Our TFMR Stories | Our decisions, our grief, real true parent stories22 Sep

What to expect with physical healing after termination │ Layers of Recovery after TFMR (Part 1 of 3)

We’re sharing what we wished someone would have told us about what to expect healing-wise after your TFMR. I’m listing out all the physical affects of ending a wanted pregnancy and reading stories from the group about their physical recover after termination baby loss.

'Cause I know for me the "call if the bleeding is heavier than a period" and nothing more was NOT enough info. We deserve SOOOO much better.

So in this 3-part series, I'm sharing how we *really* heal - physically, emotionally and spiritually after TFMR.

Part 1 (this episode) - Physical Recovery

Part 2 (Wed. Sept. 23rd) - Emotional Recovery

Part 3 (Thurs. Sept. 24th) - Spiritual Recovery

TODAY: What to expect with physical healing after termination │Layers of Recovery after TFMR (Day 1 of 3)

And for more care and support through your own recovery, you are invited to our small group, next rounds of Ascend TFMR Grief Circle now open. We have a spot for you: https://www.thetfmrdoula.com/ascend-apply - some of the information was cut off in this recording since I was streaming live, but the next groups are starting October 11th (Noon Eastern time) and October 14th (7pm Eastern time)

If you want to join in the live streams of these episodes we are in the Facebook group “Our TFMR Stories” - to become a free member join us here: Join Facebook TFMR support group

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What to expect with emotional healing after termination │Layers of Recovery after TFMR (Day 2 of 3)

Baby loss, let alone TFMR!, is rarely talked about so of course you may feel in the dark about what your emotional healing and recovery may look like afterwards. Many of the distressing and hard emoti...

23 Sep 43min

TFMR procedures - what we wish medical professionals would have explained

After and within the huge decision to end a wanted pregnancy for health reasons, you have to make many many micro-decisions. And you can't know what you don't know - cue medical staff who can orient a...

12 Sep 43min

(Part 2 of 2) Life & recovery after TFMR for T21 & hydrops with Catt Gibbons

Catt Gibbons shares (Part 2 of 2) about her mental and physical recovery after TFMR for T21 & hydrops, and how having so much compassion for herself after the decision has helped the most in her life ...

9 Sep 16min

(Part 1 of 2) How Catt Gibbons decided to end her wanted pregnancy for T21 and hydrops | TFMR for Down's Syndrome & Hydrops

Catt Gibbons shares (Part 1 of 2) how to be so kind and compassionate to yourself after TFMR. The compassion and care stared in how she decided to TFMR and the care she received through the process an...

8 Sep 18min

TFMR is intentional birth - TFMR parents share their birth choice stories

I recently watched an interview of someone who had carried to term after a grave diagnosis, and the interviewer kept going on and on about how “intentional” this choice was. Which, yes, it IS an inten...

4 Sep 27min

How Morgan Meaut decided to TFMR for brain anomalies & worst case scenario rare genetic condition in her baby Collins (part 1 of 2)

Morgan Meaut shares her story of needing to terminate her wanted pregnancy for a rare genetic condition: 8p inverted duplication deletion syndrome, on the 23rd chromosome. Needing to make this decisio...

10 Aug 23min

Getting through the grief after a TFMR for brain anomalies & rare genetic condition - Morgan Meaut shares her baby Collins' story (part 2 of 2)

Morgan continues sharing her story (part 2 of 2) of life and grief and healing after a termination for medical reasons for a rare genetic disorder in her baby girl Collins.…Morgan shares how this podc...

10 Aug 28min