Mom Danielle of Stillbirth Encourages All Pregnant Moms to Count the Kicks

Still A Part of Us: A podcast about pregnancy loss, stillbirth, and infant loss

Mom Danielle talks about how she's grieved, mourned, and celebrated her daughter Lydia's life after she was stillborn at 30 weeks. She died due to an umbilical cord accident.

Danielle talks about her 2 pregnancies after loss (PAL) and how she coped with the anxiety, and encourages other pregnant moms to "count the kicks" using the Count the Kicks phone app.She also started a local Walk of Remembrance with her friend and fellow loss mom Emily as a way to honor Lydia.

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• Listen to Danielle's stillbirth story of Lydia: https://youtu.be/iq3iPBNdWMQ
• Listen to her friend Emily's stillbirth story of Margaret: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0VuKlDCvl8HHibLPFAhIAn
• Listen to my friend Lindsey's stillbirth story of Sadie: https://stillapartofus.com/12-lindsays-story-sadies-birth-stillborn-32-weeks-cord-accident/

Time Stamps:

• 00:00 Welcome
• 2:17 After Lydia's birth
• 7:17 Pregnancy after loss with Luke
• 10:29 Count the Kicks
• 17:08 Work and how's she's coped
• 27:23 Therapists and grief support
• 36:14 Coping as a couple
• 44:06 Keeping Lydia a part of her life

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Links (some of these links are affiliate links, which means we may get a small commission off your purchase, at no extra cost to you):

• Website: http://stillapartofus.com/
• Grief Support Groups: https://nationalshare.org/
• Count the Kicks app: https://countthekicks.org/download-app/
• Count the Kicks information: https://countthekicks.org/
• Danielle's blog to Lydia: https://letterstolydiajaelle.wordpress.com/
• Walk of Remembrance: Miles for Margaret, Lydia, and All Babies Gone Too Soon Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/WalkOfRemembranceCHS/
• How to donate to this Walk of Remembrance: https://secure.qgiv.com/event/chswalk2021/

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