassionate, person-centred care. I'd love to hear what resonated with you from today's episode. Share your thoughts, leave a review, or connect with me on social media—your voice helps shape this conversation and reach more families who need it. Thank you for being part of this community. Together, we're changing the future of pregnancy loss care. Follow the podcast page: @pregnancyloss_podcast If this episode resonated with you, share it with someone who needs to hear it. And if you are a practitioner supporting women through reproductive loss and want to go deeper on the neuroscience and body-based frameworks behind this work — the Pregnancy Loss & Trauma-Informed Specialist Certification is where we take all of this further.

  3. Sep 20

    EP 146: Reconnecting with your baby after loss: Spirit Baby Work with guest Anne-Claire

    Continue the Conversation Inside the Reproductive Loss Leaders Room  If this conversation has you thinking more deeply about the way we understand and support reproductive loss, you don’t have to leave those questions here. The Reproductive Loss Leaders Room is a professional home for practitioners who want to deepen their knowledge, strengthen their practice and be part of the conversations advancing reproductive loss care. Inside, reproductive loss isn’t one topic amongst many — it’s the core conversation. Through ongoing education, the Gap Series, live mentorship, multidisciplinary conversations and integration support, you’ll have somewhere to take what you’re learning and explore what it actually means for your work. Because learning isn’t just about acquiring more information. Acquisition → Retention → Transfer. Learn it. Integrate it. Apply it. And do it alongside practitioners who care deeply about changing what reproductive loss support can look like. Join the Reproductive Loss Leaders Room:https://www.sharnasouthan.com/leaders-room-membership    Todays Episode: What if healing after pregnancy loss isn't only about letting go, but also about finding a new kind of connection? In this episode, I sit down with Anne-Claire, a spirit baby medium, trained midwife, and naturopath who guides women through the emotional, spiritual, and energetic sides of fertility and pregnancy loss. After losing her own baby at 11 weeks, Anne-Claire began offering spirit baby sessions to help women reconnect with their babies, release guilt, and find peace. We talk about the loneliness of loss, the lack of information and support women are sent home with, and why so many of us feel disconnected from our babies afterwards. Anne-Claire shares her own healing journey, including the moment she realised she had "pushed everything down," and the daily practice that helped her find peace. We also talk about what women often experience in her sessions: less big emotional release, more relief, calm, and a sense of finally being able to breathe. Whether or not spirit baby work is for you, this conversation is a reminder that you deserve support, and that there's no right timeline for grief. In this episode, we talk about: Anne-Claire's story of losing her first baby at 11 weeks, and the vivid dreams that shaped her path How spirit baby work supports women who are grieving, trying to conceive, or facing decisions after a loss Why so many women feel disconnected from their baby after loss, and how that connection may be reopened Working through guilt and the "why" questions: Did I do something wrong? What if I had kept going? The lack of information and support after miscarriage, and how isolating that can be Why check-ins at one month, six months, and the first birthday matter so much Anne-Claire's daily healing practice, and why she waited until the end to write her goodbye letter Why "getting through it" isn't the same as healing, and what happens when we push grief down What a session can feel like: relief, calm, clarity, and a nervous system that finally settles Gentle ways to begin if you're not ready for a live session Key takeaways There is no timeline for grief, and you don't need to have "done the thing" to be allowed to keep healing. Support doesn't have to be spiritual to matter. A massage, a check-in, or someone who listens can make a difference. If a connection practice or meditation doesn't work straight away, you're not doing it wrong. Your body may still be protecting you. If someone in your life has experienced loss, check in again later. The isolation often returns when everyone else moves on. About Anne-Claire Anne-Claire is a spirit baby medium, trained midwife, and naturopath. Her work supports women around the world in reconnecting with their bodies, finding peace after loss, and exploring the spiritual side of conception and motherhood. Connect with Anne-Claire Website: www.anneclairelebeyond.com  Instagram: @anneclairelebeyond email: Hello@anneclairelebihan.com  Free spirit baby meditation: https://www.anneclairelebihan.com/spirit-baby-meditation  Spirit Baby Letter (an option for those not ready for a live session):  contact Anne-Claire Resources mentioned The book of 100 healing practices after miscarriage that Anne-Claire used in her own journey: [add title and link. It wasn't named in the recording, so you may want to ask her for it.] A note on this conversation This episode reflects Anne-Claire's personal and spiritual perspective and experience. It isn't a substitute for medical or mental health care. If you're struggling after a loss, please reach out to a trusted health professional or support person. If this episode meant something to you Share it with someone who might need it, and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps more women find these conversations.   Connect with Sharna  Find me here: @reproductivelossleadership  If today's conversation resonated with you, I'd love to stay connected. My mission is to help change the landscape of pregnancy loss care through education, advocacy, research, and evidence-informed, trauma-informed support. Whether you're navigating your own loss, supporting someone you love, or you're a healthcare professional wanting to improve the care you provide, there's a place for you here. You can follow my work, explore educational resources, listen to more podcast episodes, or learn about the Pregnancy loss recovery method & Integrated Pregnancy Loss Care framework Or the Pregnancy Loss & Trauma-Informed Specialist Certification. Together, we're creating a future where every pregnancy loss is acknowledged, every family is supported, and every practitioner feels confident to provide compassionate, person-centred care. I'd love to hear what resonated with you from today's episode. Share your thoughts, leave a review, or connect with me on social media—your voice helps shape this conversation and reach more families who need it. Thank you for being part of this community. Together, we're changing the future of pregnancy loss care. Follow the podcast page: @pregnancyloss_podcast If this episode resonated with you, share it with someone who needs to hear it. And if you are a practitioner supporting women through reproductive loss and want to go deeper on the neuroscience and body-based frameworks behind this work — the Pregnancy Loss & Trauma-Informed Specialist Certification is where we take all of this further.

