13. Dr. Michelle Rockwell's Miscarriage Story and a Message That You Are Not Alone

Motherhood Meets Medicine

Lynzy Coughlin

Medicine, Kids & Family, Health & Fitness

5 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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One in four. This is the well-known statistic of women who experience miscarriage. Regardless of how common miscarriage is, that doesn’t make it any easier to go through. Dr. Michelle Rockwell is sharing her story of miscarriage with us on the podcast and how her experience was affected by COVID. Our hope is that this episode will make you feel less alone if you have gone through a miscarriage, or will feel more prepared to support a friend or family member who has. Dr. Michelle is a double board certified Family Medicine & Sports Medicine Physician, married to an ER doctor, and has two boys. Her platform, Doctor Mommy Md, was founded out of her passion for helping moms navigate this wild journey of motherhood! She has specific interest and expertise in breastfeeding, child health and development, prenatal fitness and postpartum maternal health. In this episode we discuss: -What you can do to lower your risk of miscarriage -The top causes of miscarriage -Whether or not there is an increase amount of miscarriage in the COVID vaccine population -The feelings of fear and anxiety that come after having a miscarriage -How you can best support those going through a miscarriage Resources Mentioned: -Miscarriage Odds Reassurer -Miscarriage Probability Chart -Journal: Grieving the Child I Never Knew Connect with Michelle: -Instagram: @doctormommymd -Thriving in Motherhood - Baby's First Year Connect with me on Instagram @motherhoodmeetsmedicine. For full show notes, head to lynzyandco.com/motherhood-meets-medicine-the-podcast/ Join the Motherhood Meets Medicine community at patreon.com/motherhoodmeetsmedicine. Disclaimer: This podcast does not provide medical advice. The information on this podcast is for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone. Today I'll be chatting with Dr. Michelle Rockwell. Michelle is a double
0:12.2	board-certified family medicine and sports medicine physician. She is married to an ER
0:16.8	physician and they have two boys together, one and a half and three years old. She is
0:21.0	a specific interest in expertise in breastfeeding, child health and development, prenatal fitness
0:26.9	and postpartum maternal health. In her free time, she can be found training for a triathlon,
0:31.9	redecorating her house, playing outside with her boys, or having spontaneous dance parties
0:36.5	in her kitchen. In today's episode, we will talk about miscarriage. Specifically, Michelle's
0:42.0	experience with miscarriage. The take home point in this episode is, you are not alone.
0:48.2	Here we go.
0:51.2	All right. Hi, Michelle. How are you?
0:53.2	Hey there, Lindsay. Thanks for having me. We are very excited to have you today. And I know we kind
1:00.2	of jumped around on which topic we are going to settle on and I think this is going to resonate
1:05.2	with so many. And today we're going to be addressing miscarriage and specifically your experience
1:10.2	with miscarriage and how it pertained to the pandemic and the vaccine and going over some simple stats
1:19.2	and then some community questions and hopefully we'll answer a lot of the questions
1:24.2	that people have. So I think we should probably open up with your experience and I can jump
1:30.9	in later on as well and even share mine just to kind of let everybody know that you're
1:35.0	not alone if you're experiencing this. It is very common. And hopefully if somebody
1:41.2	listening has had a miscarriage, they can feel comfort in our stories. So I think we could
1:46.2	open up with that and then kind of go from there and see what happens.
1:50.2	Yeah. So first of all, I think it's pretty rare even to tell people you're pregnant as early
1:56.2	as I told people I was pregnant. And people have questions about this all the time like when
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