Pregnancy After Loss Doula

Pregnancy After Loss Doula 🌈 Hope and Help for moms navigating pregnancy after loss. 🎙️Host of the PAL Doula Podcast.

For the mom carrying new life while carrying grief, too 🤍Christmas can feel confusing when you’re pregnant after loss—jo...
12/25/2025

For the mom carrying new life while carrying grief, too 🤍

Christmas can feel confusing when you’re pregnant after loss—
joy brushing up against fear, hope laced with memory.
This prayer is for you.

You’re not doing it wrong if you feel both.
You’re not ungrateful for being cautious.
And you’re not alone in the waiting.

May this season remind you that Jesus entered the world through a vulnerable pregnancy,
that He is near to the brokenhearted,
and that gentle hope is still real hope.

Christmas after loss can feel confusing.You might catch yourself laughing one moment…and swallowing tears the next.You l...
12/24/2025

Christmas after loss can feel confusing.

You might catch yourself laughing one moment…
and swallowing tears the next.

You love Jesus.
You trust God’s goodness.
And still—this season feels tender.

That doesn’t mean something is wrong with you.
It means you loved deeply.

Christmas carries memory, meaning, and expectation. After loss, your heart and body remember what should have been just as much as what is. And that’s not a lack of faith—it’s an honest one.

If joy feels quieter this year, you’re not failing.
If grief shows up alongside the lights and songs, you’re not “going backwards.”

You’re human. And you’re held.

There are real reasons this season feels heavier—and when you understand the why, you can begin to meet yourself with more gentleness instead of guilt.

There’s something special about the mountains for me. I grew up in the Rocky Mountains. They’ve always been my safe plac...
12/22/2025

There’s something special about the mountains for me.

I grew up in the Rocky Mountains. They’ve always been my safe place. The place I feel closest to God. The place where my heart can rest.

So when I realized that I’d be living in North Carolina for my adult life, I was crushed. I knew it was where God wanted us, beyond a shadow of a doubt. But I didn’t know how I could do life outside of “my mountains.”

I hated NC. I hated the hills (aka the Blue Ridge) that they call mountains. I hated how closed in and claustrophobic I felt. So I started praying. “If I can’t live in the West, please help me at least not hate it here.”

It took me two years before I didn’t hate North Carolina. And it took me another year before I loved it. Now, I can truly say I love where we live. I love the softer, rounder mountains, and the cozy hollers, and I love our home.

That doesn’t mean I don’t have days where I long for the Rockies sometimes. I still tell people there’s a big piece of my heart there. But I’m content in the place God has us.

Pregnancy loss has been like that for me. I’ve hated not having my baby here. Hated that my journey to motherhood looks different than I planned. Hated that I live in a broken world where babies die.

So, I’ve prayed. For five years, I’ve prayed that God would use my pain to help others.

Tomorrow is five years since we first heard those words: “there’s no heartbeat.” There’s still a huge hole in my heart. But I’ve chosen to let God have my story, and to rewrite it into something beautiful.

I will always love my Peanut. And I’ll always grieve him. Just like I’ll always long for my mountains.

But, because God is good, this life is good. And I love this too.

Today is the winter solstice. It’s the longest night of the year.It’s fitting, really.Because grief often feels like thi...
12/22/2025

Today is the winter solstice. It’s the longest night of the year.

It’s fitting, really.

Because grief often feels like this. It’s long, quiet, heavy. It feels like darkness that settles in slowly and lingers for so long.

If you’ve lost a baby, a pregnancy, the future you imagined—You know this kind of night.

The kind where the world keeps turning, but your heart feels stuck. Forever suspended in time.

And yet…
the solstice is not only about darkness.

It’s the turning point.

From this day forward, the light returns—not all at once, not loudly, but quietly.

Minute by minute.

Day by day.

Scripture tells us that the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

Christ does not rush you out of the night.

He meets you in it. He sits with you in the ache. In the unanswered prayers. In the wounds that still hurt.

Hope, in Him, is not pretending your baby’s death didn’t matter.

It’s trusting that even here…especially here…God is still at work.

If today feels dark, let this be enough. The light is coming. It already has a name.

And the Light is near to the brokenhearted.

