Cry It Out Loud: Navigating Infertility, Miscarriage, Stillbirth, Infant Loss & Pregnancy After Loss

Dr. Serena Wu is MD, FACOG, is a maternal-fetal medicine specialist who has experienced her own baby loss. We address questions from two fellow survivors about their loss that has been on their minds. For processing loss and healing, we want to help give survivors some peace from feeling unsettled. During the whirlwind of traumatic events, it's hard to know what to ask or what to say at that unexpected horrific time. Please write in on our website CryItOutLoudPodcast.com to submit your questions for our monthly segment with Dr. Serena Wu.

Bre and Bee share their experience with the 4th Phase of Grief, Reorganization and Recovery. In this phase, they finally felt like they could breath after losing their babies. They started to have some good days and some not so good days but every minute of everyday wasn't consumed with grief. They started to enjoy different aspects of life again and started to see hope in their futures. If you or someone you know needs a network of survivors or daily support services, please visit http://ChasingTheRainbows.org and fill out the contact form.

The Founder of Chasing the Rainbows, Bernice Quesenberry, shares her experience with the 3rd Phase of Grief, Disorganization and Despair. The feeling of void, emptiness and reality set in all at once. She had to work through and process the new reality and future that no longer included their baby. If you or someone you know needs a network of survivors, please visit http://ChasingTheRainbows.org and fill out the contact form.

The Founder of Chasing the Rainbows, Bernice Quesenberry, shares her experience with the 2nd Phase of Grief, Searching and Yearning. The ultimate search for answers, wanting clarity, and trying to fill the emptiness and void that fully consume survivors during this phase isn't talked about enough. She ultimately came to terms with ways to connect with her daughter after processing this phase. If you or someone you know needs a network of survivors, please visit http://ChasingTheRainbows.org and fill out the contact form.

Bre and Bee discuss the 1st phase of grief, shock and numbness. What it's like actually living through this phase immediately after our losses. The lack of memory, concentration, and emotion really was our minds protecting us while our new reality sets in. We discuss what we physically, emotionally and mentally went through during this phase. If you or someone you know needs a network of survivors, please visit ChasingTheRainbows.org and fill out the contact form.

We are shedding the light on Pregnancy after Loss for those survivors who are living it right now. We want to let survivors know you are not alone and your feelings, fears and emotions are valid! We are hoping by talking about our own experiences, what helped us through those months, that it helps others along their journey. We have daily, free, virtual support groups and one on one mentorships at Chasing the Rainbows to support those in the midst of pregnancy after their devastating losses. Please visit http://ChasingTheRainbows.org for more information.

The Founder of Chasing the Rainbows, Bernice Quesenberry, shares her story on air for the first time. Brooke's story involves secondary infertility, abnormal growths and menstrual cycles, advanced maternal age, 28 week delivery, NICU life, and ultimately losing her daughter in her arms at 5 1/2 weeks old. There were multiple events that played out in the less than 1% probable causes that led to Brooke's traumatic death. Leaving the hospital that horrific day without her daughter is what drove her to start the 501(c)3 nonprofit offering daily, free, trauma informed support services for survivors. Please visit http://ChasingTheRainbows.org for support services or to write in for more information.

Infertility needs to be considered a major medical condition. In this episode, we are discussing secondary infertility. Right now, 19 states out of 50 cover infertility treatments. While our 501(c)3 nonprofit was doing a June World Infertility Awareness month viral challenge, #fertilityloss is a barely used hashtag. This type of loss needs to be looked at as the serious reproductive organ disease it is. We are looking to host primary infertility survivors on our podcast and would love to hear your story. Please write in at CryItOutLoudPodcast.com if interested in sharing your experience.

Moments of guilt along with would of, could of, should of's, sneak into survivors minds at different points in our journeys. Talking about it out loud helps us to normalize our feelings and thoughts while processing our losses and yearning for different outcomes. We are bringing this topic to light in hopes of helping fellow survivors. Please visit CryItOutLoudPodcast.org for other daily support services or to write in for our "Ask a Maternal Fetal Medicine Doctor" about your loss for some peace.

Dr. Serena Wu is MD, FACOG, is a maternal-fetal medicine specialist who has experienced her own baby loss. To help fellow survivors feel comfortable asking any and all questions weighing on their mind, the Founder of our 501(c)3 non-profit, Chasing the Rainbows, asks questions from her loss two years later to gain clarity around those events in this episode. For processing loss and healing, we want to help give survivors some peace from feeling unsettled. During the whirlwind of traumatic events, it's hard to know what to ask or what to say at that unexpected horrific time. Please write in on our website CryItOutLoudPodcast.com to submit your questions for our monthly segment with Dr. Serena Wu.