  4. Sep 6

    EP145: Narrative medicine, Infertility & the Power of telling your story — with Guest Kayla Branstetter

    🎓 FREE TRAINING: The Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Care Gap  Recurrent pregnancy loss is not simply a series of isolated losses. A woman may be carrying cumulative grief, fear, trauma, changes in identity, altered trust in her body and healthcare experiences from one pregnancy into the next — yet care can still focus primarily on the loss immediately in front of us. In my next FREE Gap Series training, we’re going deeper into the Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Care Gap and exploring what practitioners across fertility, birth, mental health, grief and women’s health may need to understand about the whole reproductive experience. Because better care doesn't require one practitioner to hold everything. It requires more of us to ask better questions, recognise what may be sitting beneath the surface, understand where our scope fits — and know when another practitioner needs to enter her story. 📅 17 September 🎓 FREE practitioner training 🤍 For existing and aspiring practitioners supporting women through reproductive loss Join the training here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thereproductivelossleadershipnetwork  Let’s stop looking at each loss as an isolated event — and start asking what she may be carrying through the whole reproductive journey.     In this episode I sit down with Kayla Branstetter — English instructor, TEDx speaker, and doctoral candidate in narrative medicine — to talk about the stories we're not told about infertility, miscarriage, and medical gaslighting. Kayla shares her deeply personal journey: growing up as the daughter of a teen mom who overcame poverty and an unsupportive medical system, and how that legacy shaped her own path through three years of unexplained infertility, a devastating miscarriage, and pregnancies marked by anxiety rather than joy. We talk about the coldness of clinical language in moments of profound loss, the grief that comes with infertility and miscarriage that so few people know how to hold space for, and the judgment women face for decisions made in impossible circumstances. Kayla also introduces us to narrative medicine — the practice of centering patients' stories as part of their care — and shares how this work led to her forthcoming book, Don't Be An Athena, which reimagines the myth of Athena and Medusa to explore what happens when women are empowered instead of blamed. This conversation is a powerful reminder that behind every diagnosis, every lab result, and every "it was just a miscarriage" is a story — and that story matters. In this episode, we cover: How narrative medicine found Kayla through her own family history and lived experience The impact of medical gaslighting during her mother's teen pregnancy — and her own Three years of unexplained infertility and what it does to your sense of identity The cold, clinical way pregnancy loss is often delivered — and why language matters Grief after miscarriage: why it's real, why it's valid, and why so few people understand it The hormonal and physical "postpartum" experience after early loss that no one talks about Judgment, stigma, and why understanding someone's story matters more than casting blame The Athena and Medusa myth reimagined — and how it inspired her forthcoming book Why healthcare needs more humanities, not less Her upcoming book, Don't Be An Athena, releasing July 20th   Connect with Kayla: Website: kaylabranstetter.wordpress.com  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kayla-branstetter/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kayla.branstetter.758 Don't Be An Athena — releasing July 20th

