Type of Loss: Early-term loss More about Tabitha's Story: Listen as Tabitha shares about the tragic early-term loss of her daughter, Hanna, during the height of the COVID pandemic. Faced with inadequate medical care and heartbreaking personal struggles, Tabitha shares how she navigated grief, family drama, and the devastating loss of her baby girl. From traumatic medical experiences to healing after loss, Tabitha reflects on the impact of losing Hanna and the challenges of moving forward with su...
Sep 19, 2024โข56 minโขSeason 7Ep. 38
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. More about this episode: In this episode of our Taboo Topic series, we dive into one of the most difficult conversations surrounding pregnancy lossโthe heartbreaking decision to terminate a wanted pregnancy. We explore the emotional turmoil...
Sep 12, 2024โข28 minโขSeason 7Ep. 37
Type of Loss: Life-limiting diagnosis, Infant loss, Early-term loss, Multiple losses More about Danielle's Story: Listen as Danielle shares the emotional story of her daughter Daniela. After a smooth pregnancy at 45, Danielle's world was turned upside down at 42 weeks when unexpected complications arose. Born not breathing and quickly taken to the NICU, Daniela was later diagnosed with Trisomy 18. Despite her brief but impactful 23 days, Daniela left a lasting mark on her family's hearts. Daniel...
Sep 05, 2024โข47 minโขSeason 7Ep. 36
Type of Loss: Stillborn More about Jamie's Story: Jamie Halwey shares the heartbreaking story of losing her son Charles, whose life was tragically cut short due to true knots in his umbilical cord. Jamie reflects on what seemed to be a textbook pregnancy and the profound grief that followed. Learn more about Emma's Footprints: โ โ www.EmmasFootprints.comโ โ Facebook: @EmmasFootprints Instagram: @EmmasFootprints...
Aug 29, 2024โข43 minโขSeason 7Ep. 35
Type of loss: Early term loss, multiple losses, Infant loss More about Madi's Story: Listen as Madi bravely shares her sweet Ruth with us. Madi had experienced two early term pregnancy losses prior to getting pregnant with Ruth. Madi and her husband, Ben, were ecstatic when they got pregnant with Ruth and had a fairly uneventful pregnancy until 36 weeks gestation. Madi had to be induced due to preeclampsia. Despite being born 4 weeks early, Ruth was born healthy on November 18. Madi and Ben's li...
Aug 22, 2024โข45 minโขSeason 7Ep. 34
Type of Loss: Early-term loss, multiple losses, heterotopic pregnancy More about Tara's Story: Tara and her husband were over the excited when they found out they were pregnant with their first child in October 2011. After a few weeks, she started bleeding, after an ER visit, and 2 HCG tests, they discovered that the baby was not growing correctly. At this time, Tara started to experience severe pain on the right side of her abdomen. At her 12 week appointment she was told her baby had no heartb...
Aug 15, 2024โข47 minโขSeason 7Ep. 17
Listen as Tracy and Julie talk with one of our favorite guests, Pamela Presler. Pam dives into the topic of Grief Confidence, explains what it is and what it means to your grief journey. More about Pamela Presler, LCSW, CPLC: Pamela is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in Erie, Pennsylvania. The services she provides are based on 20 years of developing new and innovative approaches to improving human relationships. Whether coaching couples, building "Grief Confidence" in individuals a...
Aug 08, 2024โข31 minโขSeason 7Ep. 32
Type of Loss: Stillborn More about Negar's Story: Negar explains her pregnancy as a textbook pregnancy until around 27 weeks gestation. At a routine appointment she was given the devastating news that her baby no longer had a heartbeat. Negar describes how losing her daughter plunged her into several months of deep grief. Listen as she describes how she pulled herself from that deep grief and what rebuilding a life after losing her daughter. Learn more about Emma's Footprints: www.EmmasFootprint...
Aug 01, 2024โข32 minโขSeason 7Ep. 31
Type of Loss: Early-term loss, Life-limiting diagnosis, Infant loss More about Emily's Story: Listen as Emily shares her journey to motherhood with us. She shares her difficult journey to get pregnant and then how her first pregnancy ended in an early term loss. Her second pregnancy resulted in the healthy delivery of her, now 3, year old son Rhett. Her third pregnancy was not planned but they were very excited about it. Unfortunately, their excited soon turned to fear and anxiety when they were...
Jul 25, 2024โข51 minโขSeason 7Ep. 30
Type of Loss: Life-limiting diagnosis, Infant loss More about Kathy's Story: Listen as Kathy shares her sweet Jonathan with us. Kathy talks about how her pregnancy was closely monitored because Jonathan had Down Syndrome. After birth, Kathy explains how she knew almost immediately that something was not right. Jonathan ended up being diagnosed with a rare infantile epilepsy. He spent 5 weeks in a children's hospital before passing at almost 2 months old. Learn more about Emma's Footprints: โ www....