This darkness is not the end of the story.

The Light always returns.

And in Christ, it never leaves us. 🤍

Some call this work “too heavy.”But Scripture calls it holy ground.When a family walks through pregnancy or infant loss,...
12/20/2025

Some call this work “too heavy.”
But Scripture calls it holy ground.

When a family walks through pregnancy or infant loss, they don’t need answers wrapped in clichés. They need presence. They need someone willing to sit in the tension of grief and hope—without rushing resurrection before the lament.

As doulas, we are not asked to fix what was broken.
We are invited to bear witness.

“The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.” (Psalm 34:18)

Holding Hope Bereavement Doula Training, in conjunction with , exists for the doula who feels God gently nudging her toward these families—but knows she needs more than good intentions to serve them well.

This training will help you:
• honor grief without bypassing it
• offer Christ-centered presence without preaching
• support families while caring for your own heart and nervous system

If you’ve ever prayed, “Lord, I’m willing… but I don’t know how,”
this may be the answer to that prayer.

🤍 DM me “HOLDING HOPE” for more info.

Christmas used to be the most wonderful time of year. And then my baby died in my womb at Christmas time. Christmas was ...
12/17/2025

Christmas used to be the most wonderful time of year.

And then my baby died in my womb at Christmas time.

Christmas was supposed to be a time of miracles and life and joy! But now, for me, it was a time of prayers that God said “no” to; a time of death; a time of suffering.

It’s feels really hard to celebrate when this time of year holds such traumatic memories.

But, I’ve been learning, Christmas was never intended to just “be happy” and never hold any sadness or grief.

In fact, the whole Christmas story is interwoven with some of the hardest moments in the Bible.

But, as the Christmas story reminds us, suffering is never the end. God will make all things new when Jesus comes again. That was promised to us when God was made flesh.

Jesus was born to die. And He died that He might bring life. That is the truth of Christmas. And that is what brings hope to hurting hearts like mine.

If you’re a Christian, then take heart! The Christmas story is not done, yet. And there will be peace and joy again because of Christ.

It’s about your story and making sure you’re proud of it. I’m just here to hold hope with you.
12/16/2025

It’s about your story and making sure you’re proud of it.

I’m just here to hold hope with you.

Can you believe it? This week marks 100 episodes of The Pregnancy After Loss Podcast.Honestly, I never imagined we’d get...
12/15/2025

Can you believe it? This week marks 100 episodes of The Pregnancy After Loss Podcast.
Honestly, I never imagined we’d get here, but here we are—and I’ve learned so much along the way.

One thing that stands out the most?
Every journey is unique, and yet the challenges, fears, and hopes you carry during pregnancy after loss are shared by so many.
Listening to these stories has reminded me again and again how important it is to pause, breathe, and give ourselves permission to care for our hearts—while still holding space for hope.

I wanted to share some of those lessons in this week’s episode: “What I’ve Learned from 100 Episodes of The Pregnancy After Loss Podcast.”
You’ll hear reflections, practical tips, and gentle reminders to help you navigate your pregnancy journey with more peace, confidence, and self-compassion.

And to celebrate this milestone, I’m giving away a Self-Care Hope Kit—a little bundle to nurture your body, mind, and heart.
Here’s how to enter:

1️⃣ Listen to the episode
2️⃣ Rate and review the show
3️⃣ Take a screenshot of your review and upload it here: ⁠pregnancyafterlossdoula.com/review⁠

Want a bonus entry? Share the podcast to your Instagram stories and tag for an extra chance to win!

The giveaway closes midnight on December 31, 2025, so don’t miss your chance.

Comment “podcast” to get the link to listen 🤍

Sometimes hope feels far away. 💛Sometimes the little moments—like tiny hands covered in cookie dough—remind us that joy ...
12/10/2025

Sometimes hope feels far away. 💛
Sometimes the little moments—like tiny hands covered in cookie dough—remind us that joy can exist, even after heartbreak.

If you’re grieving, trying again after loss, or unsure of how to find hope right now… I want you to know: you’re not alone.

I’d love to hold hope for you in this season. Comment below or DM me and tell me your worries, your dreams, or even the little victories that make you smile a little more.

Let’s hold hope together.

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