The Still Hopeful Podcast

**Please pardon my poor microphone quality for today's recording! Amy sounds great, but I didn't plug in my mic correctly (pregnancy brain)!**
In today's episode, Amy gives hope to the mamas listening in who are pregnant after loss. I feel so lucky to have her on the podcast as she's a mom who gets it. She knows how hard PAL is and reminds us how beautiful we can make it. Let's try not to hold our breath and enjoy this milestone.
Amy is a certified Life after Babyloss Coach and David Kessler Certified Grief Educator. She combines her own experiences of stillbirth, miscarriage and pregnancy after loss with holistic mind and body practices to help loss parents heal their hearts. She is the host of the Smooth Stones Podcast where she shares everything you need to build a beautiful life even without all your babies in your arms. Amy has spent more than a decade supporting families through volunteer work including sewing thousands of tiny diapers and hats and offering in person support in the hospital after the death of a baby. When she’s not coaching she enjoys spending time with her family, baking yummy treats, and doing DIY projects. Amy is the mom of six living children and two babies in Heaven: Lauren and River.
She also has a page of free PAL journal prompts that you can grab.
Here is a link to learn more about Amy's Coaching support for PAL moms.
Check out Amy's very own podcast!
And here is how to find Amy on Instagram and Facebook.

Apply today to share your story on the pod. Whether you are trying to conceive after loss, pregnant after loss, or now parenting after loss; your story can help other moms feel less alone in all of this.
bit.ly/thestillhopefulpodcast

Be sure to subscribe to the podcast so that you can follow along throughout your pregnancy journey.
Instagram: @still.hopeful_podcast
Website: https://stillhopeful.buzzsprout.com/
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*This podcast is intended as a heartfelt discussion around topics related to pregnancy after loss. If you have any questions or concerns relating to your physical health and mental health, please contact your healthcare provider.

Hi mamas!
Today's episode was a hard one to record...I talk about the importance of going in to get checked at the hospital during our PAL journeys. Going in to get monitored is hard: it's triggering, and it involves a lot of layers. BUT, it's how we can parent our baby right now. We monitor their movements (I use the Count the Kicks app) and we promise ourselves to go in ANYTIME baby's movements are out of their normal pattern (whether that means way too little movement, way more than usual, change in strength, all of that). We're not wasting anyone's time by going in. Let's go in, as many times as we need to during PAL to help make sure baby is A-okay.
I also talk about previous interviews from the podcast to listen to if you haven't already:

• Episode 12: Katherine's Story: Brody in Heaven, Wolfy on Her Hip, and Trey on the Way
• Episode 11: Irma's Story: Helping Children Understand Grief
• Episode 10: Samantha’s Story: Pregnancy After Loss with Baby #4
• Episode 6: Angelica's Story: Pregnancy After Loss with Baby #3

Visit Count the Kicks on Instagram.

More interviews are scheduled for the next couple of weeks!

Apply today to share your story on the pod. Whether you are trying to conceive after loss, pregnant after loss, or now parenting after loss; your story can help other moms feel less alone in all of this.
bit.ly/thestillhopefulpodcast

Be sure to subscribe to the podcast so that you can follow along throughout your pregnancy journey.
Instagram: @still.hopeful_podcast
Website: https://stillhopeful.buzzsprout.com/
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*This podcast is intended as a heartfelt discussion around topics related to pregnancy after loss. If you have any questions or concerns relating to your physical health and mental health, please contact your healthcare provider.

Welcome back to the Still Hopeful podcast! Today, I'm talking about how I survived the first trimester. I discuss helpful apps and Youtube channels, taking bump photos and how to continue honouring our Angel babies while we celebrate this new life. Oh, and I'm starting to sound like Darth Vader with being out of breath. Please bear with!

Apply today to share your story on the pod. Whether you are trying to conceive after loss, pregnant after loss, or now parenting after loss; your story can help other moms feel less alone in all of this.
bit.ly/thestillhopefulpodcast

Be sure to subscribe to the podcast so that you can follow along throughout your pregnancy journey.
Instagram: @still.hopeful_podcast
Website: https://stillhopeful.buzzsprout.com/
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*This podcast is intended as a heartfelt discussion around topics related to pregnancy after loss. If you have any questions or concerns relating to your physical health and mental health, please contact your healthcare provider.

Bereaved Mother's Day and Mother's Day are a week a part and...we made it! If you're experiencing a grief hangover, you're not alone. It takes a lot out of us.
In today's episode, I discuss:
-Bereaved Mother's Day
-Mother's Day
-Validating our Motherhood
-Signs from my sweet Christopher

Apply today to share your story on the pod. Whether you are trying to conceive after loss, pregnant after loss, or now parenting after loss; your story can help other moms feel less alone in all of this.
bit.ly/thestillhopefulpodcast

Be sure to subscribe to the podcast so that you can follow along throughout your pregnancy journey.
Instagram: @still.hopeful_podcast
Website: https://stillhopeful.buzzsprout.com/
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*This podcast is intended as a heartfelt discussion around topics related to pregnancy after loss. If you have any questions or concerns relating to your physical health and mental health, please contact your healthcare provider.

Sharon McGregor is a psychic medium spiritual teacher who is passionate about connecting us with our loved ones in spirit. Seeing her two months after my baby boy was stillborn, changed the trajectory of my healing and continues to validate the signs I receive from my sweet son in heaven.
When Pregnant after loss, I continue to look for signs that my firstborn is okay. Sharon validates that our babies are safe and are always with us. They send us signs to show they are with us, we just need to be open to their signs.
In her own words, "I consider serving spirit as a medium and giving readings to people who have lost a loved one, especially a child, to be honour that I will never take for granted. No parent should go through the pain of losing a child, and through my own loss when conducting a reading I can empathize with the feelings of grief and hopelessness of others. Our souls have lessons to learn, we all have a purpose to fulfil during this life, however hard and cruel it may seem. It took the death of my beloved son for me to find my purpose in life, which is to help spirit communicate with their loved ones on the earth plane and to help ease the pain of their loss and to affirm that ‘life’ goes on and that our loved ones will always be with us".
Sharon's Instagram Account and Email Address: [email protected] Book a reading with Sharon here.

Apply today to share your story on the pod. Whether you are trying to conceive after loss, pregnant after loss, or now parenting after loss; your story can help other moms feel less alone in all of this.
bit.ly/thestillhopefulpodcast

Be sure to subscribe to the podcast so that you can follow along throughout your pregnancy journey.
Instagram: @still.hopeful_podcast
Website: https://stillhopeful.buzzsprout.com/
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*This podcast is intended as a heartfelt discussion around topics related to pregnancy after loss. If you have any questions or concerns relating to your physical health and mental health, please contact your healthcare provider.