What does mourning and grieving look like if we really center ourselves as a site of that transition?

In today’s episode, I’m joined by a certified DONA International Postpartum Doula and Grief Educator Eileen Santos Rosete. Experiencing pregnancy loss twice during her motherhood journey, Eileen is helping women feel seen, held, and honored. As part of her work, she authored the book, To Tend and To Hold, dedicated to women who went through perinatal loss. The book was born to support them in acknowledging the pregnancy and undergoing postpartum without a living child. 

Throughout this episode, the importance of doulas and increasing the accessibility of relevant literature and resources on postpartum care will be highlighted. You will also learn about the unique aspects of pregnancy and infant loss as a type of loss that is intimately tied to a woman’s body. Additionally, Eileen talks about how others can hold space for this tender intersection of postpartum care, grief, and Trauma. 

Tune in and listen to episode 274 of Grief and Happiness, and learn to give the reverence to Womb Loss that it deserves as it happens within us and to us. 

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• Doulas are having a moment (02:16)
• The uniqueness of pregnancy and infant loss (09:47)
• Caring for those who experience postpartum without a living child (14:07)
• Introducing the term Womb Loss (19:26)
• Softening the language around loss (23:26)

Connect with Eileen Santos Rosete:

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• Book: Emily Thiroux Threatt – Loving and Living Your Way Through Grief

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Emily Thiroux Threatt Podcast Host, Facilitator, Author

Having gone through the experience of the deaths of so many loved ones, I have learned to face life with love, optimism, and joy.

I have kept journals and written to express myself most of my life which led me to a career of teaching writing and writing books. I naturally turned to writing to help deal with my grief, then I discovered I could use writing to help friends deal with grief, too.

In contemplating how I could best help the grieving people I was working with, my Ignite moment came when realized the importance of helping people understand the importance of happiness and how they could grieve and be happy at the same time.

To share my message, I host the Grief and Happiness podcast, I wrote the book Loving and Living Your Way Though Grief, I facilitate weekly meetings of the Grief and Happiness Alliance, I founded the Grief and Happiness nonprofit foundation, I publish a weekly newsletter and blog, and my new book, The Grief and Happiness Handbook is coming out soon.