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. May 28

    140: Why You Froze When They Said the Wrong Thing

    Send Jen a Text Message You weren't being too sensitive. They were being thoughtless. Those are not the same thing. You know the comment. The one your sister said at brunch. The one your best friend sent over text. "You can always try again." "At least you know you can get pregnant." "Maybe by this time next year you'll have your baby." When it comes from a stranger, you can write it off. But when it comes from someone your own age, someone who knew your baby, someone who was supposed to be in your corner, that's a different kind of wound. In this episode, I'm talking about why those comments hit the way they do, and why it has nothing to do with you needing thicker skin. We'll get into the second sentence hiding underneath the words, the freeze response that keeps you from saying anything in the moment, and why your baby was never a rough draft or a practice round. I'm also sharing what someone said to me after I lost my girls, and how it quietly changed the way I let people in. What you'll learn: Why a comment from your sister or best friend cuts so much deeper than one from a stranger at TargetThe unspoken second sentence underneath "next year you'll have your baby"  and why you're not imagining itWhy your body freezes when someone says the wrong thing, and why that's survival, not weaknessHow to stop carrying shame about the things you didn't say in the momentWhy your baby is not a stepping stone, a placeholder, or a first draft — and never will beHow to hold two true things at once: they meant well, and it still hurtThree things you can actually do this week when someone wounds you this wayWhy you don't owe anyone a graceful response or an explanationHow to make peace with the fact that some people will never fully understand, and why that's okayRead 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

    19 min

  2. May 23

    139: When You're Running on 6% Battery and Your Kids Still Need You

    Send Jen a Text Message What if the most exhausted you've ever been isn't from the loss itself — but from mothering your living children while grieving the baby you didn't get to bring home? If you've come home from the hospital to a house full of little ones who still need you — needing breakfast, needing rides to school, needing your lap — you already know this kind of tired. The kind sleep doesn't fix. The kind that makes you feel like a zombie reading bedtime stories with your mouth while your brain is somewhere else entirely. In this episode, I'm taking you back to my kitchen — to my five-year-old in his Batman pajamas asking me a question I couldn't even hear. To the moment I realized I had nothing left. And to everything I want you to know if that's where you are right now. What you'll learn: Why the exhaustion of grieving while parenting is its own specific, lonely kind of tired — and why no one warns you about itThe "two jobs" you're doing every single day (and the second one is the one that's really eating you alive)Why snapping at your kids doesn't make you a bad mom — and what it actually means about how much you love themWhat your living children will really remember from this season (it's not what your guilt is telling you)How to drop the bar for what counts as "being a good mom" right now — all the way to the floorA simple practice for when the guilt starts spiraling after a hard moment with your kidsWhy the baby you lost is already part of the way you mother every other child you haveThe truth about whether you're "ruining" your kids by being sad (spoiler: you're not)If guilt is the heaviest thing you're carrying right now, my free workshop Practical Ways to Release Guilt and Navigate Grief After Baby Loss was built for exactly this. You can register at navigatingbabyloss.com/workshop. Read the full blog post here: https://navigatingbabyloss.com/post/parenting-after-stillbirth-exhaustion-guilt 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

  3. May 7

    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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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
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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
    141
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 Navigating Baby Loss
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    Navigating Baby Loss