Latest Pregnancy and infant loss Podcast Episodes
How Do You Honor Your Baby On International Wave of Light Day? SE1 EP2
Our Little Sparrows Podcast - October 11, 2021 22:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAre you looking for a special way to celebrate the life of your baby? Today we are going to share with you an amazing annual event that takes place on Oct. 15th., The International Wave of Light. We will share with you (5) ways you can participate in this unique and special event. We are in th...
S1 E11 The Angel of Hope with Gary Vogel
Birth Ease Loss Support - October 08, 2021 07:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsMichelle continues her conversation with Gary Vogel, LMHC perinatal grief expert and founder of HEAL, a Central Florida support group for bereaved parents. Gary shares the beautiful story of The Angel of Hope and how we here in Central Florida acquired our own statue. Together they discuss the vi...
S1 E10 HEAL: Helping Endure infAnt Loss with Gary Vogel
Birth Ease Loss Support - October 08, 2021 07:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsMichelle has a two-part conversion with Gary Vogel, LMHC perinatal grief expert and founder of HEAL, a Central Florida support group for bereaved parents. Together discuss how the loss of a child disrupts our perception of the natural order of things, what grief is and isn't, and the 3 tasks of g...
S1 E8 My Journey to Healing After Loss with Nydia
Birth Ease Loss Support - October 08, 2021 07:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsMichelle has a beautiful and inspirational conversation with Nydia, mother to Santiago and Mateo. Her insights will benefit anyone traversing the pain of losing a child, a loved one, or some sort of tragedy. During Nydia's eighth month of pregnancy, she lost her beloved older sister to cancer. Ap...
S1 E9 A Short Grief Meditation for Baby Loss
Birth Ease Loss Support - October 08, 2021 07:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsMichelle shares a guided meditation for baby loss that focuses on using gentle breathing to help release stress, strain, and the heaviness that is a natural and normal part of grief. It guides the listener to focus on the love that they have for their child to assist in softening the places that...
How Do You Remember Your Baby That Died? SE1 EP1
Our Little Sparrows Podcast - October 05, 2021 06:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAre you finding it difficult to think of ways to remember your baby? With October being Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month it can be especially stressful to think of ways to honor your baby that died. Today Toni and I (Geoff) talk about (10) specific ways that you can remember your baby ...
S1 E5 Navigating Baby Loss with Rabbi Elisheva
Birth Ease Loss Support - October 01, 2021 07:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsMichelle has a beautiful and healing conversation with The Radical Rabbi, Elisheva (Emily) Brenner. Emily shares her own journey of perinatal loss, which she describes as the tsunami of her soul. She retells the sacred wisdom story that helped her create a Divine Reframe and quiet the storm withi...
S1 E7 IRIS- Infants Remembered In Silence with Diana Kelley
Birth Ease Loss Support - October 01, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsMichelle has the privilege to have a conversation with Diana Kelley, the director of Infants Remembered In Silence © (IRIS) a 501(c)3 Nonprofit organization that she founded in 1987, following the full-term stillbirth of her son. Together they discuss how the care parents experiencing baby loss r...
S1 E6 How to Support a Grieving Family
Birth Ease Loss Support - October 01, 2021 07:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings1 in 4 women have experienced pregnancy or infant loss. Because of the silence surrounding the loss of a child, it can cause the necessary grieving to be a lonely and isolating experience. Even if you, as the listener, were blessed to have never personally experienced perinatal loss, the chances ...
S1 E2 Feelings You May Experience After Pregnancy and Infant Loss
Birth Ease Loss Support - October 01, 2021 07:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWhen we experience pregnancy and infant loss, there is a myriad of emotions and feelings that we may go through. Because baby loss is often shrouded in silence, it is uncharted territory. You may question if what you are feeling is normal. In this episode, Michelle explains the shared experience...
S1 E4 Self Care Tips for Pregnancy & Infant Loss
Birth Ease Loss Support - October 01, 2021 07:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsGrief, of all kinds, requires self-care. And, for families experiencing pregnancy & infant loss, the need is even more acute. In this episode, Michelle shares self-care suggestions and tips recommended by grief experts. She shares the benefits of practices such as prayer and mediation, massage an...
S1 E3 The Phases of Bereavement for Baby Loss
Birth Ease Loss Support - October 01, 2021 07:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsMichelle defines grief, mourning, and bereavement. Shock & denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance are a part of the framework of the stages of grief. These stages help define what we may be feeling. Yet, they are not definite steps on a linear timeline as we move through grief. We...
S1 E1 Welcome to Birth Ease Loss Support
Birth Ease Loss Support - September 16, 2021 18:55 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsGrief can be lonely and isolating, especially for those experiencing pregnancy and infant loss. At times, it may even feel as if the sorrow might consume you. Michelle Smith, Certified Grief Counseling Specialist, Birth & Bereavement Doula/Chaplain, and host of The Birth Ease Podcast, holds a muc...
