INFERTILITY: How to Grieve Someone Who is Still Alive: a Story of Adoption and Unselfish Love with Trina Peterson | S04E28 episode artwork

EPISODE · Jul 1, 2025 · 49 MIN

INFERTILITY: How to Grieve Someone Who is Still Alive: a Story of Adoption and Unselfish Love with Trina Peterson | S04E28

from Dirty Laundry with Ollie · host Olivia DeBoer

S04E28 What is it like to bring a baby into the world at 19— and then make the brave, heartbreaking decision to place him for adoption?In today’s episode, Trina shares her story from the very beginning: finding out she was pregnant, navigating school, family, and relationships, and the emotional process of choosing adoption. She opens up about how she chose the adoptive family, what it felt like healing from a C-section without a baby in her arms, and the complex journey of grief, identity, and grieving someone who is still alive.We also dive into what she wishes more adoptive parents understood about loving and honoring birth moms—not just in the adoption process, but for a lifetime.This conversation is raw, vulnerable, and full of wisdom for anyone touched by adoption or the unseen layers of motherhood, sacrifice, and love.

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