In Honor of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, we are sharing some of the worst things people have said to us and other moms and dads that have lost a baby either by stillbirth or infant death.
If you’re a loss mom/loss dad, what are some of the things you’ve heard that you would recommend people NOT say?
Check out Winter’s interview with Nicole at Mamas and Misses about Pregnancy After Loss (PAL): Here
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Time Stamps:
00:00 What?!?
01:00 Disclaimer
01:16 Why would you say that?!?
02:20 Are you kidding me?!?
03:36 Yikes!
04:03 I can’t believe you just said that!
04:53 Oh c’mon!
06:29 BONUS!
08:06 Last advice
You might appreciate these other episodes:
- Watch/listen to Waves of Grief | Bereaved Mother’s Day episode: Click here
- Watch/listen to Mom Winter (and co-host of Still A Part of Us) birth episode of son Brannan: Click here
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