Recurrent Pregnancy Loss, Preterm Labor, Infant Loss & Pregnancy After Loss | Episode 135 with Mary Prince

Episode 135

Listen in as I spend time with Mary Prince and she shares her motherhood journey with me. She talks honestly and candidly about her recurrent miscarriages, and then her son Noah who was born at 26 weeks due to a placental rupture who would die just a few short months later as a result of a rare and very difficult to diagnose heart defect. I ask Mary to talk about what it’s been like to be an invisible mother, having experienced pregnancy 4 times, having delivered a baby boy and mothered him in the nicu, but now to have only empty arms.

Mary shares what has surprised her about her motherhood journey and the grief that she has endured. If you love a grieving mom, she gives really helpful wisdom and advice about what it looks like to support a mom who has experienced the loss of a baby.

At the time of this recording Mary was 18 weeks pregnant and Mary gives an honest real-time look into what pregnancy after so much loss has been like. She gives wisdom and really helpful tangible advice that I think will really encourage you if you are in that season. We talk about all those things and so much more.

I am so thankful to Mary and her willingness to share her journey with us — I pray it is a blessing to you.

QUESTIONS we discuss IN EPISODE 135

Mary’s Story
1. What has surprised you most about this journey?
2. What does motherhood mean to you?
3. What has your journey been like in embracing your identity as a mom without living babies in your arms?
4. What would you say to the woman with no living children?
5. What has been the most challenging aspect of navigating grief and life after loss?
6. What do you wish others understood about what it’s like to experience pregnancy loss and infant loss?

Pregnancy After Loss
1. How did you make the decision to try again?
2. What has this pregnancy been like for you?
3. Have you made any changes from your previous pregnancy?
4. Do you have any advice about navigating pregnancy after loss?
5. What do you wish others understood about pregnancy after loss?
Faith After Loss
1. Tell me about your faith during this journey -- did you ever get angry with God? Doubt His goodness?
2. What does it mean to you to find joy amidst mourning?
3. Tell me one way you have grown as a result of having experienced miscarriage?
Marriage After Loss
1. What do you think is the most challenging aspect of navigating the marriage relationship after loss?
2. What advice would you give a grieving couple about how to navigate those challenges?
In Closing
1. What resources were the most encouraging or helpful to you after your losses? Did that change in your different experiences?

Meet Mary

I’m a high school English teacher and lover of coffee and great literature. I’m wife to my husband Bryan and mama to four babies: three who passed in my womb and one - Noah - who passed in my arms after six precious weeks of life. I spend my days teaching, reading, and playing with my two cats as I prayerfully consider what comes next.