TW Miscarriage
In this episode, Lauren shares two birth stories, both set in hospitals: one in Boston and one in Springfield, MA. Both experiences were overall positive, but intense, with fast (and early) labor, but the pregnancies and postpartum periods were very different. For the first birth, Lauren and her husband decided to move to a new house on the other side of the state, the day they came home from the hospital. After a straightforward pregnancy and labor, they faced the normal challenges of new parenthood and newly postpartum motherhood, coupled with the challenges of new homeownership in a new community, with little local support and lingering complications from birth. For the second birth story, Lauren shares a very different pregnancy story. After suffering the loss of a pregnancy between her first and second births, it was hard for Lauren to process the grief and stress, and get excited about the pregnancy with her son. After a hard pregnancy, the birth was relatively uncomplicated and straightforward. Postpartum with her son was tremendously easier than the first time around, now that they had gotten settled in their new space, connected with their community, and began finding the flow in their new life as parents to two children. Lauren learned through these experiences that sometimes “joy” is an active decision and she is grateful to have learned this early in her motherhood as she loves being a mom to two happy and healthy children.
Lauren Staley Bio
Lauren lives in Becket, MA, with her husband, Tom, their two children, Maya and Rhys, their two cats, and their one big Newfoundland dog, Rooster. Lauren is a Project Manager at a law firm in Boston and enjoys spending time in nature with her family, playing outside or hiking in the woods. When she’s not exploring the outdoors or tending to the things that parents of young kids tend to, she enjoys traveling, relaxing with friends, cooking/baking, snuggling with her Newfie, and working on home improvement projects. You can connect with Lauren via email: Lauren.n.maltz@gmail.com, or you can DM her @Lnmaltz on Instagram.
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