Our TFMR Stories | Our decisions, our grief, real true parent stories

After losing one baby early into a twin pregnancy, Lia then received a poor prenatal diagnosis of T21 (Down Syndrome) with her surviving twin. She recounts how she made memories and connections even in the hardest time between diagnosis and decision and ending her wanted pregnancy.

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On letting others be wrong about you. Important in the grief of a termination pregnancy loss. Listen in to hear how this one practice has helped my grief as a TFMR mom. And you are invited to join us in our upcoming TFMR Grief Circle program, Ascend. Learn more and apply here: https://www.thetfmrdoula.com/ascend-apply

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Resources mentioned:

My free Facebook group for termination for medical reasons (TFMR) parents which you can apply to join here: Resources for TFMR

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TFMR Support Sanctuary

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And if you would like to share *your* TFMR Story on "Our TFMR Stories," email me here to find out more: sabrina at theTFMRdoula dot com

Music clip:

Pamgaea by Kevin MacLeod

Link: Pamgaea

License: Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International — CC BY 4.0

This episode is for people in the awful limboland between a poor prenatal diagnosis and their termination. You may be wondering, "Which termination procedure should I choose?"

Guest expert, author and baby loss family advisor trained, Sherokee Ilse, gives insight into how to decide between D&E (surgical) and L&D (labor/medical) termination AND how to make the most out of any termination procedure you are offered or choose.

Resources mentioned:

        Miscarriage Kit

****Also, if you are a bereaved TFMR parent, I invite you to check out my upcoming grief support group (Ascend: A TFMR Grief Circle) to see if this could be the group for you: https://www.theTFMRdoula.com/ascend-apply

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And if you would like to share *your* TFMR Story on "Our TFMR Stories," email me here to find out more: sabrina at theTFMRdoula dot com

Music clip:

Pamgaea by Kevin MacLeod

Link:

Pamgaea

License:

Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International — CC BY 4.0

Kate, a TFMR mom and mom to two living kids, tells her story of her baby's holoprosencephaly diagnosis, a brain abnormality. She shares her mental health story around the death of her baby and then a subsequent pregnancy (sub-pregnancy) after loss, and the trauma of a prolonged hospitalization/NICU stay in said sub-pregnancy.

Resources mentioned:

Resources for TFMR

Ending a Wanted Pregnancy:

****Also, if you are a bereaved TFMR parent, I invite you to check out my upcoming grief support group (Ascend: A TFMR Grief Circle) to see if this could be the group for you: https://www.theTFMRdoula.com/ascend-apply

And if you would like to share your TFMR Story on "Our TFMR Stories," email me here to find out more: sabrina at theTFMRdoula dot com

Music clip:

Pamgaea

License:

Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International — CC BY 4.0

Before I became a Pregnancy Loss Doula, I went through TFMR myself. My baby had ies. This is my story of my 2nd pregnancy that ended in my baby dying from a termination for medical reasons due to hydrops, cystic hygroma and other anomalies. I also share some ways I began to heal the trauma afterwards.

Resources mentioned:

****Also, if you are a bereaved TFMR parent, I invite you to check out my upcoming grief support group (Ascend: A TFMR Grief Circle) to see if this could be the group for you: https://www.theTFMRdoula.com/ascend-apply

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And if you would like to share *your* TFMR Story on "Our TFMR Stories," email me here to find out more: sabrina at theTFMRdoula dot com

Music clip:

Pamgaea by Kevin MacLeod

Link:

Pamgaea

License:

Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International — CC BY 4.0