  5. Aug 23

    EP144: The Mental Health care gap after pregnancy loss - with Host Sharna

    In this episode, Sharna recaps a live training from her Gap Series, The Mental Health Care Gap + Postpartum. She unpacks the research on bereaved mothers that rarely gets shown, six gaps in how the current system fails them, and why talk therapy alone was never going to be enough. In this episode: The statistics on depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic distress after perinatal loss What a hazard ratio of nearly 26 actually means The six gaps the mental health care system has never fixed for bereaved mothers Why unresolved pregnancy loss trauma is stored in the body, not just the mind Gems from this episode: "She has not failed the process. The process has failed her." "If any other patient population showed a nearly twenty-sixfold increase in risk for a serious health condition, we would call that a public health emergency. And yet for bereaved mothers, this is treated as a footnote to a concluded medical event." "Her body isn't betraying her. It's still responding to unresolved danger. You cannot talk your way out of a biological response." "This is not acute grief that resolves. This is a persistent, layered, often invisible mental health crisis." "Bereaved mothers rarely present with depression or anxiety or trauma in isolation. They're often carrying all of it at once." Join the conversation: Catch the full training and future Gap Series sessions inside the free community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thereproductivelossleadershipnetwork

  6. Aug 16

    EP143: The root cause no one looks for: Miscarriage, MTHFR & reclaiming your body after loss with Guest Molly Sellers

    ✨ Join the FREE Masterclass: The Mental Health Care Gap for Bereaved Mothers  If you support women and have ever wondered “What am I missing?” after pregnancy loss, this training is for you. Discover what standard frameworks can overlook and leave knowing what to look for, what questions to ask, and where your role fits in supporting the whole woman after loss. Join the free masterclass here → https://www.facebook.com/groups/thereproductivelossleadershipnetwork      In this episode, I sit down with Molly Sellers, a certified nutritional therapy practitioner whose work is shaped by her own experience with two pregnancy losses — including a partial molar pregnancy — stage four endometriosis, burnout, and perimenopause. Molly specializes in root-cause, bio-individual care: hormone balance, mineral support through HTMA testing, blood sugar regulation, and nervous system health. We talk about what happens when the medical system hands you a "try again in six months" and nothing else — and why so many women are left to do the digging themselves after a loss. Molly shares her own story of miscarriage, an undiagnosed MTHFR gene mutation, a 15-year road to an endometriosis diagnosis, and how she eventually found her way to functional, whole-body healing. We cover: Molly's story of two pregnancy losses, including a partial molar pregnancy and emergency D&C The MTHFR gene mutation, synthetic folic acid, and why standard prenatal vitamins can do more harm than good for some women Why the body needs to feel safe before fertility can "come back online" — and how trauma and stress get stored in the body The emotional weight of watching others get pregnant easily — resentment, jealousy, and self-doubt Why a 15-year wait for an endometriosis diagnosis is far too common, and how to advocate for yourself The missing conversation around preconception care, and the total lack of support around perimenopause Molly's practical starting points for anyone trying again after loss: trauma-informed therapy, a provider who will actually listen, pelvic floor/body work, and a supportive network Why symptoms are communication, not something to dismiss — and how to reconnect with a body you no longer trust after loss A reminder from this conversation: you are not broken, and you don't have to have all the answers today — just permission to get curious about what your body is trying to tell you. Connect with Molly Sellers: Instagram: @goodforyoufd Website: www.goodforyoufood.net  Offers free 30-minute discovery calls, HTMA (hair mineral) testing, and 1:1 coaching If this episode resonated with you, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts — it helps these conversations reach the women who need them.   Connect with Sharna  Find me here: @reproductivelossleadership  If today's conversation resonated with you, I'd love to stay connected. My mission is to help change the landscape of pregnancy loss care through education, advocacy, research, and evidence-informed, trauma-informed support. Whether you're navigating your own loss, supporting someone you love, or you're a healthcare professional wanting to improve the care you provide, there's a place for you here. You can follow my work, explore educational resources, listen to more podcast episodes, or learn about the Pregnancy loss recovery method & Integrated Pregnancy Loss Care framework Or the Pregnancy Loss & Trauma-Informed Specialist Certification. Together, we're creating a future where every pregnancy loss is acknowledged, every family is supported, and every practitioner feels confident to provide compassionate, person-centred care. I'd love to hear what resonated with you from today's episode. Share your thoughts, leave a review, or connect with me on social media—your voice helps shape this conversation and reach more families who need it. Thank you for being part of this community. Together, we're changing the future of pregnancy loss care. Follow the podcast page: @pregnancyloss_podcast If this episode resonated with you, share it with someone who needs to hear it. And if you are a practitioner supporting women through reproductive loss and want to go deeper on the neuroscience and body-based frameworks behind this work — the Pregnancy Loss & Trauma-Informed Specialist Certification is where we take all of this further.

