Type of Loss: Infant Loss, Life Limiting Diagnosis [Restrictive cardiomyopathy] More about Sara's Story: Listen as Sara shares her sweet June with us. Sara describes June as the perfect baby in every way. That all changed when June was four months old, she started making a strange sounds and just seemed sick. Thinking they were overreacting, Sara and her husband took June to the ER where their lives would be turned upside down. June was flown in a helicopter to Children's Hospital of Philadelphi...
Feb 22, 2024โข55 minโขSeason 7Ep. 5
Taboo Topic Series: This season, we are kicking off our Taboo Topic series where we discuss the uncomfortable topics that go hand-in-hand with losing your baby. If you have a suggestion for this series, please reach out to us at khristina@emmasfootprints.com. Episode Warning: This episode discusses intimacy and sex after loss. Due to the nature of this topic, this may be an episode you chose to listen to with your headphones on. Learn more about Emma's Footprints: www.EmmasFootprints.com Faceboo...
Feb 15, 2024โข30 minโขSeason 7Ep. 7
Type of Loss: Early Term Loss More about Kristyn's Story: Listen as Kristyn shares her early term loss with us. Kristyn and her husband Nate were so excited when they got pregnant with Baby Ross #2. Their first pregnancy was what Kristyn described as a 'textbook pregnancy' that lead to their healthy son, Wesley. Their second pregnancy was going according to their life plan and smooth sailing until the 8 week ultrasound. Doctors found an empty sac without a fetus. Doctors told her not to worry to...
Feb 08, 2024โข41 minโขSeason 7Ep. 3
Type of loss: Multiple Losses, Early Term loss, Stillbirth Connect with Nelida: Instagram: @Nel0528 Learn more about Emma's Footprints: www.EmmasFootprints.com Facebook: EmmasFootprints Instagram: @emmasfootprints
Feb 01, 2024โข58 minโขSeason 7Ep. 5
Type of Loss: Multiple Losses, Early Term Loss, Stillbirth More about Brittanie's story: Listen as Brittanie shares her multiple losses with us. Brittanie and her Husband were ecstatic when they found out they were pregnant with their first, but their excitement quickly turned to heartbreak when they experienced an early term loss. When they got pregnant again, the fears diminished when Brittanie made it out of the first trimester. Her second pregnancy seemed to be a textbook pregnancy. At 39 we...
Jan 25, 2024โข59 minโขSeason 7Ep. 4
Listen as Tracy and Julie recap 2023 at Emma's Footprints. They share their high's, low's and most memorable moments of the last year. In 2023, Emma's Footprints served 356 families and spent over $200,000 on mission related expenses. Learn more about the Farewell Gala here: https://bit.ly/farewellwintergala
Jan 18, 2024โข31 minโขSeason 7Ep. 3
Type of loss: Multiple Losses, Life Limiting Diagnosis - Trisomy 18 Listen as Amber shares her multiple losses with us. Amber has 5 children including 3 losses and 2 living children. Amber's first pregnancy in 2016, with her baby Archimedes ended in an early term loss. Her second pregnancy was with her living child Killian, born in October 2017. During Amber's third pregnancy with her daughter Charleigh, she was told her baby girl had Trisomy 18. At 36 weeks, in October 2019, Charleigh was born ...
Jan 11, 2024โข54 minโขSeason 7Ep. 2
Type of loss: Life Limiting Diagnosis - Trisomy 18 Kelly and her husband Nick found out their baby girl, Blaney, had Trisomy 18 from doing 10 week genetic testing. When Blaney made it to full term, they were hopeful that she'd be their miracle baby and survive this life limiting diagnosis. Unfortunately, Blaney passed away after just 7 hours after birth. Connect with Kelly on socials: Instagram: @k_smely Facebook: www.facebook.com/kelly.reininger...
Jan 04, 2024โข47 minโขSeason 7Ep. 1
This is the final episode of our 2023 Holiday Series and the final episode of the year! In this episode, Tracy and Julie discuss how to create new traditions to honor and memorialize your baby. As we move into a new year, it can can stir a wave of emotions. We are starting something new with a huge piece of our hearts missing, our babies. Tracy and Julie discuss things have done over the years that helps them honor their babies.
Dec 28, 2023โข24 minโขSeason 6Ep. 45
Listen as Tracy and Julie talk with Pam Presler about How to Navigate Your Emotions This Holiday Season. *Spoiler Alert* ...it is not possible. Listen as Pam gives us the tools and coping mechanisms to deal with our grief this holiday season. She reminds us that grief will show up and shares how we can prepare ourselves on how to best handle our grief. If you are interested in learning more from Pam, please reach out to her via email at pamelapresler@gmail.com....
