Ep 16: How Caroline Found Healing After a Traumatic Miscarriage

Disclaimers:

This episode may contain sensitive topics related to miscarriage, infertility, and medical trauma. If these subjects are triggering for you, please listen with care. 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.

Miscarriage changes you in immeasurable ways.

For Caroline, her miscarriage with her third child had a lasting impact on her life. Since experiencing a traumatic D&C, she says she hasn't felt the same about her body. And even as she celebrated her pregnancy with her rainbow baby, Caroline struggled to shake the anxiety and overwhelming question of 'what if.'

In today's episode, I talk to Caroline about the miscarriage of her third child and the medical trauma she experienced because of it. She shares how that trauma impacted her daily life, including her relationship with her two daughters, and how she found life-changing healing through therapy. Plus, she shares the story of her surprise rainbow baby and how she learned to celebrate through her grief.

What's in this episode:

• How Caroline and her husband first started thinking about their fertility [3:41]
• Struggling with the possibility of infertility before she started trying [5:53]
• Caroline's pregnancy with her third child [7:35]
• How Caroline learned she was having a miscarriage and how she processed the news [11:26]
• Scheduling her D&C and waiting a week for the procedure [13:57]
• What happened during Caroline's D&C [17:47]
• Coming to terms with loss when you leave the hospital empty-handed [23:06]
• The long-term physical and emotional effects of Caroline's miscarriage [26:08]
• Supporting and nurturing someone who's recovering from a miscarriage [28:06]
• How therapy helped Caroline heal [32:47]
• Navigating a miscarriage and recovery without proper medical guidance [37:11]
• Caroline's rainbow baby [39:24]
• Living with grief while still celebrating life [48:52]

 

If you are feeling alone on your infertility journey, I invite you to tune in to this episode.

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