Meet Aubin, an author, life & business coach and an RN who is also reigning as Mrs. Vineyard 2024. As if that resume isn't impressive enough, she also hosts a podcast titled "Power Women" and exemplifies just that through her battles with infertility and PSOS. After bringing three beautiful girls into the world, she and her husband decided to try for one more. Take a listen to learn the heartbreaking complications that arose but also the life-altering takeaways she has chosen to learn from the experience.
Instagram: @aubinpalmer
email: aubinpalmercoaching@gmail.com
Meet Holly, a Californian teacher whose life turned upside down the moment she found out she was pregnant. Take a listen to learn the MANY things Holly needed to grieve in addition to her beautiful son, Huck, born at 22 weeks gestation under incredibly unique circumstances. You’ve never heard a story quite like this one before and she has incredible insight to share.
Instagram: @holly.a.naylor
Meet Breanne, a breakfast-loving Boise native that is most importantly mother to two beautiful angel boys. After a diagnosis of PCOS, she and her husband were thrilled to finally get that positive pregnancy test. Take a listen to learn what happened at 17 weeks gestation not only during her first pregnancy, but eerily during her second pregnancy at 17 weeks as well. P.S. Breanne shares great insight about "saline baths"- you won't want to miss it!
Instagram: @breanne.sua
Meet Bernice, a Pennsylvanian mom enthusiastic about running but even more passionate living out her daughter, Brooke's legacy. After suffering secondary infertility, Bernice and her husband were thrilled to finally get pregnant after 2.5 years. Take a listen to learn the challenges that caused Brooke to be born at 28 weeks and what happened to her after 5.5 weeks in the NICU. You will be so inspired by the non-profit organization, Chasing the Rainbows, that Bernice created which uniquely provides DAILY support to survivors of infant loss in various ways.
Instagram @chasingtherainbows
Website: chasingtherainbows.org
Podcast: Cry It Out Loud
Meet Suzzie, a doula and childbirth educator passionate about helping moms create a birth they love. However, her own first experiences with pregnancy were less than ideal, beginning with a molar pregnancy, which drove her to this line of work. Take a listen as Suzzie gets real about the complexities of molar pregnancies and her message to women facing pregnancy after loss.
Email: contact@shebirthsbravely.com
Website: www.shebirthsbravely.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzzie-vehrs-4b7b9894
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shebirthsbravely
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shebirthsbravely/
Meet Shauna, a northern Californian mother, wife, certified athletic trainer, Norwex consultant, and advocate for congenital heart defect warriors. When she was 26 weeks pregnant, it was discovered that her daughter, Sierra, had developed HLHS (hypoplastic left heart syndrome). Take a listen to learn the wild turn of events that occurred after Sierra's birth and the advice that Shauna has for other parents of CHD babies.
Instagram: @cleangreenshaunab
Meet Lindsey, nurse practitioner and mother to three (earth-side) teenagers in Minnesota. It was nearly 20 years ago that Lindsay was pregnant with her first child, Garrett, when her worst nightmare took place at 38 weeks. Take a listen to learn how an annual birthday memorial for Garrett transformed into a nationwide non-profit, Star Legacy Foundation, of which Lindsay is the executive director.
P.S. Lindsey was named one of L’Oreal’s Top Ten Women of Worth in 2020 for the work she has done in stillbirth prevention!
email: info@starlegacyfoundation.org
instagram: @starlegacyfoundation
Meet Skylar, an ambitious 20 year old pursuing her masters in Forensics Investigative Sciences in Texas who is unfortunately no stranger to grief. After losing her father in 2021, she found out she was expecting not too long after. Take a listen to learn the extensive monitoring that Skylar would receive once the anatomy scan revealed abnormalities even the doctors did not understand. Your heart will fall in love with her little Mailee as she bravely fought the rare OEIS syndrome as long as she could.
Instagram @skylarrandle
Meet Elizabeth, a busy mom in Cleveland Ohio and founder/operator of the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization 'A Touch of Teddy'. After a cancerous thyroid nodule was removed & resolved, she was relieved to finally conceive and have a textbook pregnancy. Take a listen to learn how all that changed at 21 weeks and what lead to Elizabeth sending teddy bear ornaments to over 1,100 families in just a year's time.
Instagram/tiktok: @atouchofteddy
email: elizabeth@atouchofteddy.org
website: https://beacons.ai/atouchofteddy
Meet Naomia, Mrs. Washington 2023 and mother to three children in a blended family. She didn't anticipate fertility troubles when she had her two daughters close together, yet everything changed when she was diagnosed with stage 3 uterine cancer at the young age of 21. Take a listen to learn what happened when Naomia got a positive pregnancy test just a few months after the cancerous cells were surgically removed and the effects this surprising news had on her life and marriage.
Instagram: @mrs.naomiamay
Facebook: Naomia May
Meet Holly Ann, a first grade teacher in Kansas and creator of the instagram resource page @bloomlikemagnolia. Everything was going smoothly with her first pregnancy with her daughter Magnolia until Holly Ann noticed a decrease in movement while 8 months pregnant. Take a listen to learn how writing the children's book, "Some Babies", was a cathartic experience for her while coping with immense grief and why she has chosen to donate books in Magnolia's honor.
Instagram: @bloomlikemagnolia