Recurrent Pregnancy Loss, Ectopic Pregnancy, Embryo Loss & Pregnancy After Loss | Episode 151 with Lindsay Blair

PodcastGrief

Feb 24

Written By Ashlee Proffitt

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Episode 151

This week on the podcast I have the privilege of interviewing Lindsay Blair, mama of eleven- nine sweet babies in heaven and two living babies – twins who were born after 7 years of infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss. Lindsay is certified as a Miscarriage and Bereavement Doula, Trauma Specialist, and Infertility Coach – in this episode she shares her complex and difficult journey of motherhood, what her young marriage looked like in this season of trying to grow their family, what healing looked like for her and her husband and how in the world she navigated pregnancy after loss after loss.

About pregnancy after loss Lindsay said this: “Hands down pregnancy after loss is one of the hardest things that, that I have gone through.”

Lindsay also shares honestly about what it was like to experience recurring miscarriage, two ectopic pregnancies that also took her chance at naturally conceiving again as well as an embryo loss.

I asked Lindsay how her grief was different for each of her losses and she said: “these are all very real losses, a very real babies that I had very real hopes and dreams and prayers for.”

While this interview is honest it is surprisingly not without hope, meaning you would think that after experiencing so much loss you would hear bitterness over a journey that lasted for years and years but instead you hear Lindsay say:

“we'll always grieve our babies that aren't with us. But when I think about them today, I'm not consumed with negative thoughts and this overwhelming, suffocating grief that is all consuming. Just this love and this joy that I will get to see them again one day. And just the gratitude that even though their lives were short, I'm so grateful. I wouldn't change a second about our story.”

If you are experiencing or have experienced recurrent pregnancy loss, an ectopic pregnancy or infertility or are simply married and navigating life after loss, there is so much wisdom and hope shared in this episode, I promise you will not be disappointed.

If you love a mom who has experienced recurrent pregnancy loss or is currently pregnant after loss — Lindsay has wisdom for you as well in this episode.

QUESTIONS we discuss IN EPISODE 151

What encouragement do you have for a mom who is in the throes of infertility or recurrent pregnancy loss?
What was it like to navigate such loss as a newlywed? How did you seek healing as a couple?
You have experienced infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss. What did it look like for you to continue to pursue pregnancy after years of disappointment and heartache? How did you continue to take steps forward (practically or in general)?
How did you decide when to try to conceive again?
What was it like to be pregnant with your twins after experiencing so much loss in your prior pregnancies?
What encouragement would you give to a friend or family member who loves someone walking through infertility or recurrent pregnancy loss?
What about how to best support a mom who is pregnant after loss?

Meet Lindsay

Lindsay is a daughter of the King, a wife to her amazing husband, David, and mama of eleven- nine sweet babies in heaven and her two earthside twins, Eleanor and Shepherd, who were born after 7 years of infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss. After walking through her own season of loss and suffering, she founded Catalyst for Courage and became certified as a Miscarriage and Bereavement Doula, Trauma Specialist, and Infertility Coach with the hope to help other women find courage in the midst of their pain-filled journeys of suffering, grief, loss, and uncertainty.

Website • Instagram (personal) • Instagram (Catalyst for Courage)