21. #RainbowsAfterRain: A Journey Through Pregnancy Loss and helping others heal too
How do you transition through recovery after the loss of a baby, when being a mother is all you’ve ever wanted?
In this episode, pregnancy loss educator Sharna Southan shares with us the moment she was told her baby didn’t have a heartbeat.
We look at coping with loss, the rollercoaster of carrying a rainbow baby and turning a passion into a business to assist mothers navigating trauma.
Please note: this episode talks about pregnancy loss and miscarriage.
In this episode we cover:
- Experiencing grief for the first time
- Grief showing up as physical pain
- Coping with losing a parent at a young age
- Breaking grief down into phases
- Creating a framework of transition through recovery
- The process of trying for a baby
- Falling pregnant after four years of trying
- Experiencing a miscarriage
- Reactions of medical professionals to loss
- Processing grief before trying for another baby
- Reserved happiness when falling pregnant again
- The constant emotional rollercoaster with a rainbow baby pregnancy
- Working with people who have experienced different losses
- Different ways to navigate and support loss.
Resources and links mentioned in this episode:
- #Hashtag Death Instagram: @hashtag_death
- Ways to work with Ingrid: com.au
- Ingrid Reiger’s Facebook: @forevernowcelebrant
- Ingrid Reiger’s Instagram: @ingrid_forevernowcelebrant
- Sharna Southan: sharnasouthan.com
- Sharna Southan Instagram: @instituteofhealing_pl
- What I wish I knew after Pregnancy Loss Podcast: https://www.sharnasouthan.com/pregnancylosspodcast
More about #Hashtag Death
There are two certainties in life, death and taxes. Death may not come on the 30th of June, but it is something from which none of us is immune. So why not talk about it? Here at #Hashtag Death, we’re dying to talk!!
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At the end of a life, it goes quiet. Where do you turn?
Meet the experts. #Hashtag Death – because conversations about death and dying SHOULD be trending!!
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