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Often women and families who have suffered early pregnancy loss do not have the opportunity to honor their children through a public funeral service. But what is lost when we don't have a way to communally process our grief?

Rev. Adam Rick shares his experience leading Blue Christmas and Rachel weeping services for those suffering grief or child loss.

Rev. Rick is a priest in the Anglican Church of North America and serves as a Chaplain at Hillsdale College.

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In this week's episode writer, wife, and mother, Nadya Williams, shares her stories of loss and the burial of her two sons on their private property. Years later a move across state lines and a significant shift in the law changes everything.

Don't miss her original story at Current.

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Maria talks with Hayley Trotter, Director of Clinical Operations for Haven Miscarriage Clinic, a medical clinic designed specifically to serve miscarrying women that hopes to open next year in the Atlanta area. Maria and Hayley discuss the importance of miscarriage-specific medical care and how Haven will accompany women through pregnancy loss.

https://www.havenmiscarriageclinic.com/

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Women suffering early pregnancy loss are often unable to bury their babies, especially in cemeteries. This can be for many reasons sometimes they are unable to collect the body, the body was needed for testing, or they do not have the resources available bury their little one. Many women aren't even given the information necessary to move forward with how to proceed even if they wanted a burial.

But this problem tends to lead to a bigger question. If we want to participate in grief and mourning rituals as we grieve our miscarried children, what should those rituals look like? How do we acknowledge our grief and honor our little ones rightly.

In this episode Emily is joined by Holly Russell to talk about the history of grief and mourning rituals in America. With a background as a museum curator and librarian Holly offers insight to how we have dealt with death in America. We specifically look at the heavily ritualistic Victorians to see what we can learn from them.

This is a re-run of an episode originally

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Miscarriage myths have always been out there. In this episode Emily and Maria tackle some current myths and misconceptions.

Taking from this great article from Natural Cycles, Emily and Maria explore three prominent myths that should be eliminated and understood fully. This episode will offer the truth about treatment for miscarriage, the length of a miscarriage, and the physical experience of miscarriage.

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Anne Bradstreet weathered the harsh New England Winters and the hard life of starting a society in the new world.

America's first poet, Bradstreet chronicles the joy and pain of her life experience. While she never lost any of her own children - she suffered the grief of infant death losing several of her grandchildren.

Her poetry points to the pain and grief of losing a little one all too soon. In this episode Emily and Maria look at two of her poems. Nearly 400 years later her grief connects mothers across centuries.

Mourning Poems:
https://wams.nyhistory.org/early-encounters/english-colonies/anne-bradstreet-mourning-poetry/

More about Bradstreet:
https://poetryarchive.org/poet/anne-bradstreet/

This episode is republished from our archives. The original episode ran 12/06/23

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While miscarriage is common it is often misunderstood. This is your primer for all of the basic definitions, medical jargon, and common phrases surrounding early pregnancy loss.

Missed miscarriage? Spontaneous abortion? Dilation and Curettage? Molar Pregnancy? It is important to have a clear and simple understanding of each of these words, even if you have never experienced pregnancy loss.

For more information you can visit our website: https://www.miscarriagecare.com/resources.html

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"I'll love you forever
I'll like you for always..."

These words ring in our ears as we have likely heard them many times before. Robert Munsch's book has made its way into our hearts and minds. Many of us heard the book as children and now read the book to our children. Some people love, some people are bothered by persistence of what we might see as an overbearing mother.

But the back story leading to this book only deepens its meaning and enriches its symbolism.

As loss parents know too well... as long as we're living, our babies you will be...

In this episode Emily and Maria discuss how this book has been a part of their lives throughout their whole lives.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-heartbreaking-story-behind-iconic-childrens-book-love-you-forever_n_573ceb97e4b0aee7b8e8f76f

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