Imagine being told that your baby had no fetal heartbeat one month from their due date? Today's guest Tomeka Isaac takes us back to that very moment where she and her husband were faced with the news no parent ever wants to hear that her son Jace was not going to make it. Then they were dealt another blow that she was diagnosed with H.E.L.L.P Syndrome (Hemolysis Elevated Liver Enzymes Low Platelet) which is pre-eclampsia on steroid...

In the medical world miscarriages are called spontaneous abortions, and in this community we have to learn how to extend grace to individuals who electively terminate their pregnancies no matter their choice. Join us this month as we explore abortion stories and how healing, grief, and shame can keep all of us bound.

When today's guest became pregnant with her daughter she sobbed to a friend "how was she goi...

From middle school to high school to adult hood who knew losing babies would bring friends together. Today's guest is my friend from middle school and high school and her strength sharing her story on Facebook inspired me to share mine.

Janelle Jones is a women's ministry leader at her church, singer, and has a testimony to share of overcoming loss, depression, and grief. She gave birth to her son in 2008 and a daughter in 2009 tha...

Grief during the Holidays is difficult. Imagine losing one twin in utero followed by the loss of the other is what today's guest was faced to overcome.

Tiara Nicole @lifeafterlossnonprofit found out one of her boy twins Christian passed away on her 25th birthday (after passing 6 weeks prior). She then was faced with the news 3 weeks later that her other twin Christopher had suffered from brain damage. Tiara delivered both twins in ...

Pregnancy after a miscarriage can be filled with many fears, anxious thoughts, and nervousness that you may lose another baby. Today's guest shares how her faith fueled her desire to continue to try again after her miscarriage. Sherita Thompson experienced a miscarriage while on a trip helping friends babysit and was devastated. She returned from her trip and realized she hadn't prayed about it becaus...

How do you learn how to build life after loss?

Today's guest is doing exactly that learning how to rebuild her life after loss by God's grace. Shalika Bethel is an angel mom to two baby boys due to a incompetent cervix. In this episode she takes us on her journey to motherhood, how she has learned to accept her babies are not here physically, and how she is rebuilding by God's grace.

Become a Sisters in...

Have you heard of the term blighted ovum? A blighted ovum happens when a fertilized egg attaches itself to the uterine wall, but the embryo does not develop. Cells develop to form the pregnancy sac, but not the embryo itself. A blighted ovum occurs within the first trimester, often before a woman knows she is pregnant.

Today's guest experienced a blighted ovum on her secondary infertility journey. Angelica Gunn had her miracle daug...

October is Pregnancy, Infant and Child Loss Awareness Month.  All month long we will honor our babies gone to heaven far too soon.  This month is special because you get to hear from our Sisters in Loss Birth, Bereavement and Postpartum Doulas!  Yes, you get to hear the ladies share their testimonies and stories to motherhood and why they became Sisters in Loss doulas and how they liked the course. 

Have you heard of the term Intra...

October is Pregnancy, Infant and Child Loss Awareness Month.  All month long we will honor our babies gone to heaven far too soon.  This month is special because you get to hear from our Sisters in Loss Birth, Bereavement and Postpartum Doulas!  Yes, you get to hear the ladies share their testimonies and stories to motherhood and why they became Sisters in Loss doulas and how they liked the course. 

Have you heard of the term Goite...

Today's episode is a solo episode. I finished my manuscript for Never Healing Alone: For Black Women Silenced by Pregnancy Loss When Being Strong Isn't Enough. My debut book comes out next October 2026 and I have taken you all along this journey. I share the writing process, my hope and prayer for you reading the book. I also even share an excerpt. This podcast episode is for you to listen to if you have considered writing a book o...

October is Pregnancy, Infant and Child Loss Awareness Month.  All month long we will honor our babies gone to heaven far too soon.

Imagine experiencing two losses in less than two years?

Today's guest experienced two miscarriages within 18 months.  Kayanna Mooreland-Law experienced a miscarriage at 11 weeks and birthed at home in the restroom.  She went onto experience another threatened miscarriage at 6 weeks and labored also with...

October is Pregnancy, Infant and Child Loss Awareness Month.  All month long we will honor our babies gone to heaven far too soon.  

Have you heard of recurrent pregnancy loss?

Recurrent Pregnancy Loss is defined by two or more failed pregnancies and is considered distinct from infertility. When the cause is unknown, each pregnancy loss merits careful review to determine whether specific evaluation may be appropriate, and after two...

Motherhood is what today's guest calls a "Rites of Passage" to the best hoods on Mother Earth.  Ariane Oyere is a wife and mother of 7.  She experience the lost of her 3rd born at 9 years old and then two miscarriages after his Sunset.  Her babies she refers to as the Summer Solstice. 

In this episode, Oyere takes us back to her greatest obstacles in losing her Sunsets.  She reframes child loss and miscarriage into sunset experienc...

Have you heard of the term Termination for Medical Reasons (TFMR)?

Termination for Medical Reasons, or TFMR, is when a pregnancy is terminated due to a chromosomal, genetic or structural fetal abnormality, or where continuing the pregnancy would risk the health or life of the mother.

Today's guest was able to conceive her first child naturally and had a healthy pregnancy and delivery. The journey to baby number two has been full of...

After having suffered multiple miscarriages for two years due to Fibroids, today's guess used her faith and determination to heal from her losses and continue her journey to becoming a mother. Simbi Animashaun was determined to become a mother after her miscarriages and went onto have three children who are her rainbow babies.  In today's episode Simbi shares her struggles with pregnancy loss, being a miscarriage survivor, and how ...

What Does Having Low AMH Levels Mean?

Having low AMH levels can indicate that your ovaries are producing less of the preantral follicles. This is important as the fewer the number of follicles there are means there are less that can be stimulated for assisted contraception.

Today's guest suffered from endometriosis for 21 years before being properly diagnosed. Sandra Elidor also found out she had low AMH at age 30.  With Endo she h...

Have you heard of the term Oligohydramnios?

Low amniotic fluid (oligohydramnios) is a condition in which the amniotic fluid measures lower than expected for a baby's gestational age.

Today's guest was preparing to conceive and had a myomectomy to remove her fibroids.  Christina Danyo learned she was expecting after her fibroid surgery.  During her 20 week anatomy scan she learned that her baby girl's kidneys did not develop and was...

Today's guest knows what it feels to be down and depressed after trauma.  This lead her to making cotton candy and learned to detach herself from other people's pain, but also carry their spirits with me to rediscover joy by bringing it to others.  Jackie Morin is the founder of Wonderpuff a small cotton candy business based in Durham, North Carolina.  She and her husband began to expand their family and lost her daughter at 19 wee...

Today's guest is a lifestyle blogger behind byDeze.com.  Deze began her journey to motherhood after getting married and lost that pregnancy to miscarriage.  The next pregnancy she had an ectopic pregnancy and in total experienced another 6 losses totaling of 8 pregnancy losses with no live births.  She was diagnosed with endometriosis, endured the removal of her right fallopian tube, as well as the mental and emotional toll that fe...