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...

Can you imagine going through an entire pregnancy and losing your baby so close to birth?

Today’s guest experienced that and more.  LaQuasha Jarvis had her first baby at 20 and 5 months later was pregnant with her second child.  At 37 weeks the unthinkable happened when she lost her baby so close to delivery. In this episode LaQuasha shares how she fights daily through her loss, how she went on to have 3 more rainbow babies, and ho...

Today’s guest has been on a journey of grief.  She experienced the loss of her first pregnancy with a miscarriage, the death of her eldest daughter, and in her final pregnancy another miscarriage. 

D. Anaya shares in this episode how she has been on this journey of grief and tells her adventures exploring her grief as an artist, grief guide, and loss doula through adventures of grief girl.

This episode is for you to listen to if yo...

Have experienced any shame, guilt, or self blame after loss?

Today’s guest has experienced it and more. Tanerra Willis is a certified RN and CPR instructor by trade and was diagnosed with PCOS and had blocked fallopian tubes.  She ended up seeing a fertility specialist who recommended she undergo IVF to grow her family.  Tanerra was able to have her baby via IVF.  She experienced guilt, embarrassment, self blame and isolation on he...

After a long journey with infertility, today’s guest shares her early struggles to conceive and carry a child to term, her journey in search of alternative ways to have a family, and racial and societal pressures of parenthood and love.  

Kimberly Gowdy experienced the loss of multiple pregnancies, and was in an unstable marriage peppered with spousal abuse and addiction.  In today’s episode she takes us back on her journey to moth...

Have you heard of having a double uterus or double cervix?  The term is Uterine didelphys is a rare condition that happens when you grow two uteruses instead of one. This happens when you are a developing baby. You are born with it. ‌ While developing as babies, girls typically grow a uterus from two channels called the Mullerian ducts.

Today’s guest was born with a didelphys uterus after 3 laparoscopic surgeries it was confirmed s...

Have you heard of an Ectopic Pregnancy?

An ectopic pregnancy occurs when a fertilized egg implants and grows outside the main cavity of the uterus. An ectopic pregnancy most often occurs in a fallopian tube, which carries eggs from the ovaries to the uterus. This type of ectopic pregnancy is called a tubal pregnancy.

Today’s guest experienced an ectopic pregnancy that was discovered during her first prenatal visit and would need su...

Congenital heart disease is a general term for a range of birth defects that affect the normal way the heart works. The term “congenital” means the condition is present from birth. 

Today’s guest was diagnosed with Endometriosis and after many years of fertility treatments including IVF her first child Jasper died in her arms 30 hours after he was born from congenital heart disease.  Coping with the grief of child loss at the onset...

Not all fertility treatments end in success.  Some end in undetermined infertility and unsuccessful IUI and IVF cycles.

Today’s guest experienced unexplained infertility and underwent fertility treatments.  After going through an IUI and 2 IVF cycles that were unsuccessful, she and her husband decided to take a break from fertility treatments and decided to adopt.  The adoption process was an immediate success.  Juauna Lewis decide...

Have you heard of the term micropreemie?

A micropreemie is a baby that is born before the 26th week of pregnancy or weighs less than 28 ounces.

Today’s guest is a mother of two an angel baby and rainbow baby both who were micropreemies born before 26 weeks.  Diane Olusado combatted infertility with professional help for 4 years.  After 7 failed IUIs and 1 failed IVF cycle she had a successful transfer and gave birth to her baby at ...

There is nothing we can do” the 6 words us @sistersinloss dreads to hear.How many of us have heard “There is nothing we can do” after a doctor’s appointment or emergency room visit?

Today’s guest experienced a miscarriage at 7 weeks and was told “there is nothing we can do.” Elijah’s passing was traumatic.  Jessica Jackson could not comprehend that statement.  She saw Elijah in a dream and writing became her grief therapy. “Elijah...

Dear Mama, 

What if I told you Black mamas aren’t superheroes, that the cape is choking us, and our backs are brittle?  What if I told you motherhood ain’t killing us, though, but the narratives we buy into hook, line, and sinker are? What if you had the option not to be the primary custodial parent?  Would you decline out of obligation to the belief that a good Black mama would never choose to leave their children in the care of o...

Today's episode is a solo episode where our founder Erica M. Freeman shares our newest Grief Support Group - Black Moms Loss Returning.  This is expanding our currently offering in our partnership with Postpartum Support International.  

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Today's episode is a two part episode where we discuss adoption and second trimester loss.  Today's guest Dr. Tatiana Height wanted to become a mother through private adoption as she was single at the time.  During this time she faced alot of judgement from people about trying to adopt instead of carrying a biological child. 

If you haven't listened to part 1 please go back to Episode 383 to listen.

In this episode we discuss her f...

Have you considered adoption as a way to grow your family?

Today's episode is a two part episode where we discuss adoption and second trimester loss.  Today's guest Dr. Tatiana Height wanted to become a mother through private adoption as she was single at the time.  During this time she faced alot of judgement from people about trying to adopt instead of carrying a biological child. 

In this episode we discuss the adoption process,...

We are easing into 2025 with our first Solo episode of the year with Erica Michelle. We are discussing staying informed through this new climate but not consumed. I share my favorite podcasts, books, and other media that I'm using to keep the peace and rest in this season.  We are being frutiful in 2025 and not easily swayed by misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation from this administration.  This episode is for you to ...

2024 is here and we are kicking off the year with a solo episode.  Our founder, Erica Michelle, shares about easing into 2024, goals for Sisters in Loss in 2024, and surviving and thriving in 2024.

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