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April 6, 2023

Normalizing The Conversation Around Pregnancy Loss

with podcast guest

Frieda Hoffman

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Frieda Hoffman is a transformative coach and mediator, creative consultant, and entrepreneur with a passion for supporting women and courageous leadership. She’s the author of Carry Me: Stories of Pregnancy Loss, which details real stories about pregnancy loss from real women. Carry Me explores universal themes of grief, it unpacks the physical, emotional, and financial challenges of loss and the paradox of feeling alone while sharing a common experience.

In this episode, we talk about Frieda’s experience with pregnancy loss and how she has gotten to a place of being at peace with not becoming a mother, the social stigma around pregnancy loss, the difficulty with finding support after a loss, how we can start to normalize dialogue around pregnancy loss, and so much more.

Nearly everyone knows someone affected by pregnancy loss or we’ve experienced it ourselves, yet most people are not comfortable discussing it even amongst friends and family. I think you’ll have a lot of takeaways from this conversation with Frieda that will be helpful for you or someone in your life who has experienced pregnancy loss.

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Highlights

  • Frieda’s experience of pregnancy loss in an already difficult time
  • The social stigma around pregnancy loss and why many women don’t talk about it
  • Why Frieda is so passionate about creating resources for women to connect with each other and share their stories of loss
  • The paradox of feeling alone while going through a very common experience
  • Why it’s difficult to find support after pregnancy loss
  • The gift of bearing witness
  • How medical systems could better support families after pregnancy loss
  • Frieda’s thoughts on the 12-week rule where many people wait before announcing a pregnancy
  • Normalizing the dialogue around pregnancy loss
  • The financial burden that very often comes along with pregnancy loss
  • Frieda’s journey to being at peace with not becoming a mother
  • A message for anyone who has experienced pregnancy loss

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