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12: Lindsay’s story of Sadie’s birth, stillborn at 32 weeks due to cord accident

October 1, 2019 by Winter

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.

Sadie Amelia's feet. She was stillborn at 32 weeks.
Sadie Amelia’s feet
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Filed Under: birth story, late term stillbirth, podcast episode, stillbirth Tagged With: cord accident, stillbirth, stillborn

11: Advice from Hilary Erickson of Pulling Curls and L&D Nurse

September 15, 2019 by Winter

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.

Hilary Erickson of pregnancy and parent website Pulling Curls

Disclosure: Some of the links within these show notes are affiliate links, which means that if you choose to make a purchase, we will earn a commission, which helps support our show. This commission comes at no additional cost to you, our wonderful listener!

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!
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Filed Under: advice, podcast episode, Professional Tagged With: healthcare professional, infant loss, infant mortality, labor and delivery, nurse, stillbirth, stillborn

10: Lacie’s advice on how she “mothers” her stillborn daughter even now

September 1, 2019 by Winter

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.

Summer's ashes in glass heart
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Filed Under: advice, early term stillbirth, podcast episode, stillbirth Tagged With: stillbirth, stillborn, subchorionic bleed, subchorionic hemorrhage

09: Lacie’s story of Summer’s birth, subchorionic bleeding, vaginal delivery at 20 weeks

September 1, 2019 by Winter

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.

Lacie’s and Erik’s daughter, Summer, who was stillborn at 20 weeks and 5 days
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Filed Under: birth story, early term stillbirth, podcast episode, stillbirth Tagged With: stillbirth, stillborn, subchorionic bleed, subchorionic hemorrhage

08: Scott’s advice to go home together immediately after infant loss

August 15, 2019 by Winter

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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Filed Under: advice, infant death, podcast episode, postneonatal infant death (28-364 days) Tagged With: advice, eclampsia, infant death, infant loss, infant mortality, NEC, necrotizing enterocolitis

07: Scott’s story of Alice’s birth, eclampsia and necrotizing enterocolitis

August 15, 2019 by Winter

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.

Disclosure: Some of the links within these show notes are affiliate links, which means that if you choose to make a purchase, we will earn a commission, which helps support our show. This commission comes at no additional cost to you, our wonderful listener!

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Filed Under: birth story, infant death, podcast episode, postneonatal infant death (28-364 days) Tagged With: dad interview, eclampsia, infant death, infant loss, infant mortality, NEC, necrotizing enterocolitis

06: Jan’s advice to prep coworkers after infant loss

August 15, 2019 by Winter

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).

Disclosure: Some of the links within these show notes are affiliate links, which means that if you choose to make a purchase, we will earn a commission, which helps support our show. This commission comes at no additional cost to you, our wonderful listener!

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Filed Under: advice, infant death, podcast episode, postneonatal infant death (28-364 days) Tagged With: eclampsia, grief, infant death, infant loss, infant mortality, NEC, necrotizing enterocolitis

05: Jan’s eclampsia and Alice’s birth, necrotizing enterocolitis

August 15, 2019 by Winter

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.

Painting Jesus Christ holding and looking at baby Alice
Jesus Christ holding Alice (Art by Megan Warren, commissioned by Jan and Scott)

Disclosure: Some of the links within these show notes are affiliate links, which means that if you choose to make a purchase, we will earn a commission, which helps support our show. This commission comes at no additional cost to you, our wonderful listener!

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
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Filed Under: birth story, infant death, podcast episode, postneonatal infant death (28-364 days) Tagged With: eclampsia, infant death, infant loss, infant mortality, NEC, necrotizing enterocolitis

04: Jeff’s advice to choose to cry for Jeff Jr.

August 1, 2019 by Winter

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Filed Under: advice, early neonatal infant death (<7 days), infant death, podcast episode Tagged With: advice, bilateral renal agenesis, infant death, infant loss, infant mortality

03: Jeff’s birth story of Jeff Jr, bilateral renal agenesis

August 1, 2019 by Winter

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Filed Under: birth story, early neonatal infant death (<7 days), infant death, podcast episode Tagged With: bilateral renal agenesis, birth story, infant death, infant loss, infant mortality

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