The Trauma of Early Stillbirth Loss with Elizabeth Treadwell, Tucker’s Mom

A late-term miscarriage can feel like getting T-boned by life. One moment you’re planning names and imagining holidays with your baby, and the next you’re sitting in a hospital hearing words you never prepared to hear. I sit down with Elizabeth Treadwell, a music teacher and adoptive mom from McKinney, Texas, as she tells the story of losing three pregnancies, including her son Tucker at 26 weeks, and how that loss still echoes years later.  We talk about the hidden side of pregnancy loss and miscarriage trauma: shock, anxiety, physical pain, and the fog of grief brain. Elizabeth shares what it was like to go through labor and medical complications while already devastated, and why triggers can return on anniversaries and holidays like Thanksgiving. We also get practical about support, including the difference between comfort and fixing, why “God won’t give you more than you can handle” can land so badly, and what helped most instead: people who simply showed up, stayed quiet, and let tears be tears.  We also go into how grief impacts a marriage when spouses mourn differently, how jealousy and fear can shape friendships, and why counseling can be a wise step even for couples who love each other deeply. And because faith is part of Elizabeth’s story, we speak candidly about anger toward God, messy prayers, and the hope she found in Romans 8 when she didn’t have words, plus how adoption became part of her family’s ongoing healing without replacing the child she lost.  If you or someone you love is walking through miscarriage grief, stillbirth grief, or pregnancy loss, this conversation offers language, permission, and practical next steps. Subscribe for more stories like this, share this with a friend who needs it, and leave a review so more grieving parents can find support. Send us Fan Mail *** If  you find this podcast helpful and encouraging, please leave us a review by clicking one the links below: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hope-after-child-sibling-loss-the-empty-chair-endeavor/  https://www.podchaser.com/HopeAfterChildSiblingLossTheEmptyChairEndeavor You can contact us by email at: [email protected] If you would like to share your story on an upcoming episode, please send us an email so that we can talk with you about it. Thank you for listening!