The Butterfly Broadcast

By Baylee Demars

Baylee lost her second pregnancy at 10 weeks. This personal devastation completely altered her perception of miscarriage, stillbirth and infant loss as she yearned for compassion and understanding. Sh... more

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The podcast currently has 61 episodes available.

The Butterfly Broadcast episodes:

March 07, 2024 51. Ken & Tanya Jacobi: Ryleigh’s Resources
Meet the Jacobi's, a couple from Connecticut who work together to honor their daughter with the 501(c)(3) they’ve created called Ryleigh’s Resources. Take a listen to hear the perspectives from both husband and wife on what it was like to lose their baby at 40 weeks and how their non-profit aims to serve families like themselves. Instagram: @ryleighsresources Website: www.ryleighsresources.org
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42min
February 29, 2024 50. Lindsey Wimmer: The Star Legacy Foundation
Meet Lindsey, nurse practitioner and mother to three (earth-side) teenagers in Minnesota. It was nearly 20 years ago that Lindsay was pregnant with her first child, Garrett, when her worst nightmare took place at 38 weeks. Take a listen to learn how an annual birthday memorial for Garrett transformed into a nationwide non-profit, Star Legacy Foundation, of which Lindsay is the executive director.

P.S. Lindsey was named one of L’Oreal’s Top Ten Women of Worth in 2020 for the work she has done in stillbirth prevention!

email: [email protected]
instagram: @starlegacyfoundation

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33min
February 22, 2024 49. Skylar Randle: Mailee Taught Me A Lot
Meet Skylar, an ambitious 20 year old pursuing her masters in Forensics Investigative Sciences in Texas who is unfortunately no stranger to grief. After losing her father in 2021, she found out she was expecting not too long after. Take a listen to learn the extensive monitoring that Skylar would receive once the anatomy scan revealed abnormalities even the doctors did not understand. Your heart will fall in love with her little Mailee as she bravely fought the rare OEIS syndrome as long as she could.

Instagram @skylarrandle

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48min
February 15, 2024 48. Elizabeth Michalski: Sending Love & a Teddy Bear Hug
Meet Elizabeth, a busy mom in Cleveland Ohio and founder/operator of the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization 'A Touch of Teddy'. After a cancerous thyroid nodule was removed & resolved, she was relieved to finally conceive and have a textbook pregnancy. Take a listen to learn how all that changed at 21 weeks and what lead to Elizabeth sending teddy bear ornaments to over 1,100 families in just a year's time.

Instagram/tiktok: @atouchofteddy
email: [email protected]
website: https://beacons.ai/atouchofteddy

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35min
February 08, 2024 47. Amber & Kenzie: The Origin Story of the Non-profit, 'Held In Hope'
Meet Amber & Kenzie, two women from Indiana who have been friends since high school and now have 12 living children between the two of them. As they leaned on one another during their losses throughout the years, they decided to create a non-profit in 2022 called 'Held in Hope' to support and equip women through pregnancy loss. Take a listen to learn about the unique resources they have curated so that no woman feels alone during a miscarriage.
Instagram: @held.in.hope
Website: heldinhope.org
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38min
February 02, 2024 46. Carmen Grover: Remembering Our Angels & Embracing Our Rainbow
Meet Carmen, an RN, yogi, author, farmer from Canada and most importantly, mama to 7 angel babies. As she begun her journey of motherhood with a missed miscarriage, she started documenting her thoughts and feelings in the form of a diary to the baby she'd lost. Take a listen to learn how this cathartic outlet evolved into a book she would later publish and then create an instagram page to guide others through pregnancy loss.
Instagram: @adiarytoourbabies
Website: adiarytoourbabies.squarespace.com
email: [email protected]
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49min
January 26, 2024 45. Naomia May: When Cancer Changes You
Meet Naomia, Mrs. Washington 2023 and mother to three children in a blended family. She didn't anticipate fertility troubles when she had her two daughters close together, yet everything changed when she was diagnosed with stage 3 uterine cancer at the young age of 21. Take a listen to learn what happened when Naomia got a positive pregnancy test just a few months after the cancerous cells were surgically removed and the effects this surprising news had on her life and marriage.

Instagram: @mrs.naomiamay
Facebook: Naomia May
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31min
January 18, 2024 44. Mary Adkins: What 3 Miscarriages in 1 Year Taught Me
Meet Mary, a writing coach in Dallas and founder of The Book Incubator; a 12-month program to write, revise, and pitch novels or memoirs. While she's a published author of three best-selling novels, she finds it most gratifying to write about her story of losing three consecutive pregnancies in order to express, connect, and heal. Take a listen to learn her advice on writing about trauma without re-traumatizing and the value of carving out time for creative self-care following pregnancy and infant loss.
website: maryadkinswriter.com
podcast: First Draft Club
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39min
January 11, 2024 43. Holly Ann Abel: Bloom Like Magnolia
Meet Holly Ann, a first grade teacher in Kansas and creator of the instagram resource page @bloomlikemagnolia. Everything was going smoothly with her first pregnancy with her daughter Magnolia until Holly Ann noticed a decrease in movement while 8 months pregnant. Take a listen to learn how writing the children's book, "Some Babies", was a cathartic experience for her while coping with immense grief and why she has chosen to donate books in Magnolia's honor.

Instagram: @bloomlikemagnolia
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38min
January 04, 2024 42. Grace Peterson: My Rainbow Baby Story
Meet Grace, a reading specialist teacher in New York. When her first daughter was diagnosed with Trisomy 18 (incompatible with life), Grace and her husband had to 'make a decision in a situation where they had no choice' and terminate the pregnancy at 13 weeks. Take a listen to learn how writing the book, "Behind My Smile, A Rainbow Baby Story" not only helped Grace cope, but how it is a unique resource specifically curated for the TMFR community.
Instagram: @gracepetersonrbm
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34min

FAQs about The Butterfly Broadcast:

How many episodes does The Butterfly Broadcast have?

The podcast currently has 61 episodes available.