A Fresh Story, season 4, episode 8

October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, and we’re honored to hold space for these profound stories. These stories may be of grief, but they are also of hope, resilience, and most of all, unconditional love. As a reminder, be gentle with your heart, and if you are not able to listen to this episode at the moment, we understand and we are holding you close. We know these conversations will change you as they have changed us.

It’s no surprise that we’re all about searching out support from Experts when people are experiencing hard life moments, so we turned to the Experts to chat about miscarriage - and why we don’t talk about miscarriage. We asked all of the Experts we talked to the same two questions: how common is miscarriage, and if it is so common, why are we not talking about it more? Take a listen to their words and why they think we’re not talking about miscarriage, even though it is so common.

We talked to:

• Emily Pardy, LMFT, PMH-C, founder and CEO of Ready Nest Counseling in Nashville

• Katherine Aguirre, a OBGYN physician’s assistant, Long Island
• Sarah Baroud, LICSW, with a focus on perinatal mental health, founder of Practice Makes Present, and a Fresh Starts Expert
• Katy Huie Harrison, PhD, founder of Undefining Motherhood