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.laurenThe 3-Day Experience for Moms After Baby Loss is a live workshop for moms who are grieving their baby. Over three days together, we look at how you're really doing, what this loss has touched in your life, and what to actually do when the guilt spiral starts. You'll get the live sessions, the recordings to keep, and a workbook to go with it. $27. Find it at navigatingbabyloss.com/workshop.Download my FREE "Guilt and Grief Release Journal" at navigatingbabyloss.com/journalWHERE TO FIND AND FOLLOW ME!Website-  https://www.navigatingbabyloss.comTik Tok-https://www.tiktok.com/@navigatingbabylossInstagram-https://www.instagram.com/navigatingbabyloss/You Tube-https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz-2MCEY5PRiF6p6VB_2lxA