  7. Aug 9

    EP142: When the system sends you home and calls It care — with Guest Atara Parkinson

    ✨ Join the FREE Masterclass: The Mental Health Care Gap for Bereaved Mothers  If you support women and have ever wondered “What am I missing?” after pregnancy loss, this training is for you. Discover what standard frameworks can overlook and leave knowing what to look for, what questions to ask, and where your role fits in supporting the whole woman after loss. Join the free masterclass here → https://www.facebook.com/groups/thereproductivelossleadershipnetwork      There is a moment that Atara Parkinson describes in this episode that will stop you in your tracks. She has just given birth after 32 hours of labour. Third degree tears. A baby in the NICU. And a security guard who tells her — as her husband attempts to wheel her out of the hospital — that she cannot take the wheelchair. It can't leave hospital grounds. Figure it out. That moment, she says, became the image that defined her entire career. Because once the baby is out, it is as though the mother disappears. Atara is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 14 years in the mental health field, a certified integrative practitioner, and a mother of four — three of whom were NICU babies. Her work sits at the intersection of holistic healing, nervous system regulation, minerals and brain health, and postpartum support. She is also one of the most articulate voices I have encountered on what is actually happening inside the body when a woman cannot seem to move through her grief — and why. This conversation goes somewhere most conversations don't. We talk about the biochemistry of getting stuck. About what happens at a cellular level when trauma enters the body and the nervous system decides it is not yet safe to let the guard down. About why the calcium spikes. Why the magnesium can't get in. Why your body is not failing you — it is protecting you. And what it actually takes to move through that, not just talk about it. We also talk about the gap between what the medical system offers and what women actually need. About why talk therapy, as valuable as it is, is only ever engaging one part of the brain. And about why the body is sending 80% of the signals in this conversation — not the brain. If you have ever felt stuck in your grief and wondered why — this episode is for you. In this episode we cover: Atara's own story — three NICU babies, a gap in postpartum care, and the moment that shaped her life's work Why our culture treats the mother as invisible once the baby arrives — and how that plays out in pregnancy loss The shame–isolation loop and why connection (the right kind) is not optional in healing Why talk therapy alone cannot access where reproductive trauma is stored in the body The biochemistry of staying stuck — what happens when calcium spikes after trauma, why the protective shell forms, and what needs to shift for the body to feel safe again The role of magnesium and potassium in emotional regulation and nervous system calm How physical symptoms — disrupted sleep, shallow breathing, altered posture, blunted affect — are expressions of biochemical dysregulation, not separate problems The 80/20 communication ratio: why the body sends more signals to the brain than the brain sends to the body Why you cannot detox, heal, or regulate from inside a chronic stress state The 1% shift — how Atara approaches change with clients who are already overwhelmed Connect with Atara: Instagram: @atara.parkinson NICU & birth trauma focus: @nicufreedom Website: https://www.ataraparkinson.com/  Resources mentioned: The Body Keeps the Score — Bessel van der Kolk (heads up: it's a heavy read, but an important one) Connect with Sharna  Find me here: @reproductivelossleadership  If today's conversation resonated with you, I'd love to stay connected. My mission is to help change the landscape of pregnancy loss care through education, advocacy, research, and evidence-informed, trauma-informed support. Whether you're navigating your own loss, supporting someone you love, or you're a healthcare professional wanting to improve the care you provide, there's a place for you here. You can follow my work, explore educational resources, listen to more podcast episodes, or learn about the Pregnancy loss recovery method & Integrated Pregnancy Loss Care framework Or the Pregnancy Loss & Trauma-Informed Specialist Certification. Together, we're creating a future where every pregnancy loss is acknowledged, every family is supported, and every practitioner feels confident to provide compassionate, person-centred care. I'd love to hear what resonated with you from today's episode. Share your thoughts, leave a review, or connect with me on social media—your voice helps shape this conversation and reach more families who need it. Thank you for being part of this community. Together, we're changing the future of pregnancy loss care. Follow the podcast page: @pregnancyloss_podcast If this episode resonated with you, share it with someone who needs to hear it. And if you are a practitioner supporting women through reproductive loss and want to go deeper on the neuroscience and body-based frameworks behind this work — the Pregnancy Loss & Trauma-Informed Specialist Certification is where we take all of this further.

