#012: The Beauty of Community as We Honor Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month

Ready to learn how you can support a woman who has had a miscarriage? Perhaps you've experienced a loss yourself and understand the loss that accompanies your heart after a miscarriage. That's exactly what my guest, Kara Mangum, is here to talk about. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Our Hearts Align. She is a certified pregnancy health coach and author of two books (Align Our Hearts: A Devotional for Pregnancy Loss AND The Duckling in Our Hearts: A Gentle Baby Loss Story) 

She's on a mission to shed light and bring hope to women after they have experienced a pregnancy loss. Tune into this special podcast episode in honor of pregnancy and infant loss awareness month. This episode is to help you know that you aren't alone. Whether you need to hear the comfort of Kara's story of miscarriage, to her three successful pregnancies, or her healing ministry work  - this will leave you feeling comforted that there are good people in the world doing incredible work to help women through their pain and grief.

And nothing says - I'm here for you more than receiving a thoughtful care package in the mail. Our Hearts Align is sending love to women all over the United States after they have experienced a miscarriage.  Care packages are free to send to women (donations are always welcomed!)

Sadly, 1 in 4 women will lose a baby during pregnancy or infancy. Today's podcast episode covers a difficult conversation around pregnancy loss. It's designed to help you know that you aren't alone.  

We cover:

• Our miscarriage stories
• Fears and anxieties about being pregnant after loss
• How miscarriage robbed Kara of joy in her later pregnancies
• Kara shares tips on how to support a friend after a miscarriage
• Her inner thoughts of why this happened, why did God allow this to happen to her?
• We talk about awkward questions like what happens to the baby after loss?
• And why she started her ministry work for Our Hearts Align

This is one that you won't want to miss! Be sure to listen at the end on how you can give back - friends,  this thoughtful, inspirational, and, most importantly, a hopeful conversation.

 

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Links mentioned in this episode:

★ Learn more about Our Hearts Align here

★ Follow Our Hearts Align on FB and IG

★ The Duckling in Our Hearts: A Gentle Baby Loss Story by Kara Mangum★Align Our Hearts: A Devotional for Pregnancy Loss by Kara Mangum