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Sisters in Loss: Miscarriage, Infant Loss, and Infertility Stories

By: Erica M. Freeman
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  • Sisters in Loss podcast spotlights faith filled black women who share their grief and loss stories and testimonies. Black women experience miscarriage and stillbirth four times more than white women according to the NIH and CDC. Whether you have experienced a miscarriage, infant loss, stillbirth, are trying to conceive or have an infertility diagnosis, you will learn about resources and strategies to heal, gain clarity, peace, hope, and find an empowering path forward after loss. Join Erica M. Freeman weekly as she interviews Sisters in Loss who have healed from such a painful and traumatic experience by sharing their testimonies to inspire and help others to turn their pain into their purpose.
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  • 342 - State of Black Maternal Health - REWIND

    342 - State of Black Maternal Health - REWIND
    Apr 18 2024

    April is Sisters in Loss Infertility Awareness Month! All month long we will be highlighting infertility stories and journey’s.

    Black Maternal Health week was April 11-17 and Infertility Awareness Week is April 18-24. This week we are talking about reproductive health.

    Did you know that some midwives specialize in high risk births and pregnancy after loss or infertility?

    Today’s guest is a Certified Nurse Midwife and founder of Sakina Health who partners with birthing families to inspire them to become savvy birthers. After spending nearly two decades as a midwife with nearly 1000 births in the hospital, birth center, and home, Takiya Ballard knows what it truly means to offer a unique type of healthcare that is unbiased and respectful in every way.

    In this episode we deep dive into the State of Black Maternal Health, we discuss the differences between midwifery and doulas, her podcast The Savvy Black Birther, and creating the right birth team for us as black women.

    This episode is for you to listen to if you want to learn how to create the right birth team for you, the differences of midwifery and doulas, and how you can take control of your reproductive health.

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    37 mins
  • 341 - Black Birth Stories with Shayla Brown

    341 - Black Birth Stories with Shayla Brown
    Apr 3 2024

    Black birth stories have joy and they also do have trauma. In today's episode we dive into the creator of the Black Birth Story blog Shayla Brown's own birth story and journey to becoming a mom. Shayla has been pregnant over 10 times with a few miscarriages and one heterotopic pregnancy that resulted in her losing a fraternal twin ectopically and being currently pregnant with the other twin. She shares her journey through grieving while mothering and removing negative emotions, recognizing and defining her emotions, and talking through those emotions with trusted professionals and therapist.

    This episode is for you to listen to if you have experienced loss in between earth side babies and how to manage your emotions through it all. Black birth stories are joyful and we can birth trauma free.

    Become a Sisters in Loss Birth Bereavement, and Postpartum Doula Here Living Water Doula Services Book Recommendations and Links Below

    You can shop my Amazon Store for the Book Recommendations

    You can follow Sisters in Loss on Social

    Join our Healing Collective Online Support Group

    Join the Sisters in Loss Online Community

    Sisters in Loss TV Youtube Channel

    Sisters in Loss Instagram

    Sisters in Loss Facebook

    Sisters in Loss Twitter

    You can follow Erica on Social

    Erica’s Website

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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • 340 - Pregnancy After Loss - Stillbirth and Malia's Present with Helena Morais

    340 - Pregnancy After Loss - Stillbirth and Malia's Present with Helena Morais
    Mar 29 2024

    Parenting after loss is a journey. It's important to make space for conflicting emotions. Don't put pressure on yourself to feel that having another baby will resolve or put an end to the pain of a previous loss. It's okay to feel happiness and sadness at the same time. Life may be moving on, but this doesn't mean you have to let go of a previous loss.

    In today's episode Helena Morais shares her stillbirth story and pregnancy after loss journey and inspiration for Malia's present. She lost her daughter Malia due to preclamsia leading to a placenta abruption. She grieved and tried again and was blessed with her son Arinze. She shares her journey to healing through her sprituality and developing gifts in honor of her daughter Malia.

    Become a Sisters in Loss Birth Bereavement, and Postpartum Doula Here Living Water Doula Services Book Recommendations and Links Below

    You can shop my Amazon Store for the Book Recommendations

    You can follow Sisters in Loss on Social

    Join our Healing Collective Online Support Group

    Join the Sisters in Loss Online Community

    Sisters in Loss TV Youtube Channel

    Sisters in Loss Instagram

    Sisters in Loss Facebook

    Sisters in Loss Twitter

    You can follow Erica on Social

    Erica’s Website

    Erica’s Instagram

    Erica’s Facebook

    Erica’s Twitter
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    58 mins
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This podcast saved me when I lost my son. Hearing these stories made me feel less alone in my grief. Thank you.

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