After a semi-unplanned hiatus, E & L settle back down in the coziness, give you the parenting a dead child version of "What I did over summer break..." and discuss the strange intersections between living amid grief and embracing joy. Spoiler alert: It's messy and sometimes involves moving to Texas! Growing pains are definitely a thing when moving through the grief cycles (even when those cycles are joyful!) especially when bumping up against the expectations to live in the sads after losing a child. We don't really have the answers but we DO know we are super happy to be back together and with all of ya'll. 

Lauren & Emy are back from their impromptu break and catching up in real time from across the country. On this week's episode they talk everything from: twerkin', water bottles, first dates, kazoos, and pro-life ads in The South! It's a ride you should definitely take. Don't forget to RATE and follow on IG @sadcomfycouch.

On this very special 5th episode of Sad Comfy Couch, yeah, you'll get your usual Emy & Lauren banter, and that's fine and all, but this week, your hosts are joined by a VERY special and relevant guest. You guessed it! It's Lauren's sweet doofy pit bull, Gertie, who joins the couch party to heavily breathe over your regularly scheduled podcast. In addition to Gertie's input, join L & E after their week off surviving COVID and family graduations, navigating the intersection between grief and relief (and all the guilt therein), battling medical tomfoolery as people in bodies, and the grieving gals' guide to proper road-trip shenanigans. We're all over the map this week, and we invite you to come along for the ride! 

This week Emy & Lauren cover all things trigger warnings. Love 'em, hate 'em, wanna burn it all down with 'em—most of us have feelings about their place in the world whether we're grieving a child loss or not. As for us, we're still on the fence about most of it—except for one glaringly obvious fact: If you're easily triggered by literally anything, maybe skip the trip to Target. It's like they're trying to traumatize us in there!

Extra big shoutout this week to our friend Dean Colpack, for providing us with the snazzy intro music you'll be hearing from now on. Thanks for helping us become legit dead baby podcasters, Dean!

As always, follow us and reach out any time on our Instagram (@sadcomfycouch) or email us at DeadBabyPodcast@gmail.com  

Today, Emy & Lauren delve into some unexpected territory when Big Grief takes hold in this off the cuff episode about navigating child loss in real time, and the incredible mess of surviving it. 

If you are managing your own loss, we encourage you to be kind to yourselves while listening to this episode and take breaks, leave it for a day you're better equipped to hold it, or just simply take your time with it. We do hope that those in community with people managing infant/child loss will take the space to listen to this episode and understand the unseen terrain those of us going through it are constantly climbing. Thanks ya'll. Big love, L & E.

If you or someone you know needs help, please consider the following resources: 

Empty Arms

National Suicide Prevention Hotline

SAMHSA's National Mental Health Hotline

Domestic Abuse / Intimate Partner Violence Support

And as always, if you need any help resourcing or finding support, reach out to us any time on our Instagram (@sadcomfycouch) or email us at DeadBabyPodcast@gmail.com.

Welcome to Episode 2 of Sad Comfy Couch: The Dead Baby Podcast! In today's episode, Emy & Lauren delve into surviving the utter crapshoot that is Mother's Day, while enjoying a couple of cocktails and lamenting the liminal space of life after loss. Join us in the mess of it, and let us know how you like to celebrate (or not) heavy AF Hallmark holidays like these.

Welcome to the Sad Comfy Couch: The Dead Baby Podcast's debut episode! Unfiltered, what your own mother might call "a little much", and at times trailing off about Pluto (both the planet and the dog), Emy & Lauren are ready to share the nitty gritty of grief, infant loss, survival, and the f*ckery of it all, with a little laughter thrown in just to keep things spicy. Like, subscribe, and share widely to keep us keeping on!