Confessions of a Grieving Mother

Confessions of a Grieving Mother

By Emma's Footprints

Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Death affects more families than you may realize. Tracy and Julie (two grieving mothers) are here to help educate, support and break the stigma behind this topic of pregnancy and infant loss. Join us as laugh, cry and remember our babies!
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๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ

Confessions of a Grieving MotherMar 20, 2025
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๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ต
May 22, 202541:46
๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ฌ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜†
May 15, 202559:29
๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€: ๐—” ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟโ€™๐˜€ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ

๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€: ๐—” ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟโ€™๐˜€ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ

In this Motherโ€™s Day episode, Tracy and Julie read heartfelt letters written by loss moms to their babies. These personal reflections offer a glimpse into the enduring love, grief, and hope carried by mothers every dayโ€”especially on Mother's Day. From tender memories and imagined milestones to promises of reunion, each letter honors a life gone too soon and the unbreakable bond between a mother and her child.

May 08, 202514:46
๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜„
May 01, 202537:36
๐—ž๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ผ: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ข๐—ป๐˜†๐˜…
Apr 24, 202536:29
๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ท๐—ฎ๐˜†: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฏ
Apr 17, 202542:22
๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ
Apr 10, 202551:30
๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€

๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€

Apr 03, 202553:33
๐—™๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† ๐—™๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜†
Mar 27, 202523:43
๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ
Mar 20, 202548:31
๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—ถ
Mar 13, 202535:40
๐—ญ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต & ๐—๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ป๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฒ
Mar 06, 202501:01:06
๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ณ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ:๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ง ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ

๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ณ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ:๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ง ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ

Grief can be an isolating experience, but what happens when two people in a relationship are grieving the same loss? In this episode, we sit down with Pamela Presler, LCSW, CPLC, to explore the vital role of couples grief coaching.

Feb 27, 202533:31
๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜

๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜

In this episode, Tracy and Julie talk with Kristen Banocy about how to be a friend to a loss parent if you haven't experienced a loss yourself.

More about Emma's Footprints:

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Feb 20, 202538:10
๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—˜๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ'๐˜€ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป

๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—˜๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ'๐˜€ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป

It all started with a dog, toddler and Santa Claus...Listen to how Emma's Footprints became the organization it is today.

More about Emma's Footprints:

  • โ โ โ โ โ www.EmmasFootprints.comโ โ โ โ โ โ 
  • Facebook: @EmmasFootprints
  • Instagram: @EmmasFootprints
Feb 13, 202534:54
๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: ๐™€๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™– ๐™‰๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™”๐™š๐™–๐™ง ๐™’๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™”๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™—๐™ฎ

๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: ๐™€๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™– ๐™‰๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™”๐™š๐™–๐™ง ๐™’๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™”๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™—๐™ฎ

In the final episode of our holiday series, we talk with Rob from Sad Dads Club to explore the emotions and challenges of stepping into a new year after the loss of a baby. Rob shares his perspective on processing grief, honoring your child, and finding ways to move forward with hope and purpose. Join us for a heartfelt conversation that resonates with anyone navigating the "new normal" after loss.

Dec 26, 202454:18
๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: ๐™‰๐™–๐™ซ๐™ž๐™œ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ž๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ๐™จ ๐™๐™ค๐™œ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง

๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: ๐™‰๐™–๐™ซ๐™ž๐™œ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ž๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ๐™จ ๐™๐™ค๐™œ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง

In part two of our holiday series, we interview with Falon Gervais and Brittanie Freeman, leaders of our in-person support groups, to discuss the importance of Community and Communicating through the holiday season. Tune in for heartfelt advice on finding connection, fostering understanding, and navigating conversations during this tender time.

Dec 19, 202435:05
๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: ๐™Ž๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™‚๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ž๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ๐™จ

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: ๐™Ž๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™‚๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ž๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ๐™จ

In this special holiday episode, we talk with one of our favorite guests, Pamela Presler, to explore how to navigate the complexities of saying "happy holidays" to someone who is grieving. Pam offers thoughtful insights on supporting others during this difficult time and shares advice on how to prioritize rest and self-care throughout the holiday season. Whether you're grieving or supporting someone who is, this conversation provides compassion and practical tools to make it through the holidays.

Dec 12, 202429:38
๐—ž๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป
Dec 05, 202442:19
๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—น๐—ฎ
Nov 28, 202442:46
๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜†
Nov 21, 202448:07
๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ

In the latest episode of Confessions of a Grieving Mother, hosts Tracy and Julie sit down with Conor and Kristie from the Highmark Caring Place in Erie, PA. They share insights into the unique services offered, the organizationโ€™s multiple locations across Pennsylvania, and how they partner with Emmaโ€™s Footprints to build a stronger loss community.


Tune in to learn about the impact of this collaboration and the ways the Caring Place is making a difference for families navigating grief.

