Hope Blooms: Surviving Miscarriage Together Emily Carrington, Maria Servold

Anne Bradstreet weathered the harsh New England Winters and the hard life of starting a society in the new world. 

America's first poet, Bradstreet chronicles the joy and pain of her life experience. While she never lost any of her own children  - she suffered the grief of infant death losing several of her grandchildren. 

Her poetry points to the pain and grief of losing a little one all too soon. In this episode Emily and Maria look at two of her poems. Nearly 400 years later her grief connects mothers across centuries. 

Mourning Poems: 
https://wams.nyhistory.org/early-encounters/english-colonies/anne-bradstreet-mourning-poetry/

More about Bradstreet: 
https://poetryarchive.org/poet/anne-bradstreet/



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Emily and Maria take time to give thanks for all of the blessings we have at the Early Pregnancy Loss Association this year. 

We are especially thankful for our listeners and we wish you a gentle holiday season full of healing and hope.
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To request a miscarriage care kit please email miscarriagecare@gmail.com with your information. Care kits are distributed at no cost throughout the United States.

Women suffering early pregnancy loss are often unable to bury their babies, especially in cemeteries. This can be for many reasons sometimes they are unable to collect the body, the body was needed for testing, or they do not have the resources available bury their little one. Many women aren't even given the information necessary to move forward with how to proceed even if they wanted a burial. 

But this problem tends to lead to a bigger question. If we want to participate in grief and mourning rituals as we grieve our miscarried children, what should those rituals look like? How do we acknowledge our grief and honor our little ones rightly. 

In this episode Emily is joined by Holly Russell to talk about the history of grief and mourning rituals in America. With a background as a museum curator and librarian Holly offers insight to how we have dealt with death in America. We specifically look at the heavily ritualistic Victorians to see what we can learn from them. 
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To request a miscarriage care kit please email miscarriagecare@gmail.com with your information. Care kits are distributed at no cost throughout the United States.

For Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month we are resharing the special story of Kathryn Wales and her sweet daughter Theodora. 

This episode originally ran September 20, 2022. 

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Kathryn joins us to share her story of the death of her dear Theodora at 16 weeks gestation. 

While miscarriages most commonly occur during the first trimester of pregnancy, any pregnancy loss before 20 weeks is considered a miscarriage. Kathryn's story details the experience and grief of a second trimester miscarriage. 


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To request a miscarriage care kit please email miscarriagecare@gmail.com with your information. Care kits are distributed at no cost throughout the United States.

For a long time myths and misconceptions have haunted women suffering miscarriage. In this episode Emily and Maria tackle some these frustrating lies that pollute the miscarriage conversation. 

People Have Misconceptions About Miscarriage, And That Can Hurt
Miscarriage Resource Packet 
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To request a miscarriage care kit please email miscarriagecare@gmail.com with your information. Care kits are distributed at no cost throughout the United States.

For Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month we encourage you to think about gentleness as you care for your heart and remember your little one. Wherever you are in your grief journey, this episode serves as a good reminder to care for yourself where you are. 

We are republishing this episode from December 20, 2022 to help us through Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month and into the holidays. 

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We are quick to prescribe gentleness in times of grief, but do we even know what that means? Has the command to be 'gentle with yourself' become just one more thing to do in a time of helplessness? How do we understand gentleness in a way that allows for healing and restoration. 

Emily and Maria start the conversation digging in to what 'being gentle with yourself' might look like, especially as we prepare for the Holidays. 
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P.O. Box 179 Hillsdale, MI 49242

To request a miscarriage care kit please email miscarriagecare@gmail.com with your information. Care kits are distributed at no cost throughout the United States.