208. What Now? Hope & Help for Receiving a Life-Limiting Diagnosis for Your Baby

In this episode I’m sharing with you what I want every grieving mom who is carrying her baby after receiving a life-limiting diagnosis to know about the pregnancy, grief and life after loss.

I pray the words I share with you today about grief and life after receiving a difficult and devastating diagnosis – offers you hope. I pray these words remind you that you are not alone.  

For those listening whose baby has been born and has already died and you are looking for help navigating grief, we have previous episodes that will be helpful for you, as well. For those enduring a 2nd trimester loss, listen to Episode 205, for those whose babies were born still in the 3rd trimester or at full term, listen to Episode 206, and for those whose babies were born prematurely or lived less than 28 days, listen to Episode 207. For those whose babies lived up to 1 year old, listen to Episode 209.

In this episode:

• Letter from a grieving mom to a grieving mom
• Words of hope and understanding from women have experienced a similar loss
• Answers to questions you may be wondering about your loss and life now
• 5 Things to Know about Grief
• Ways to Make Memories & Celebrate Your Baby 
• 1 thing you can do today to find hope:
  • Journal Prompt: Write a list of things that are true about your baby and how much they mean to you, even in spite of their diagnosis.
  • Prayer Prompt: Ask God to remind you of the things that are true about your baby when you most need the reminding. 

Resources in this episode:

• Doula: stillbirthday.com/find-doula/
• Perinatal Hospice & Palliative Care: www.perinatalhospice.org
• Birth Plan: carryingtoterm.org/your-birth-plan/
• Hospital Bag Checklist
• Memory Making & Photo Checklist
• Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
• La Leche League Article 
• Cabo Cream
• Pink Stork No Flow Tea
• Planning a Funeral

PINK STORK Holistic health support they offer women, especially grieving mothers > Here

RESOURCES FOR YOU

FREE GRIEF RESOURCE BUNDLEOur best and most helpful resources for navigating grief and life after loss all in one place. Plus a list of our favorite books for children about grief and loss. Download Here.

THE MORNING SHOP For tangible tools to help navigate grief and to honor your baby and motherhood. Shop Here.

FREE DEVOTIONALA free 7 day devotional for those who have eperienced the loss of a baby. Download here.

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