Pregnancy Loss: What Nobody Tells You About Miscarriage

As a Woman

Natalie Crawford

Health & Fitness, Medicine

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Natalie Crawford, a board-certified OBGYN and REI, guides listeners through the often misunderstood world of pregnancy loss. Using both her professional knowledge and personal insights, she helps you gain confidence in understanding this experience, whether you’re facing it yourself or supporting someone who is. Find out what’s actually happening, why it matters, and the important steps you can take next. Key Topics: 1. What Is Pregnancy Loss? - Common types of pregnancy loss and what the medical terms mean - Why pregnancy loss happens more frequently than most people realize - Dispelling shame and myths 2. Navigating the Emotional Experience - The wide range of feelings and reactions people may have. - Encouraging openness and seeking support from loved ones. - Why it’s okay to grieve in your own way and at your own pace. 3. Understanding the Causes - Overview of possible reasons, from genetics to physical health - How hormones and biology can impact pregnancy. - Emphasizing that many factors are beyond one’s control 4. Management & Healing - What to expect medically: natural healing, medication options, and procedures. - The importance of follow-up care and monitoring. - Pathways to recovery and when to consider further evaluation. Pre-order Dr. Crawford's debut book, The Fertility Formula, now! ⁠https://www.nataliecrawfordmd.com/book⁠ Want to receive my weekly newsletter? Sign up at ⁠⁠⁠⁠nataliecrawfordmd.com/newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠ to receive updates, Q&A, special content, and freebies If you haven’t already, please rate, review, and follow the podcast to be notified of new episodes every Tuesday. Plus, be sure to follow along on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠@nataliecrawfordmd,⁠⁠⁠⁠ check out Natalie’s YouTube channel Natalie Crawford MD⁠⁠⁠⁠, and if you're interested in becoming a patient, check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠Fora Fertility. Join the Learn at Pinnacle app ⁠to earn FREE CE Credit for listening to this episode! This episode is brought to you by The Pinnacle Podcast Network! Learn more about Pinnacle at http://learnatpinnacle.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	One in four pregnancies will end in a miscarriage.
0:02.0	And maybe it is as simple as we've ruled out everything we can. Let's try baby aspirin and progesterone after ovulation. Maybe it's ovulation induction medications, or something to manage your insulin resistant. Maybe you're going to try to decrease inflammation, or we're going to do surgery for endometriosis. Maybe we need to do IVF for genetic factors or for other chronic inflammatory factors that we can't rule out.
0:22.5	I had four pregnancy losses. Each one felt devastating in its own way.
0:26.4	And I had the really unfortunate experience of feeling dismissed by my own doctors.
0:30.6	It was the first moment that I really realized and understood that I didn't know what I needed to know.
0:40.5	Welcome back to the As a Woman podcast.
0:42.8	I'm your host, Dr. Natalie Crawford.
0:44.8	And today we're talking about a painful but important topic in women's health, pregnancy
0:49.3	loss.
0:50.4	One in four pregnancies will end in a miscarriage.
0:52.5	And yet, despite how common that is, few of us are really ever truly prepared for it, emotionally or physically.
0:59.5	I know this not only as a fertility doctor, but as a woman who's been there myself.
1:03.9	I had four pregnancy losses. Each one felt devastating in its own way.
1:08.5	And while I understood the science, I still felt broken. And I share
1:12.6	this because loss is something we don't talk about enough. It's lonely, it's misunderstood,
1:16.9	and it deserves honesty and compassion. So in this episode, we are going to talk about what actually
1:23.2	causes pregnancy loss and it is not your fault, how miscarriage can be managed and how to
1:28.7	choose what's right for you, and what we know about recurrent pregnancy loss, finding answers
1:34.0	when it happens more than once. So whether you've experienced a pregnancy loss or you simply
1:39.1	want to support somebody who has or understand this side of your fertility, this conversation is for you because pregnancy
1:46.0	loss is not the end of your story, but understanding what is happening in the first place is key
1:51.3	towards healing. All right, friends, well, a little bit of a heavier topic here today, but this one
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