Episode 18: Conscious Motherhood After Infertility, TFMR, Stillbirth, and Surrogacy with Jenn Hepton
Jenn Hepton is a certified grief and life coach who has walked through much hardship on her journey to a rainbow baby.After a difficult fertility diagnosis she became pregnant with twins and unfortunately went on to develop severe complications, which ultimately led to the incredibly difficult decision to terminate for medical reasons as recommended by several doctors. In her next pregnancy she and her husband decided to pursue donor eggs to conceive. Devastatingly that pregnancy ended in the stillbirth of their daughter, Loey.Jenn talks about their eventual decision to pursue surrogacy, what it was like to meet their rainbow baby, Milo, and how she is consciously parenting after loss. Most recently, her journey to another baby via surrogacy has been put on pause due to COVID-19, as is the case for many others seeking fertility treatments during this time.Overall Jenn’s story is one of hope. I gained so much from our conversation and I hope you do as well.Jenn talks about:-her personal definition of a rainbow baby-conceiving with an egg donor-the decision to move toward surrogacy and tips for choosing a surrogate-living an empowered life after loss-choosing joy during pregnancy after loss-how she began grief and life coaching-moving towards post traumatic growth after loss-coping with anxiety and grief at the birth of a rainbow baby-conscious parenting after loss-being forced to postpone her second surrogacy journey due to COVID-19-practices for feeling safe through uncertainty—Connect with Jenn at lossintransition.com and A Conscious Motherhood where she is offering a new course LIFE AFTER BABY LOSS : A 3 week experience of support. The course will launch on Mother's Day FREE for that entire day using the code FREE4YOUFollow Jenn on Instagram @loeys.hugsTo connect with me visit taylorashleybates.com and find me on Instagram @taylorashleybatesAnd please share this podcast with anyone you know who is walking through life after pregnancy loss, whether they are trying to conceive, currently pregnant, or parenting after loss.