Dec 21, 2023โข40 minโขSeason 6Ep. 44
In honor of Wyatt's birthday, we are shaking up the Holiday Series to share his story. Hailey (Wyatt's mom) shares she had a pretty uneventful pregnancy, until the end, when she developed gestational hypertension around 34 weeks. Her doctors scheduled an induction for 37 weeks, however, she went into preeclampsia the day of her induction. Hailey shares that her induction failed and she had an emergency c-section. Wyatt was not breathing when he first emerged, but steadily got better after a few ...
Dec 14, 2023โข46 minโขSeason 6Ep. 40
This is episode two of our 2023 Holiday Series. In this episode, Tracy and Julie talk about how to set healthy boundaries and how important it is to your grief journey. They give examples of healthy boundaries they have set for themselves and ask you to share what boundaries you have set.
Dec 13, 2023โข24 minโขSeason 6Ep. 42
In this episode, Tracy and Julie talk with Falon Gervais Emma's Footprints Director of Support Group about the Importance of Community During the Holidays. They talk about surrounding yourself with a positive, healthy support community and how to effectively communicate your needs this holiday season.
Dec 07, 2023โข26 minโขSeason 6Ep. 41
Listen as Ashley shares how her text book pregnancy got flipped upside down at 33 weeks gestation when she went into preterm labor. When Ashley's water broke the doctors discovered it to be foul-smelling and discolored, meaning there was an issue. Ashley was rushed into an emergency c-section and Harper was born at exactly 34 weeks gestation. The doctors believed that Harper was without oxygen for up to 20 minutes. They were able to resuscitate her, but she was on life support. Doctors discovere...
Nov 30, 2023โข49 minโขSeason 6Ep. 40
Listen as Tracy and Julie dive into this special Thanksgiving episode ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ณ: ๐๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ด? They share how they navigate their grief through the holidays, the difference between happiness and joy and they share inspiring ways for you to honor your baby this season.
Nov 23, 2023โข27 minโขSeason 6Ep. 35
Listen as Nicole shares her stillbirth experience. She was 37 weeks pregnant with her son Jack when she noticed decrease movement. She went to triage where she was told the devastating news that Jack no longer had a heartbeat. To learn more about Emma's Footprints and the recourses we provide, please visit emmasfootprints.com.
Nov 16, 2023โข48 minโขSeason 6Ep. 38
Listen as Tori shares how her first two pregnancies both ended in loss. Her first loss was at 9 weeks gestation. She ended up getting pregnant very quickly following her loss and says she had a false sense of security thinking - it couldn't happen again. Unfortunately, when she went in for the anatomy scan, she was told her baby no longer had a heartbeat. To learn more about Emma's Footprints and the recourses we provide, please visit emmasfootprints.com.
Nov 09, 2023โข51 minโขSeason 6Ep. 37
Listen as Sarah shares her daughter Georgia who was stillborn. In late March of 2021, Sarah and her husband Rob, discovered they were pregnant. While this pregnancy came as a surprise they were excited to welcome a baby girl to their family because their other two children were boys. Sarah describes her pregnancy as a textbook pregnancy. On November 30th, when she was 39 weeks and 3 days pregnant she noticed decrease fetal movement. Following her doctors orders, she went straight to the hospital...
Nov 02, 2023โข48 minโขSeason 6Ep. 36
Teri and her husband, Jay, thought they were done having kids after their second child was born. Jay had a vasectomy, however they felt like they had made a mistake and had the reversal. They got pregnant immediately after trying again for their third child. At Teri's first sonogram the baby wasnโt measuring correctly. Doctors told her that her dates were probably off and they scheduled a follow up in two weeks. She started spotting a couple days after her sonogram. Listen as Teri shares her hor...
Oct 26, 2023โข50 minโขSeason 6Ep. 35
Listen as Shannon shares Charles and Benedictus with us, two different pregnancy's that both ended in loss. Charlie, was Shanon and her husband Justin's eighth child. Shannon's pregnancy with Charlie was unlike the rest of her earlier pregnancies. She had experienced heavy bleeding at 6 weeks gestation and was told she was most likely miscarrying. She waited for signs of miscarriage and nothing ever happened. Then when she showed up for her original 10 week ultrasound they had cancelled the appo...
