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The Allender Center Podcast

The Grief of Miscarriage, Part Two

The Allender Center Podcast

The Allender Center

Psychology, Religion & Spirituality, Mental Health, Christianity, Trauma, Health & Fitness, Theology

4.6628 Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2017

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

This week, Dr. Dan Allender continues a conversation with Jeanette White, Program Director here at The Allender Center, about the realities of grief and loss, particularly in the context of the devastation of miscarriages and infertility. Jeanette vulnerably shares about her war with hope and desire in the midst of such tremendous pain.

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You're listening to the Allender Center podcast with Dr. Dan Allender. This week, Dan continues our

0:10.0

conversation with Jeanette White, program director here at the Allender Center, about the realities

0:15.5

of grief and loss, particularly in the context of the devastation of miscarriages and infertility.

0:22.3

And we would love to hear from you.

0:24.4

In a couple weeks, we'll be engaging feedback and questions about the realities of miscarriage, infertility,

0:30.1

and what hope and desire can possibly mean in the midst of such loss and grief.

0:35.1

You can email your questions, stories, and responses to content coordinator,

0:39.5

Bo Denton, B. Denton at the Seattle school.edu.

0:46.4

Jeanette, thank you for being with us another week to talk about the war that your body and heart

0:52.8

suffered as you went through where we left off was as you

0:56.8

went through the fourth miscarriage. At that point, you did describe that it was several years of

1:03.4

just, in many ways, heartache and hopelessness working in a context that's constantly addressing

1:10.5

trauma.

1:11.3

And again, you did put words to the reality that without having a world where you could put words to,

1:17.3

but didn't feel pressure to constantly be checking us in to how you are.

1:23.6

Again, it's an awkward dance.

1:25.9

At least I'm not going to back away from you.

1:29.0

I'm not going to push you.

1:30.2

I'm not going to impose, but I'm not going to let this go off the table to pretend like things are just fine.

1:37.4

So it did create, at least between us and with the larger work of the Allender Center, uncomfortable but really sweet

1:48.5

and hard and awful moments. So take us from the fourth miscarriage. Yeah. Well, I had shared

2:00.6

that after that fourth one, we went through almost two years of trying to get pregnant again.

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