  8. Jul 26

    EP141: Stillbirth, silence, and the grief you're never told you can feel — with Jennifer Senn

    If this episode named something in you, I want you to know there's a next step. Loss to Legacy is my four-week immersion for practitioners who know they're called to support women through pregnancy loss, but haven't yet found the clarity, the viability, or the roadmap to actually build it. Over four weeks, we work through exactly that — your specific vision, whether it holds up, and a 12-month plan you can actually follow. Loss to Legacy opens for a new intake on 4th August. Five spots. If you're ready to stop sitting with the idea, send me the word LEGACY and let's talk about the role you're here to play.  DM me HERE   In this episode, Jennifer shares her story with unflinching honesty: the impossible decisions made in shock (do you hold your baby? do you take photos?), the guilt that follows women for years after, and the physical reality no one prepares you for — a body that keeps producing milk for babies who aren't coming home. She spent nearly seven years running from her grief before it caught up with her, eroding her marriage and her health, until she finally chose to face it. Now a certified coach and founder of Navigating Baby Loss, Jennifer helps bereaved mothers release guilt, rebuild trust in their bodies, and find their way back to hope — including the complicated, fear-laced hope of a future pregnancy. Sharna Southan hosts this conversation, exploring the parts of stillbirth and baby loss that rarely get airtime. We talk about: What actually happens in the hours after a stillbirth diagnosis, and why there's no "right" way to handle it Why guilt is one of the heaviest and most persistent emotions in baby loss How grief lives in the body, not just the mind — and can resurface years later, unannounced Why relationships often buckle under the weight of loss (and the startling statistic on stillbirth and separation) The difference between therapy and grief-informed coaching, and why lived experience matters What to actually say (and not say) to someone living through this Why there's no timeline for healing, and why "you'll have another one" is never the answer This is a raw, generous conversation about a topic that doesn't get talked about nearly enough — and a reminder that no one should have to navigate this kind of grief alone. About Jennifer Senn Jennifer Senn is a certified coach, the founder of Navigating Baby Loss, and mom to twin daughters who were stillborn at 32 weeks. She helps bereaved mothers release guilt, overcome isolation, and move through overwhelming grief — empowering them to find peace and hope for a future that may include the joy of a new baby, with less fear and more confidence. Connect with Jennifer: Social: @navigatingbabyloss Website: https://navigatingbabyloss.com/  Navigating Baby Loss Podcast Free workshop (runs ~twice monthly): Practical Ways to Release Guilt and Navigate Grief After Pregnancy Loss A Note on This Episode This conversation discusses stillbirth, pregnancy loss, and grief in detail. Please take care while listening. If you're navigating loss yourself, know that support exists beyond what you may have been offered — you don't have to do this alone. Connect with Sharna  Find me here: @reproductivelossleadership  If today's conversation resonated with you, I'd love to stay connected. My mission is to help change the landscape of pregnancy loss care through education, advocacy, research, and evidence-informed, trauma-informed support. Whether you're navigating your own loss, supporting someone you love, or you're a healthcare professional wanting to improve the care you provide, there's a place for you here. You can follow my work, explore educational resources, listen to more podcast episodes, or learn about the Pregnancy loss recovery method & Integrated Pregnancy Loss Care framework Or the Pregnancy Loss & Trauma-Informed Specialist Certification. Together, we're creating a future where every pregnancy loss is acknowledged, every family is supported, and every practitioner feels confident to provide compassionate, person-centred care. I'd love to hear what resonated with you from today's episode. Share your thoughts, leave a review, or connect with me on social media—your voice helps shape this conversation and reach more families who need it. Thank you for being part of this community. Together, we're changing the future of pregnancy loss care. Follow the podcast page: @pregnancyloss_podcast

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What I wish I knew beyond Pregnancy Loss: The Intersection of Fertility, Trauma & Purpose This podcast is a space for deep, honest conversations about fertility struggles, pregnancy loss, and the unseen layers of healing. Here, we explore the intersection of trauma, the nervous system, and emotional recovery—because healing is not just about moving forward; it’s about understanding how loss changes us and how we can reclaim our power. Whether you’re navigating life after loss, facing reproductive challenges, or seeking purpose in your own healing journey, this is where we go beyond the surface. Through expert insights, personal stories, and trauma-informed support, you’ll gain the tools to heal, grow, and step into a future that honours your past while embracing what’s next. Your story matters. Your healing matters. And there is more waiting for you beyond loss

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