We are your hosts, Meg & Sara. Two relatable women on a mission to unpack the real and raw truths of infertility, pregnancy after loss, motherhood & everything in between. We’ve both experienced our own losses on our journeys to motherhood, and will be sharing our own struggles and truths in an effort to help women feel less alone. We both felt isolated and unsupported and craved a space where we felt understood, so our goal is to create that space. We promise not to throw silver linings at ...
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Find Your Hosts: @megocch @sjsilk @meanttobemama_podcast Facebook Group: Meant To Be Mama Podcast Community Follow The Podcast, Meant To Be Mama: Rate, Review, Subscribe & Share on Apple PodcastsBy Meg Occhipinti & Sara Silk Shakespeare
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Husbands and Loss: How to Help Guide Them to be the Best Support They Can Be
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SURPRISE! “The greater your storm, the brighter your rainbow”
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How to Tell Your Friends Who Have Suffered a Loss That You Are Pregnant
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Find Your Hosts: @megocch @sjsilk @meanttobemama_podcast Facebook Group: Meant To Be Mama Podcast Community Follow The Podcast, Meant To Be Mama: Rate, Review, Subscribe & Share on Apple PodcastsBy Meg Occhipinti & Sara Silk Shakespeare
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Find Your Hosts: @megocch @sjsilk @meanttobemama_podcast Facebook Group: Meant To Be Mama Podcast Community Follow The Podcast, Meant To Be Mama: Rate, Review, Subscribe & Share on Apple PodcastsBy Meg Occhipinti & Sara Silk Shakespeare
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Ectopic Pregnancy Loss and Finding the Light Without the Miracle...
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Todays episode is with guest Amanda Soed. She so openly shares her journey of ectopic pregnancy loss, the struggles that came alongside it and how she has truly found the light even though she has yet to gain her miracle baby, yet. Amanda is full of hope and encouragement for those still on the road to motherhood and our hope is that her positive a…
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Timestamps: 2:11 - Finding a therapist thats right for you 10:00 - Knowing when its the right time to try again 19:41 - Acupuncture to help clear the mind 28:28 - Meg deciding its time to try again -- Find Your Hosts: @megocch @sjsilk @meanttobemama_podcast Facebook Group: Meant To Be Mama Podcast Community Follow The Podcast, Meant To Be Mama: Rat…
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Timestamps: 1:43 - Sara HATED being pregnant 7:30 - Struggles with breast feeding 13:43 - Being a mother is hard, give yourself a break 16:50 - Keeping a strong relationship post-partum -- Find Your Hosts: @megocch @sjsilk @meanttobemama_podcast Facebook Group: Meant To Be Mama Podcast Community Follow The Podcast, Meant To Be Mama: Rate, Review, S…
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Timestamps: 3:10 - The fears of getting pregnant again after loss 6:21 - Losing the joy of bering pregnant 11:20 - Recognizing anxiety that comes from loss 23:13 - Healing your relationship with your body -- Find Your Hosts: @megocch @sjsilk @meanttobemama_podcast Facebook Group: Meant To Be Mama Podcast Community Follow The Podcast, Meant To Be Ma…
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In this episode, Sara and Meg discuss the “12 week rule” and why it’s so taboo to announce your pregnancy prior to 12 weeks. They dive into why this “rule” exists, how it can make loss feel so isolating & what they plan to do with their next pregnancy announcements. Sara & Meg encourage this to be an ongoing discussion in their DMs & on the Meant t…
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Heather's Story: A Deep Dive into IVF
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Timestamps: 2:16 - What's Heather's story? 13:17 - Dealing with bad news from fertility appointments 18:14 - Heather starts therapy 26:00 - Don't get hung up on dates 45:12 - Coming to terms with a chemical pregnancy 1:01:01 - How did your husband react to his fertility issues? -- Find Your Hosts: @megocch @sjsilk @meanttobemama_podcast Facebook Gr…
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Timestamps: 3:00 - Taking the time you need 9:46 - You need to do what's right for you 15:17 - Setting your boundaries 25:15 - Reach out to your loved ones experiencing loss -- Find Your Hosts: @megocch @sjsilk @meanttobemama_podcast Facebook Group: Meant To Be Mama Podcast Community Follow The Podcast, Meant To Be Mama: Rate, Review, Subscribe & S…
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Megs Story: Reoccurring Loss Meet Meg, one of your hosts on Meant to be Mama Podcast. Meg has been on the fearless journey to motherhood for over a decade. She had her first unexpected loss 10 years ago and felt very alone and lost at the young age of 23. She met her now husband a few years later and they bravely restarted that journey to become pa…
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Meet Sara, one of your hosts on Meant to be Mama. Sara found out she was unexpectedly pregnant in May 2021, which was the greatest surprise of her life for the following two months. She then ended up losing her first baby girl at 13 weeks. She was devastated, felt completely alone and held so much guilt around what she had gone through. She had no …
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Meg and Sara welcome you to Meant to be Mama! Enjoy a brief overview of who they are, what drove them to create this space for you all and where they’re at today. We are so excited to share more of our journeys with you, relate with other women who understand and hopefully help you feel less alone on the road to motherhood. Don’t forget to rate, re…
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We are your hosts; Meg and Sara. Two relatable women on a mission to unpack the real and raw truths of infertility, pregnancy after loss, motherhood and everything in between. We will be sharing our own truths and struggles as we have both experienced our own losses. On our journeys to motherhood, we both felt unsupported and craved a space where w…
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