Navigating Baby Loss

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You are a mother. Full stop.
If you've ever hesitated when someone asks how many kids you have… if you've sat at a baby shower feeling like a fraud… if you've questioned whether you really get to claim the word "mother" - this episode is for you.
Your baby made you a mother. Loss didn't change that. Time doesn't change that. Silence from the people around you doesn't change that. And this is the episode to keep in your back pocket for the days when you need someone to remind you.
What you'll learn:
Why you became a mother the moment you saw that positive pregnancy test — and nothing has taken that away
How to answer those impossible doctor's office questions without it breaking you open every single time
What to do when a friend says "just wait until you're a mother…" and you feel the floor drop out
Why the guilt around claiming your motherhood is so common — and why you don't have to carry it
How to honor your motherhood on Mother's Day in small, real ways that feel like yours
Why saying your baby's name out loud is one of the most motherly things you can do
The truth about what motherhood actually is — and why it was never about logistics in the first place
Why you don't need anyone's permission to claim the mother you already are
Read the full blog post here: https://navigatingbabyloss.com/post/still-a-mother-after-stillbirth-138
https://navigatingbabyloss.com/workshop
Free workshop for moms grieving stillbirth or pregnancy loss. Learn simple, trauma-informed practices to release guilt, calm the what-ifs, and honor your baby's memory with love instead of pain. Includes bonus Grief & Guilt Release Journal.

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Are you already dreading Mother's Day? You are not alone — and you are not doing grief wrong.
If your chest gets tight just thinking about Mother's Day... if you're already noticing the ads, the brunch promos, the "best mom ever" posts, and your body is bracing weeks before the day even arrives — this episode is for you. That heaviness has a name. It's anticipatory grief. And it's so much more common than anyone tells you.
In this episode, I'm not going to try to fix Mother's Day or hand you a list of ways to "get through it." I'm just going to sit with you in the truth of it — share my own first Mother's Day after losing my twins, and give you permission to feel exactly what you're feeling.
What you'll hear in this episode:
Why the weeks leading up to Mother's Day often feel heavier than the day itself- and what anticipatory grief actually is
The story of my first Mother's Day after losing my twin daughters, and the conflicted feelings I never expected to have
Why you can feel like a mother and feel completely inadequate at the same time- and why both are valid
The guilt that creeps in when you don't want to celebrate a day that's "supposed to be beautiful"
What to do when your family wants brunch, your friends send cheerful texts, and your partner has no idea what you need
Why feeling alone in a room full of people who love you is one of the loneliest parts of this day
Permission to say the things you're already thinking - "I hate this day. I wish I could skip it. I don't feel like a mom."
How to start deciding what this day looks like for you- not for everyone else
Why planning ahead for hard days is a game changer (and not the same as "powering through")
Read the full blog post here: https://navigatingbabyloss.com/post/mothers-day-after-stillbirth-dread-137
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https://navigatingbabyloss.com/workshop
Free workshop for moms grieving stillbirth or pregnancy loss. Learn simple, trauma-informed practices to release guilt, calm the what-ifs, and honor your baby's memory with love instead of pain. Includes bonus Grief & Guilt Release Journal.

Download my FREE "Guilt and Grief Release Journal" at navigatingbabyloss.com/journal

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Grief after stillbirth doesn't just live inside you — it can quietly settle between you and your partner, too. And if you've ever looked at him and wondered how he can just go to work and act like everything is normal... you're not alone.
In this episode, Jennifer sits down with Miranda Bayard Clark, a licensed therapist turned coach and founder of the Baby Ready Blueprint. Miranda helps couples prepare their relationship for the realities of parenthood — and today, she's getting real about what loss does to a relationship, why partners grieve so differently, and how resentment can build without either of you realizing it.
This conversation is for the mom who feels like she's carrying her grief alone — and the one who's wondering what it would even look like to feel like a team again.
In this episode, you'll hear:
Why partners almost always grieve differently after loss — and why that doesn't mean he doesn't care
How resentment quietly builds when needs go unspoken, and what to do when you notice it happening
Why trying again — whether naturally or through IVF — can bring up so much more than just hope
The one conversation Miranda says every couple should have before moving forward after a loss
What it actually means to ask for what you need, even when you're afraid of what he might say
Why men tend to jump into "fix it" mode — and the simple language shift that can change everything
What "score keeping" in your relationship really signals, and why it's worth paying attention to
How the stories we tell ourselves in silence can quietly become resentment over time
Miranda's Baby Ready Blueprint and her upcoming Us Before Baby course — and who they're really for
Miranda's Links:
www.loveafterlullabies.com
@mirandaforcouples
@loveafterlullabies
Read the full blog post here: LINK
https://navigatingbabyloss.com/workshop
Free workshop for moms grieving stillbirth or pregnancy loss. Learn simple, trauma-informed practices to release guilt, calm the what-ifs, and honor your baby's memory with love instead of pain. Includes bonus Grief & Guilt Release Journal.

