Wendi, a military spouse, opens up about her first pregnancy that ended as a missed miscarriage. Following the loss of her first pregnancy, she worked on her grief and healing which lead to her rainbow pregnancy with her son.

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Married for the second time and now in her 30s, Tessa started trying to conceive for her first child and found herself struggling with infertility unexpectedly. Then her first pregnancy happened after two years of trying and started her pregnancy loss journey. Listen as Tessa openly shares her fertility journey with the community. This episode for you is if you are still in your wait after experiencing loss. 

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Padma bravely shares her journey through loss with us. She remembers first learning about her pregnancy not long after her arranged marriage to her husband and what the experience of being newly pregnant and then experiencing loss was like for their relationship. From a partial molar pregnancy diagnosis, fearing possible chemotherapy, a funeral service for her baby that goes against her usual beliefs, and to experiencing pregnancy after loss and getting her rainbow - listen to Padma's beautifully told story.

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Rachel is the loss mom behind the Instagram and Facebook page, Unexpected Family Outing, where she writes about grief from the loss of her daughter Dorothy. Listen as Arden and Rachel openly discuss how grief has affected their lives before and after the birth of their earth-side children and why it's important to openly share grief.

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Becca shares her infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss journey with Arden. They discuss family dynamics, religion, friendships, fostering children, looking into adoption - and so much more. This episode is for anyone who is currently still without their rainbow baby.

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Christina Reed is the writer behind @NotPregnantPoetry who unapologetically shares her infertility and loss journey as a woman in a same-sex marriage. We hear her share the desire she felt to be a mom but not necessarily carry a pregnancy and what led her to adopt her two children.

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Kelly openly shares her experience with pregnancy loss at 12 weeks after having two healthy children earthside along with struggling to fit into the miscarriage community because of her fertility history. This episode is especially for anyone who miscarried their second, third, fourth+ pregnancy and is struggling with their grief.

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Cat (@tryingyears) shares the reality of being pregnant after infertility and miscarriage and how it lead her to start podcasting, coaching, and starting an online community surrounding pregnancy AFTER. This episode is perfect for anyone who is currently pregnant after miscarriage as we discuss pregnancy and motherhood after loss in detail.

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Rachel shares her personal experience with recurrent pregnancy loss during the first trimester. There is no mention of a rainbow baby in this episode, this story includes talk about trying to conceive after loss and the difficult decisions that come up with moving forward.

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