Counting Kicks Through Covid-19
Expecting Rainbow - March 25, 2021 05:17 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsThis week I welcomed one of my closest mom friends to the show, Emily McConnell. I wish we could say we met at a “mommy and me” class or that our kids went to the same daycare, but no, we met because our children died. We were mom friends before we had living children to show the world, mom frie...
Different Pregnancy, Different Me
Expecting Rainbow - March 18, 2021 07:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsMarch is Pregnancy After Loss Awareness month! In this episode, I briefly share how I wanted to feel more control over my rainbow pregnancy and why I decided to do things differently. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Unexpectedly Expecting
Expecting Rainbow - March 11, 2021 06:38 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsI'm proud to welcome my very first guest, Kate Joseph, who is a mother of three beautiful boys. We cover a lot of topics, including her experience going through pregnancy after loss (both planned and unplanned), experiences with great MFM's and some doctors who could do better, trying our best t...
Expecting to Expect Again
Expecting Rainbow - March 04, 2021 06:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn this episode, I talk about what it was like to TTC after Steven's death and thoughts I had deciding to get pregnant again after loss. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On Fearing Death (Goodbye Grandma)
Expecting Rainbow - February 11, 2021 06:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsWe got some sad news about my grandma last week and I've been processing what it means to lose loved ones and how that has affected me. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Approaching Everett's First Birthday
Expecting Rainbow - January 21, 2021 05:57 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsMy rainbow baby Everett's first birthday is coming up this weekend, and I wanted to share some of the thoughts I've been processing as we get ready to celebrate. I didn't mention this in the episode, but I have had moments of overwhelm thinking of how to best celebrate Everett's birthday and I ...
New Year, New Grief
Expecting Rainbow - January 07, 2021 06:19 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn this episode, I offer my thoughts on what it feels like to start a new year with my sweet baby Steven. I reflect back a bit on 2020 and share my hopes for 2021. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Getting Through the Holidays
Expecting Rainbow - December 03, 2020 06:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsWhy holidays can be hard Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Meaning of Rainbow
Expecting Rainbow - November 19, 2020 06:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn this episode, I talk about why I struggled with the phrase "rainbow baby" and why we need to be thoughtful when using this phrase. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Behind the Scenes at Expecting Rainbow
Expecting Rainbow - November 12, 2020 06:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsToday I wanted to share more about why I started Expecting Rainbow, what I've learned from working on this podcast, and what you can expect for future episodes. Cathy Heller's episode on her loss: https://www.dontkeepyourdayjob.com/episodes/vulnerable-story?rq=loss Hosted on Acast. See acast....
What Mom Guilt Looks Like as a Loss Parent
Expecting Rainbow - November 05, 2020 06:16 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsSometimes, mom guilt creeps in and tells us we're not enough. And mom guilt isn't exclusive to moms with living children; it can be easy to feel guilty as a loss parent, too. Have a comment? Want to share your story? Visit our website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...
Resources for Infant and Pregnancy Loss
Expecting Rainbow - October 29, 2020 05:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsThis episode is a compilation of resources - keepsake shops, awareness organizations, links, websites, services, nonprofits, books, podcasts, etc - that I found during my loss journey. All of these can also be found on www.expectingrainbow.com/episode5. Sharing resources is always tricky because...
Let's Talk About the Word "Loss"
Expecting Rainbow - October 22, 2020 05:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsThere are so many ways to talk about pregnancy and infant loss and the words we use to acknowledge loss experiences and babies matter. In this episode, I share my view on words often used in "loss conversations" and how we can be more intentional when normalizing conversations around pregnancy l...
5 Ways to Support a Friend in Loss
Expecting Rainbow - October 15, 2020 07:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsWhen someone you know loses a baby, you want to comfort them, but you don't know what to say. You want to help, but you don't know what to do. In this episode, I talk about the wonderful things people did for me, and the things I would have wished they did. In this episode, I share five ways y...
My Journey as a Loss Parent
Expecting Rainbow - October 08, 2020 07:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsThe grieving process looks a little different for everyone that experiences it. Some people retreat, some need to be surrounded by people. When I lost Steven, I had to learn what grieving looked like for me. On this episode of Expecting Rainbow, I talk about the aftermath: losing my baby, how ...
Steven's Story
Expecting Rainbow - October 01, 2020 07:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsSteven was only physically present in our lives for a moment, but he continues to be present in our lives. On this episode of Expecting Rainbow, I tell his story. As I mention on the podcast, it's hard to not make his story my story, but in this episode I talk about the things I know about him...
Introducing the Expecting Rainbow Podcast
Expecting Rainbow - September 23, 2020 18:25 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsWelcome to the introductory episode of the Expecting Rainbow podcast. Introducing the host Justine and explaining more about what you can expect from this show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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