Ep 318: Pregnancy After Loss and Learning to Trust Again

Ep 318: Pregnancy After Loss and Learning to Trust Again

From Happy Homebirth by Katelyn Fusco

March 16, 2026 · 59 min · Episode 323

About this episode

The episode discusses the journey of pregnancy after loss and the importance of trust in the birthing process.

Have you ever found yourself wanting something to happen so desperately, and at the same time realizing you have absolutely no control over its happening? This week, we’re speaking with Erica: a wife, mother of two, one of nine siblings, and a woman who entered marriage already having seen family members give birth beautifully at home. Episode Roundup: 1. Generational Trust in birth is a GIFT Erica didn’t stumble into homebirth hoping it might work. She had seen it. She watched her mother birth. She watched her sister birth. She grew up witnessing women trust their bodies. When birth isn’t something foreign and medicalized — when it’s something you’ve seen unfold in your actual living room —where you LIVE– it builds a different kind of confidence. What are we modeling for our daughters? What are our sons witnessing about women’s strength? Erica is now continuing that legacy. Absolutely amazing. 2. Surrender Is Not Passive — It’s Active and continual Two weeks of prodromal labor. Contractions that start… and stop. Hopes rising… and falling. Over and over again. And that shower moment — head against the tile, sobbing, praying, “I trust You… but please let it be now.” That is such…

People in this episode

Host: Katelyn Fusco

Guest: Erica

Topics covered

  • pregnancy
  • loss
  • trust
  • homebirth
  • surrender
  • family legacy

Keywords

  • pregnancy after loss
  • homebirth
  • trust
  • surrender
  • family legacy
  • generational trust

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