Pregnancy Loss, Grief, and Finding Support When You’re Still Searching for Answers

There are losses that change everything, even when the world keeps moving like nothing happened.

Pregnancy loss is one of them.

In a recent episode of the Purpose Beyond Motherhood Podcast, we sat down with Rachel Dickey, a mom, labor and delivery nurse, and author, to talk honestly about grief, healing, and what it looks like to keep going after loss. This conversation wasn’t about fixing grief or wrapping it up neatly. It was about naming it, honoring it, and giving space to the questions that don’t go away easily.

Grief Doesn’t Follow a Timeline

One of the most important reminders from this conversation is that grief is deeply personal. It doesn’t move in straight lines. It shifts with seasons, family dynamics, milestones, and quiet moments you didn’t expect to be hard.

Rachel shared how pregnancy loss doesn’t just affect one part of your life. It touches everything. Your sense of identity. Your understanding of family. Your faith. Even how you walk into doctor’s offices or baby aisles afterward.

And none of that makes you weak. It makes you human.

Honoring Every Child in Your Story

Something Rachel spoke about so beautifully is the importance of acknowledging and honoring every child in your family, including the ones you don’t get to hold.

Pregnancy loss doesn’t erase motherhood. Love existed. A child existed. And naming that truth matters in the healing process.

For many women, healing doesn’t come from forgetting. It comes from remembering in ways that feel safe, meaningful, and honest.

Advocacy Matters More Than You Think

As a labor and delivery nurse, Rachel also shared how important it is for grieving mothers to advocate for themselves in healthcare settings. Not every provider understands pregnancy loss well. Not every system is built with tenderness in mind.

It is okay to ask questions.
It is okay to speak up.
It is okay to seek care that feels compassionate and supportive.

You deserve to be seen, heard, and respected, especially in moments of deep vulnerability.

Faith in the Middle of Loss

For many women, pregnancy loss brings spiritual questions that feel heavy and uncomfortable. Why did this happen? Where is God in this? Will I ever feel whole again?

Rachel shared how Scripture and faith became a steady place to land, not because everything suddenly made sense, but because God’s presence remained when answers didn’t.

Faith doesn’t mean you stop grieving. It means you don’t have to grieve alone.

A Resource Created from Lived Experience

Out of her own journey, Rachel wrote a book designed to walk with mothers through pregnancy loss. Not as an expert looking in, but as a woman who has been there. Her heart is to offer support, truth, and hope to women who may feel forgotten or unsure where to turn next.

If This Is Your Story

If you are navigating pregnancy loss, or still carrying grief that no one else seems to see, we want you to know this:

You are not alone.
Your grief matters.
Your story is worth honoring.

This episode is an invitation to sit with women who understand, to hear words that don’t rush your healing, and to be reminded that support is available, even when the road feels long.

🎧 Watch to the full conversation with Rachel Dickey on the Purpose Beyond Motherhood Podcast.