Mom Lindsay recounts how she and her husband Matt were living in the United Arabic Emirates when they found our that their first child, Sadie Amelia, died in the womb due to a cord accident, and how they traveled back to the United States to give birth to their daughter at 32 weeks.
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11: Advice from Hilary Erickson of Pulling Curls and L&D Nurse
We are chatting with Hilary Erickson, Labor & Delivery nurse and founder of the popular parenting and pregnancy website and podcast, Pulling Curls. She covers how she prepares for a stillbirth or infant loss, how she helps the family during this difficult time, and what she advises and encourages those families to do while at the hospital.
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In this episode, we talk about:
- Our new episode publishing schedule, where we will be releasing one family’s interviews during a month. The mom’s episodes will be released on the 1st and the dad’s episodes will be released on the 15th (if there are dad episodes)
- What we did for our son’s would-be 1st birthday
- We interview Hilary Erickson of pregnancy and parenting website and podcast Pulling Curls, and her background as a nurse on Labor and Delivery
- What she does to prepare herself for a family that will deliver a stillborn baby or a baby that will die shortly after birth
- What to expect while on the L&D unit when they’re expecting a loss family
- Her advice to families to ask questions while on the floor and after discharge
- Check out her Pulling Curls website here and podcast here!
10: Lacie’s advice on how she “mothers” her stillborn daughter even now
In this advice podcast episode, mom Lacie tells how she doesn’t avoid any emotions that came after losing her daughter Summer, being incredibly kind to herself in this process, and how she mothers her daughter even now.
…09: Lacie’s story of Summer’s birth, subchorionic bleeding, vaginal delivery at 20 weeks
In this birth story podcast interview, mom Lacie tells of past infertility and how they discovered a subchorionic hemorrhage early in her 1st pregnancy, but the bleeding never fully resolved. Despite feeling “out of the woods” at her 20 week anatomy scan, Lacie’s water broke and she delivered her daughter, Summer, via vaginal birth at 20 weeks and 5 days. Summer died either prior to delivery or during delivery.
…08: Scott’s advice to go home together immediately after infant loss
In this advice podcast episode, dad Scott tells how he and his wife Jan returned home together immediately after her daughter’s death, which was caused by complications of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).
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…07: Scott’s story of Alice’s birth, eclampsia and necrotizing enterocolitis
In this birth story podcast interview, dad Scott tells how his wife Jan developed eclampsia at 32 weeks pregnant with their daughter Alice and delivered her via emergency C-section. Because Alice was premature, she was diagnosed with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and died 55 days later due to complications of NEC.
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…06: Jan’s advice to prep coworkers after infant loss
In this advice podcast episode, mom Jan tells how she prepared herself and coworkers for her return after her daughter’s death, due to complications of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).
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…05: Jan’s eclampsia and Alice’s birth, necrotizing enterocolitis
In this birth story podcast interview, mom Jan tells how she developed eclampsia at 32 weeks pregnant with her daughter Alice and delivered her via emergency C-section. Because Alice was premature, she was diagnosed with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and died 55 days later due to complications of NEC.
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In this episode, Jan tells us:
- A little bit about herself and her husband, Scott
- How her pregnancy was rather uneventful up to 32 weeks
- That at 32 weeks, her vision started tunneling, which was a sign of eclampsia, and went to the hospital, where she started seizing and delivered Alice via emergency C-section
- How Alice did in the NICU
- When they got to bring Alice home and her personality
- When Alice was brought back to the hospital due complications of necrotizing enterocolitis and died within 24 hours
- About Alice’s funeral
04: Jeff’s advice to choose to cry for Jeff Jr.
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…03: Jeff’s birth story of Jeff Jr, bilateral renal agenesis
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