Ep 23: Norah Shares Her Experience with Miscarriage After Two Healthy Pregancies

Disclaimers:

This episode may contain sensitive topics related to miscarriage. If these subjects are triggering for you, please listen with care. While there may be conversations about medications or medical treatments, I am not a doctor, and I am not offering any medical advice. Please consult an actual doctor for your own medical care.

When Norah got pregnant with her third baby, she knew that something was wrong. But it wasn’t easy to get the doctors and nurses to listen to her. After two successful pregnancies, she miscarried her third baby.

In today’s episode, my friend Norah is sharing about what it’s like to have a miscarriage after two healthy pregnancies, and what it’s like to have another baby after a miscarriage. She’s opening up about how she handled her mental state and how hard it was to reach out to others experiencing their own trauma.

Miscarriage is a devastating loss, no matter your situation. It’s easy to just feel like a statistic in a society and medical system that doesn’t focus on women’s mental and physical healing post-loss. Whether you’ve suffered multiple miscarriages or had a miscarriage after a successful pregnancy or delivered a healthy baby after a miscarriage, you have experienced trauma. 

Misplaced anger and competition prolong the healing journey. Remember that you are not alone. And that you have more in common with women who have experienced loss than your brain may let you think.

What’s in this episode:

• How Norah discovered she had a heart condition related to hyperemesis (prolonged nausea and vomiting) [03:43]
• How her third pregnancy (after two successful births) didn't feel right from the start [05:03]
• The frustration that comes up when doctors don’t listen to you [06:21]
• The difficulties of managing hyperemesis [09:26]
• How Norah got post-viral idiopathic neuropathy after a case of the flu [12:16]
• How her 12-week ultrasound proved Norah’s worries that something was wrong [16:30]
• What it was like taking the drugs to pass the miscarriage [20:41]
• How common it is to worry that something could go wrong in your pregnancy [29:52]
• How Norah felt when she got pregnant again after her miscarriage [33:01]
• How Norah channeled her anger post-miscarriage into the writing of her third book [36:10]
• How pregnancy trauma can lead to misplaced anger [39:42]
• The importance of mental health resources and feeling valued when going through such a difficult time [44:23]

If you’re feeling alone on your own infertility journey, I invite you to tune in to this episode.

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