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You can't go through life without experiencing loss and trauma the question is how do we deal and live with the grief and pain? Join Nathalie Himmelrich, grief expert and author, talking to people who have experienced grief and trauma first-hand. If you want to be inspired by others who traveled through their grief and trauma, found that healing is possible, and came out the other end knowing they can survive and thrive in life after loss. For more info: www.nathaliehimmelrich.com

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7 Amy Watson | Stillbirth, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy After Loss

August 08, 2022 • Season 1 • Episode 7

Today I speak with Amy Watson who has experienced stillbirth & miscarriage. She talks about pregnancy after loss, how she struggled but also how she supported herself through the different losses. The interesting part of her story is how differently she experienced her two losses and how she managed those differences.

Amy says:

‘I call it Radical Self-Compassion, which means you love every part of you, including the grief, including the trauma, including the mess that it at all is, because that's the reality of being a human. We go through these hard things and even if we don't realise it, we all have these ideas of what it's supposed to look like and how we're supposed to be. I mean, that kind of covers at all? It's like an umbrella: if you're just really kind yourself. Because sometimes we think, well, if I just love myself when I want to lay in bed, I'll just lay in bed forever, right? I'll never get any better. But the opposite is true because if you're kind and you just give yourself the space to maybe sleep in a little bit, you're probably going to process through. And end up being able to get going if you want to. Or maybe you lay in bed, and you don't make it mean anything about you.’

About this week’s guest

Amy Watson is a certified life and grief coach. She takes her own experiences with stillbirth, miscarriage, and pregnancy after loss and combines them with proven techniques to help moms find themselves again after loss. She shares everything she knows to help you feel more peaceful, confident, and hopeful on her podcast, Smooth Stones. Amy wants all loss parents to know that by making friends with grief, tapping into their own inner voice, and learning to ... continue reading here...

Topics discussed in this episode

Lauren's stillbirth
Explaining death to Lauren’s siblings
Pregnancy after loss & when it’s the right time, support team
Firefighter and builders – read more in Nathalie's book Grieving Parents: Surviving Loss as a Couple
River's miscarriage, complicated D&C with physical trauma
Difference grieving Lauren and River
Grieving and faith
Radical self-compassion