115: Rooted in Faith: Preparing for Birth After Baby Loss

Send Jen a Text MessageIn this episode, I'm joined by Lauren Murdock, a labor and delivery nurse with over 10 years of experience, childbirth educator, and the creator of the Rooted Birth Method. Lauren brings both professional wisdom and deeply personal experience as she shares her own journey with infertility and miscarriage.We dive into the unique grief that comes with being a nurse supporting families through stillbirth and what it looks like to walk with God through pregnancy after loss. We talk about faith, surrender, and what it means to create a birth plan that includes your grief, your baby, and your hope.Lauren’s story is tender and powerful. She opens up about the pain of miscarriage after years of infertility, her faith journey, and how she now equips women to walk into their births with peace and preparation—even when they’re holding grief too.If you're facing another pregnancy after loss, or you're terrified to even consider it, this conversation is for you.What You'll Learn in This Episode:What labor nurses wish they could say about supporting grieving mothersHow silence can be the most healing response in the hospitalWhy it's okay to wrestle with your faith after baby lossLauren's story of infertility, miscarriage, and motherhoodHow Rooted Birth helps you plan with your faith at the centerCreating a birth plan after loss: where to startTips for communicating with hospital staff to protect your heartHow to invite God into your next birth storyResources Mentioned:Faith > Fear Birth: https://www.laborlauren.com/fgtfbirth    Use code NBL50 to take $50 off!Free 5-Day Prayer Journal: https://www.laborlauren.com/prayerjournalFollow Lauren on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/labor.laurenhttps://navigatingbabyloss.com/workshopFree workshop for moms grieving stillbirth or pregnancy loss. Learn simple, trauma-informed practices to release guilt, calm the what-ifs, and honor your baby's memory with love instead of pain. Includes bonus Grief & Guilt Release Journal. Did you know you can text me right from your podcast app? My podcast host has a new feature that allows you to send a message or ask a question and I will answer them in future episodes! (just an FYI- it's a one-way message so I won't be able to respond unless you leave your name and contact info in the message!) Look under the title where it says Send Jen a message and let me know what’s on your mind.Download my FREE "Guilt and Grief Release Journal" at navigatingbabyloss.com/journalWHERE TO FIND AND FOLLOW ME!Website-  https://www.jennifersenn.comTik Tok-https://www.tiktok.com/@navigatingbabylossInstagram-https://www.instagram.com/navigatingbabyloss/You Tube-https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz-2MCEY5PRiF6p6VB_2lxA