Oct 19, 2023โข44 minโขSeason 6Ep. 34
Listen as Tracy and Julie chat with Amanda Berk, Emma's Footprints Director of Bereavement about our mission. They touch on who we are, what we do and how you can support a loved one going through a pregnancy or infant loss. To learn more, visit emmasfootprints.com
Oct 12, 2023โข35 minโขSeason 6Ep. 33
Listen as Emily shares the loss of her daughter Isabel. Emily and her husband, Kyle, got pregnant right away before they were even officially trying to get pregnant. She shares that her pregnancy was very smooth until she was just shy of 23 weeks and didn't feel Isabel move all day. She went to triage and they gave her the devastating news that they could not find a heartbeat. At 23 weeks gestation, Isabel was stillbirth. Emily, thank you for sharing your sweet Isabel with us and our listeners....
Oct 05, 2023โข41 minโขSeason 6Ep. 32
Listen as Lindsay shares her sweet Suvi with us. Lindsay shares she had a textbook pregnancy and really bonded with Suvi even before she was born. At 40 weeks gestation, Suvi had decreased movements. Lindsay went to the hospital where she was rushed into an emergency c-section because of Suvi's low heart rate. When she woke from surgery, Lindsay and her husband Travis, were told Suvi had a severe true knot in her umbilical chord that was tightening more and more as Lindsay was having contraction...
Sep 28, 2023โข1 hr 6 minโขSeason 6Ep. 31
Listen as Julie shares her son Evan with us. Julie did not know she was pregnant until she went into labor at a MedExpress. Since she had never had any pregnancy symptoms and no prior prenatal care, doctors estimated she was around 30-32 weeks when she went into labor. After arriving at the hospital, Evan was was diagnosed with HLHS, a rare genetic condition in which the left side of the heart is underdeveloped. In this type of condition, a minimum of 3 surgeries are needed within the first 2 ye...
Sep 21, 2023โข55 minโขSeason 6Ep. 30
Listen as Taylor shares her experience of abruptly and unexpectedly losing her son, Stetson at 19 weeks gestation. She shares that she didn't realize she was in labor and losing him until it was happening. Her doctors, testing and specialist deemed her loss due to cervical insufficiency. Grateful to have answers, her and her husband, were hopeful when they got pregnant 5 months later with their daughter Matilda. At 14 weeks gestation, she had a transvaginal cerclage placed. Even with consistent ...
Sep 14, 2023โข54 minโขSeason 6Ep. 29
Listen as Kirsten shares Theo with us. Kirsten and her husband are high school sweethearts and knew they wanted to grow a family and were excited when they found out they were expecting. She was 7 weeks gestation when she began bleeding. She was instructed to head to the ER for monitoring and a checkup. After more severe cramping and bleeding she lost her baby. Kirsten shares that day she not only lost her baby, but herself. Following her loss, she describes her life being plagued by blood draws...
Sep 07, 2023โข54 minโขSeason 6Ep. 28
Listen as Stephanie shares her daughter Josie with listeners. She had two healthy pregnancy and deliveries after getting married in 2014. Then with her third pregnancy she experienced an early-term miscarriage. After experiencing that loss, she got pregnant right away with her daughter Josie. Her pregnancy was smooth until she started to experience less and less movement. At an appointment when she was 24.5 weeks she was told Josie no longer had a heartbeat.
Aug 31, 2023โข42 minโขSeason 6Ep. 27
When a rainbow baby is expected, the grief journey changes. Each step is a "baby step" in navigating the new challenges that come with pregnancy and parenthood after loss. Baby Steps is a peer-led support group of Emma's Footprints who's mission is to provide a community and support for loss parents who are expecting or raising their rainbow baby. ๐Learn more about Baby Steps here: www.emmasfootprints.com/support-groups ๐Join the Baby Steps Facebook group here: https://bit.ly/BabyStepsFB...
Aug 24, 2023โข34 minโขSeason 6Ep. 26
Listen as Lauren shares her son, Henry with us. She had two previous healthy pregnancies which resulted in her living children Rowan and Calvin. Her pregnancy with her son, Calvin, was smooth sailing until delivery. At delivery she was told Calvin had too much fluid around his heart. He spent 5 weeks in the NICU but overall lives a healthy life. Her third pregnancy ended much differently with her son Henry. At an appointment at 18 weeks gestation, she was told Henry had too much fluid around his...
Aug 17, 2023โข42 minโขSeason 6Ep. 25
Listen as Regina shares her four losses including 2 miscarriages, 1 ectopic pregnancy and the loss of her daughter, Jordan, at 17 weeks gestation due to a cord accident.
Aug 10, 2023โข1 hr 25 minโขSeason 6Ep. 24
