132: When You’ve Had A Miscarriage or Infant Loss - Dr. Jessica Zucker

If you or someone you know has experienced a miscarriage or infant loss, you know how messy and difficult it can be to navigate. It’s one of those topics that people tend to run from rather than talk about, and the grief can be suffocating.

Dr. Jessica Zucker experienced a miscarriage when she was 16 weeks pregnant and, as a psychologist who had been helping women navigate this very tragedy for years in her practice, knew it was her mission to speak up and talk about this difficult experience. Dr. Zucker explains what happened during her own miscarriage, how it sparked her #IHadAMiscarraige campaign and her new book, “I Had a Miscarriage: A Memoir, a Movement” and how she believes that we need to lean into grief instead of away from it.

Tune into episode #132:

In this episode, Jessica and I chat about:

Why Jessica decided to become a psychologist and why she chose a specialty in maternal mental health
Jessica’s own traumatic experience with miscarriage when she was 16 weeks pregnant and home alone
How Jessica’s own miscarraige helped inform the work she does and how she relates to her clients
What tools and strategies Jessica used to move through the grief after her miscarriage and when getting pregnant again
Why people tend to run from talking about miscarriage and infant loss
How we can better support and be there for people in our own life experiencing this tragedy
How we can support the partner of someone who miscarried
Jessica’s new book, “I Had A Miscarriage: A Memoir, A Movement”
Jessica’s breast cancer diagnosis two weeks after her book launched--and how she is coping with that