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Have you ever been invited to something — a baby shower, a play date, a summer gathering — and felt that quiet dread settle in before you even replied?
It's not that you don't love your friends. You do. It's that somewhere along the way, you became the exception in the group — the one everyone is a little careful around, the one whose life went a different way. And now being around the people you love most can feel like the loneliest place in the world.
In this episode, Jennifer talks honestly about what happens to your friendships after stillbirth — especially when you're watching a whole friend group move into the season of babies and play dates and nursery updates that you were supposed to be part of too. She talks about why it's so hard, why you keep showing up even when it hurts, and what you can actually do about it without losing yourself or the friendships that matter.
What you'll learn:
Why being invited isn't the same as feeling included — and why that difference is so important
How to understand the real reason your friend group feels so isolating right now (even when everyone loves you)
Why the two worlds — yours and theirs — don't speak the same language, and why that's not anyone's fault
What's really behind the guilt and longing and resentment you feel when you see their babies and their beautiful, uncomplicated lives
Why pretending you're okay is keeping you stuck — and what honesty with your friends can actually look like
How to decide what you can and can't do right now — without guilt and without apology
What to do when you're invited to something that feels impossible — including a few real, honest options that aren't just "white knuckle it"
Why some friendships will deepen after loss and some will fade — and why both of those things are allowed
How to protect yourself without pulling away from every person you love
Why you are not responsible for managing everyone else's comfort around your grief
[Read the full blog post here: https://navigatingbabyloss.com/post/friendships-after-stillbirth-baby-loss-135
https://navigatingbabyloss.com/workshop
Free workshop for moms grieving stillbirth or pregnancy loss. Learn simple, trauma-informed practices to release guilt, calm the what-ifs, and honor your baby's memory with love instead of pain. Includes bonus Grief & Guilt Release Journal.

Download my FREE "Guilt and Grief Release Journal" at navigatingbabyloss.com/journal

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Does your family know how to grieve with you or are they quietly falling apart on their own?
Grandparent grief after stillbirth is one of the most overlooked parts of baby loss. Your parents and in-laws lost a grandchild. They lost the future they imagined for you. And most of the time, nobody is checking in on them while they're trying to figure out how to show up for you without making things worse.
In this episode, I'm talking to both sides the grandparents who are carrying their own grief in silence, and the loss moms who might not realize that the people closest to them are struggling too. With Mother's Day right around the corner, this felt like the right time to open a conversation that could change everything in your family.
What you'll learn:
Why grandparent grief gets overlooked and why it matters more than you think
The double loss grandparents carry: grieving their grandchild and grieving for their child
What not to say to a loss mom (especially if you're her parent)
The simple things grandparents can do that actually help even when words feel impossible
Why your adult child might pull away from you, and what it really means
How in-law dynamics make grandparent grief even more delicate
One small Mother's Day gesture that can heal or one silence that can break a relationship
How to tell your parents or in-laws what you actually need from them
What happens when the baby becomes the thing nobody talks about
Why sharing this episode might open the door you've been afraid to walk through
Read the full blog post here: 
https://navigatingbabyloss.com/workshop
Free workshop for moms grieving stillbirth or pregnancy loss. Learn simple, trauma-informed practices to release guilt, calm the what-ifs, and honor your baby's memory with love instead of pain. Includes bonus Grief & Guilt Release Journal.

Download my FREE "Guilt and Grief Release Journal" at navigatingbabyloss.com/journal

WHERE TO FIND AND FOLLOW ME!
Website-  https://www.jennifersenn.com
Tik Tok-https://www.tiktok.com/@navigatingbabyloss
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