Nov 14, 202447:40
๐—ž๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ
Oct 31, 202455:41
๐—˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐˜†๐—ป
Oct 24, 202440:49
๐—ก๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—š๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—น: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ
Oct 17, 202453:10
๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ'๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ'๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ

In this special episode, we take a break from our usual topics and invite you to get to know the amazing women behind Emmaโ€™s Footprints. Join us as we share fun stories, surprising secrets, and lots of laughter! From favorite guilty pleasures to behind-the-scenes quirks, this episode is all about connecting with the team and letting you in on the lighter side of the work we do. Tune in to meet the voices behind the mic and learn more about the ladies who pour their hearts into supporting grieving families.

Oct 10, 202435:15
๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐—ผ: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—˜๐—น๐—ถ๐—ท๐—ฎ๐—ต
Oct 03, 202441:42
๐—ž๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—น๐—ฎ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ผ: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฒ

๐—ž๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—น๐—ฎ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ผ: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฒ

Type of loss: Early-term loss, ectopic loss, multiple losses, stillborn

More about Kayla's story: In this episode, Kayla DeCristoforo shares her journey through multiple devastating losses. After two ectopic pregnancies, Kayla was hopeful when she became pregnant with her daughter. Tragically, at 22 weeks, she received the heartbreaking news that her baby no longer had a heartbeat. Kayla opens up about the emotional and physical toll of repeated loss and the challenges of navigating grief after such unimaginable heartbreak.


Sep 26, 202453:32
๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ ๐—๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฎ
Sep 19, 202455:56
๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€: ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜†

๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€: ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜†

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 lossโ€”the heartbreaking decision to terminate a wanted pregnancy. We explore the emotional turmoil, societal stigma, and the complex realities faced by those who have had to make this unimaginable choice. This episode aims to bring understanding and support to a topic often shrouded in silence.

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Sep 12, 202427:50
๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜‡: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ
Sep 05, 202447:07
๐—๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜†: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€
Aug 29, 202443:30
๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต

๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต

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 lives were turned upside down when Ruth passes away suddenly less than 4 weeks later.

Aug 22, 202445:16
๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—™๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€

๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—™๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€

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 heartbeat. After processing the devastating news, she had a D&C. In the following 6 weeks, Tara explains that she was still experiencing extreme pain. She made countless doctors appointments, had kidney tests, cat scans, saw chiropractors, and more ultrasounds and nothing was discovered. While at dinner in early January 2012, she started experiencing more severe stomach pain and bleeding and was rushed to the ER. She begged for an exploratory laparoscopy where it was finally discovered that her right fallopian tube had ruptured due to an ectopic pregnancy that had occurred at the same time as the intrauterine pregnancy. This is called a heterotopic pregnancy an occurs in only 1 of 30,000 pregnancies.

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Aug 15, 202446:53
๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ณ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ
Aug 08, 202431:23
๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ

๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ

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.

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Aug 01, 202431:37
๐—˜๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† ๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ๐—น: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐——๐˜†๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป
Jul 25, 202450:41
๐—ž๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‡: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป
Jul 18, 202449:58
๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ

๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ

Jul 11, 202420:14
๐—๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ž๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ธ๐—ผ๐˜„: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—๐˜‚๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฎ

๐—๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ž๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ธ๐—ผ๐˜„: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—๐˜‚๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฎ

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 turned her pain into purpose with a research survey to help other loss families.


Parent to Parent Advice Survey:

After her second daughter, Julianna was stillborn in May 2023, Jenna started researching bereavement care to honor Julianna and help the loss community. There is currently very little research on parent advice to new loss parents. The first research project is a survey that takes 20-40 minutes to complete, depending on the level of detail provided in responses and asks questions about demographics, time at the hospital, and early grief.

The goal of this study is to reduce the chances that parents say, โ€œI wish I would haveโ€ฆโ€ Please consider participating in this research.

If you had your baby was stillborn, no matter the amount of time that has passed since birth, please consider completing the survey below to help other families: https://elmhurst.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6yY97I3qSsviPOu

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Jul 05, 202459:20
๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—•๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜†: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ
Jun 27, 202448:28
๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ฒ: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ

๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ฒ: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ

Jun 20, 202447:17
๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ'๐˜€ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—˜๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ

๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ'๐˜€ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—˜๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ

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

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Jun 13, 202446:18
๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐˜†๐—น๐—ฎ

๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐˜†๐—น๐—ฎ

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.

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Jun 06, 202401:01:16
๐—˜๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ'๐˜€ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€: ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜, ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ & ๐—™๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ

๐—˜๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ'๐˜€ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€: ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜, ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ & ๐—™๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ

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, 202440:14
๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ณ

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ณ

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.

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May 23, 202426:58
๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—™๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ
May 16, 202456:51
๐—˜๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ'๐˜€ ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ก๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ

๐—˜๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ'๐˜€ ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ก๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ

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:

Meghanโ€™s 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 moms.

When Meghanโ€™s rainbow baby Jackson turned a year old she started a course to become a certified birth and bereavement doula and is now a registered nurse for a local hospital here in Erie. She knew in her heart that no mom should have to walk this road of grief alone.

Connect with Meghan at meghan@emmasfootprints.com.

May 09, 202441:33
๐— ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ'๐˜€ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ

๐— ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ'๐˜€ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ

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, 202439:24
๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป

๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป

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 leading worship, she started to bleed on stage and unfortunately lost their sweet girl.

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Apr 25, 202446:47