Ep 14: Losing Ecko: Emily Bravely Shares Her Experience with Infant Loss (Part 2)

Disclaimers:

Please note that today's episode is an in-depth discussion about infant loss. If that is triggering for you, please listen with care or skip this episode if needed. While there may be conversations about medications or medical treatments, I am not a doctor, and I am not offering any medical advice. Please consult an actual doctor for your own medical care.

The death of an infant is a devastation that no one should have to experience but many do. 

Today's episode is part two of a two part conversation I had with my brave friend Emily who lost her son Ecko just days after he was born. If you have not listened to part one, please go back to last week's episode and listen before you continue listening to today's episode. Her strength and vulnerability are unparalleled and I am so grateful that she was able and willing to share her raw emotions with me and the Piece of My Heart community. The way she navigated and continues to navigate the loss of Ecko has been a true inspiration as I find my own way through the experience of infertility and loss. 

As Emily says on her website listinerliving.com, "When you lean into your life, rather than resist the experiences you are being offered, you'll find the richness your life holds - both for you & the collective." These words reverberate in my heart as I listen back to our conversation and watch in awe as she continues on. 

What's in this episode:

• Emily's honesty around the experience and how she found some peace during devastation [06:34]
• What it was like sharing the news with their community [10:31]
• How Emily shared the truth and felt liberated in asking for what she needed in the weeks following [15:26]
• How everyone's experience of the same thing can be so different and being respectful of that [19:45]
• How Emily adjusted physically in the weeks and months that followed [24:03]
• Why this experience doesn't feel like a challenge [30:11]
• How Bennett's first record perfectly matches the experience they lived and how that helped him cope [32:47]
• Their experience going to the morgue to get Ecko's ashes [37:37]
• How to approach talking about the death of your child with strangers [40:41]
• The significance of Ecko's name [45:41]
• The premise for Emily's new podcast [48:35]

 

Again, this may be a very triggering episode for some people. Please listen with care, and stop listening if at any point it is too much for you.

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