Honoring Your Baby + Navigating Milestones After Stillbirth | Episode 157 with Meagan Gonzalez

PodcastHonor BabyBirthdays / AnniversariesDue Dates

Apr 7

Written By Ashlee Proffitt

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Episode 157

Listen in as I talk with Meagan Gonzalez about her son Levi, who was born still at 27 weeks. Meagan shares with me about her journey navigating milestones after losing her son, the challenges that she experienced in facing days like his due date which also happens to be her birthday, how she practically spends the bigger milestone days like his birthday and what it looks like in her life to honor him in the everyday.

This conversation is honest and hopeful and will remind you that honoring your baby’s life doesn’t have to be an elaborate event, it can be simple and private and still be wonderfully intentional and meaningful.

QUESTIONS we discuss IN EPISODE 157

Tell me how you navigated Levi's due date, also your birthday? How do you treat that day now?
Would you share with us some of the ways that you honor Levi?
To the mom that doesn’t know where to start in regards to celebrating and honoring her baby, what would you say to her?
What surprised you on this journey specifically in regards to navigating milestones and important days?
What has been the biggest challenge you faced in celebrating or honoring Levi or just navigating milestones in general?
What has it looked like for you to involve your living children in celebrating and honoring Levi?
What advice would you give a grieving mom about what to expect in regards to due dates or birthdays or other important dates?

MEET MEaGAN

My name is Meagan Gonzalez and I've been together with my husband, Michael since 2010 and married since 2014. We met at our local church, where we had no interest in each other the first time we met but then one day, I remember God telling me that Michael was going to be the man I married. We have three boys: Levi, Isaac and Caleb. Levi was stillborn at 27 weeks on June 23, 2017 and we don't know why. Our rainbow baby, Isaac was born July 29, 2018 and we recently welcomed our third baby, Caleb on January 19, 2022. After Levi, I became I guess an advocate to tell about our loss. As someone who is private and even had the hardest time telling my testimony, I became very transparent about losing our son. I wanted to let mothers, fathers, parents that they were not alone when it came to their loss.

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In loving memory of our Kohen Allen Frantz.

Kohen was stillborn on April 6, 2021.

His life verse is 1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light. We love you, Kohen. We look forward to the day we are reunited in heaven.

Love, Poppa and Grammy

A special thank you to the Frantz family for sponsoring this episode in memory of their grandson Kohen Allen Frantz. We celebrate Kohen and we remember him with you.