Jul 18, 2024โข50 minโขSeason 7Ep. 29
Listen as Tracy and Julie dive into the details of our 2024 Memorial Walks. We encourage you to create a team in memory of your baby. It gives you a space to say your baby's name, shed tears and acknowledge where you are at in your grief journey. Use the links below to register your team! ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ช๐ฎ๐น๐ธ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐: Thursday, September 12 - Sunday, September 15, 2024 Wherever YOU live - Your neighborhood, local park or anywhere you can walk! Register your team here: ...
Jul 11, 2024โข20 minโขSeason 7Ep. 26
Type of Loss: Stillborn More about Jenna's Story: Jenna's second pregnancy with her daughter Julianna (Jules), was what she considered a textbook pregnancy and moved through the typical milestones until Jules' movement was not as consistent or as strong as expected. Although everything along the way had been fine, Jenna couldn't shake this feeling that something wasn't right. Jenna went in for a check up to be told the devastating news that Jules no longer had a heartbeat. Find out how Jenna has...
Jul 05, 2024โข59 minโขSeason 7Ep. 27
Type of Loss: Vanishing Twin, Early-Term Loss More about Meagan's Story: Meagan and her husband's first pregnancy with their son, Oliver, was what she described as a textbook pregnancy. Together, Meagan and her husband, decided they wanted their children to be close in age. When Oliver was about 8 months old, they made the decision to try for their second child. They quickly found out they were expecting...TWINS! They were absolutely shocked but excited to learn they were pregnant with not one b...
Jun 27, 2024โข48 minโขSeason 7Ep. 26
Type of Loss: Stillbirth More about Lindsey's Story: In this episode, Tracy and Julie talk with Lindsey Henke a psychotherapist, author, speaker and loss mama. In 2012, Lindsey was freshly married and a newly practicing psychotherapist when she found out she is pregnant with her first child. After a perfect pregnancy, Lindsey went into laborโonly to be told upon arrival at the hospital that her baby has no heartbeat. After the stillbirth of her daughter, Lindsey grappled with the unbearable agon...
Jun 20, 2024โข47 minโขSeason 1Ep. 25
Listen as Tracy and Julie talk with Brad Kogut from Guys and Grief and Rob Reider from Sad Dads Club for a special Father's Day episode. Episode Resources: guysandgrief.com saddadsclub.com Learn more about Emma's Footprints: www.EmmasFootprints.com Facebook: EmmasFootprints
Jun 13, 2024โข46 minโขSeason 7Ep. 22
Type of Loss: Infant Loss, Early Term Loss More about Heather's Story: Listen as Heather shares her daughter Lyla with us. Lyla was 13 days old when she passed away due to strokes in her brain, caused by a rare genetic disorder. Learn more about Emma's Footprints: www.EmmasFootprints.com Facebook: EmmasFootprints
Jun 06, 2024โข1 hr 1 minโขSeason 7Ep. 23
In this episode, in honor of Emma Kathryn Dailey's 17th birthday, Tracy and Julie reflect on Emma's Footprints from its beginning, discuss what the organization is today, and bring in a special guest, Pam Presler, to talk about the future of Emma's Footprints.
May 30, 2024โข40 minโขSeason 7Ep. 22
In this episode, Tracy and Julie discuss their grief journeys and how they have changed over the years. They provide tools that have allowed them to guide their grief rather than be controlled by it. Learn more about Emma's Footprints: www.EmmasFootprints.com Facebook: EmmasFootprints
May 23, 2024โข27 minโขSeason 7Ep. 21
Type of Loss: Life-Limiting Diagnosis, Terminating For Medical Reasons (TFMR) More about Sabrina's Story: Listen as Sabrina shares Clara with us. Sabrina and her husband, Hector, had just gotten married and were actively trying to get pregnant with their second child when they found out they were expecting. In their second trimester, they were told their baby had hydrops, a condition in which large amounts of fluid build up in a baby's tissues and organs, causing extensive swelling. After extens...
May 16, 2024โข57 minโขSeason 7Ep. 20
Listen as Tracy and Julie chat with our very own Meghan Slater, Emma's Bereavement Coordinator, and an L&D Nurse for a local hospital in Erie, PA. They dive deep into answering some of our nurses' most pressing questions about how to navigate a loss with their patients. More about Meghan: Meghanโs grief story started when she lost her first pregnancy in October 2014. After almost 2 years and lots of emotional healing, she was finally open to talking through her grief with Tracy and other mom...
May 09, 2024โข42 minโขSeason 7Ep. 19
In this episode, Tracy and Julie talk with loss mamas Ashley, Stacy, and Jessica about Mother's Day and how it changes after a loss. We dive deep into the feelings of being a Mother and how that feels even though our children may not be here with us. We wish you a gentle Mother's Day this year.
May 02, 2024โข39 minโขSeason 7Ep. 18
Type of Loss: Early Term Loss More about Stacey's Story: After years of trying to conceive, Stacey and her husband, Brandon, decided to foster to adopt in which they were blessed with 6 children. They still had a strong desire to conceive, they turned to IVF, and had a successful pregnancy with their son Owen. They had one more embryo and decided to transfer their sweet girl, Vivian. All was going so well with the transfer and all of her numbers were great. Until one Sunday morning as she was le...
Apr 25, 2024โข47 minโขSeason 7Ep. 17
Type of Loss: Early Term Loss, Multiple Losses, Stillbirth More about Samantha's Story: Listen as Samantha shares her sweet babies Baby Lohrman and Avonlea with us. Samantha and her husband, CJ, were ecstatic when they found out they were expecting their first baby in 2021. Unfortunately, that excitement turned to sorrow when they were told at their first doctors appointment their baby didn't have a heartbeat. Listen as Samantha walks us through the grief she felt experiencing an early term loss...
Apr 18, 2024โข1 hr 4 minโขSeason 7Ep. 13
Type of Loss: Early Term Loss, Multiple Losses, Terminating for Medical Reasons More about Carmen's Story: Buckle up for this episode as Carmen shares her 11 beautiful babies with us. In this episode, she she dives deep into her pregnancies, grief and how she turned her pain into purpose. Carmen wrote A Diary to My Babies: Journeying Through Pregnancy Loss to shine light on the darkness of pregnancy loss, while also showing there is no right way to grieve. And through her incredible journey, Car...
Apr 11, 2024โข1 hrโขSeason 7Ep. 13
Listen as Tracy and Julie talk more with Shawn Betts, Courtney's Mom. Shawn found purpose in her pain of losing her daughter Courtney, by connecting with other loss moms to form the missing angel bill . A bill that would allow you to get a birth certificate for your baby that died after 20 weeks gestation. Shawn dives into how she worked tirelessly with those moms to get that bill approved by the PA Senate. Today, Pennsylvania Senate Bill 326 CBRS exists which allows parents to get a birth certi...
Apr 04, 2024โข33 minโขSeason 7Ep. 14
Type of Loss: Stillbirth More about Shawn's Story: Listen as Shawn shares Courtney with us. At 42 weeks gestation, Shawn went to the hospital to be induced, after about 7 hours of laboring doctors decided to send her home because she wouldnโt dilate past 3 centimeters. She woke in the middle of the night with horrible contractions and returned to the hospital. The doctors tried to find her baby's heartbeat, which was very strong hours earlier when she left the hospital. After numerous attempts, ...
Mar 28, 2024โข41 minโขSeason 3Ep. 13
Type of Loss: Early Term Loss More about Alex's Story: Listen as Alex shares Sky with us. Alex and her husband David were so excited when they found out they were pregnant. At her first appointment, doctors confirmed Alex was pregnant, but she tells us she had a strange feeling leaving her appointment. At her next appointment, her unsettled feelings were confirmed when she was told her baby no longer had a heartbeat. Learn more about Emma's Footprints: www.EmmasFootprints.com Facebook: EmmasFoot...
Mar 21, 2024โข47 minโขSeason 7Ep. 9
In this episode, Tracy and Julie chat with Peter Burton and Karen Burton Horstman President and Vice President for Burton Quinn-Scott Cremation & Funeral Services here in Erie, PA. Over the past 10 years, they have truly become our friends in the business. They walk us through the process of handling a baby loss and answer all of our interesting questions.
Mar 14, 2024โข33 minโขSeason 7Ep. 11
Type of Loss: Stillbirth More about Miranda's Story: Listen as Miranda shares her sweet Piper with us. Around 32 weeks gestation, Miranda noticed decrease fetal movement. Out of precaution, she went to the hospital to be monitored. After observation, she was released being told everything looked normal that Piper was just running out of room. A few days later, Miranda realized she hadn't felt Piper move in quite some time and returned to the hospital. It was there that doctors told her they coul...
Mar 07, 2024โข59 minโขSeason 7Ep. 10
Type of Loss: Early Term Loss, Ectopic Pregnancy, Multiple Losses More about Erin's Story: Listen as Erin shares her sweet babies with us. Erin and her husband, Andy, were ecstatic when they found out they were pregnant for the first time. However, just three days later, she began bleeding. Her doctors told her that her pregnancy had been an ectopic pregnancy. Since her first pregnancy had been ectopic, her next pregnancy, with Grace, was closely monitored. Doctors were hopeful when her HCG leve...
Feb 29, 2024โข38 minโขSeason 7Ep. 9
