How Do You Cope with Pregnancy After Loss?

If you’ve been searching, "How do you cope with pregnancy after loss?" — you’re not alone. It’s a question so many women silently carry in their hearts, especially when navigating the mix of hope and heartbreak that often comes with pregnancy after a previous loss.

This question is deeply personal to me — because just a year ago, my daughter had to deliver her baby, Avery, who wasn’t meant to stay. It was the most heart-breaking moment of our lives. As her mother, and as a hypnotherapist, I wanted more than anything to take away her pain. But I knew the only thing I could do was walk beside her — and use everything I knew to support her mind and heart through the darkest of days.

When she came home from hospital, we began gentle hypnotherapy together — to help her sleep, to soothe her emotions, and to begin making space for healing. Grief doesn’t go away, but with the right tools, it becomes something you can hold without being consumed by it. Hypnotherapy allowed her to rest, to process, and eventually… to imagine the possibility of trying again.

She held on to that dream of becoming a mum. When the time felt right, she reached out to an IVF clinic. And while the medical team took care of the physical steps, I supported her mind every day — making recordings to calm her body, ease her anxiety, and support a mindset of gentle resilience.

On Christmas morning, she took a test. It was positive. A moment of joy — laced with fear.

Because pregnancy after loss is different.

Even with good news, the fear doesn’t just disappear. The anxiety can feel ever-present — a quiet dread that something might go wrong again. This is where the real work began. Every day, she listened to her recordings. She stayed connected to her grief, but also to her hope. Hypnotherapy became a daily anchor, helping her body and mind stay in balance.

Now, we are just weeks away from welcoming her baby girl.

How Do You Cope with Pregnancy After Loss? (With Hypnotherapy)

Pregnancy after loss can feel like living in two worlds at once — one full of love and anticipation, and another steeped in fear and memory. It’s not just about growing a new life — it’s about carrying the weight of the one you lost.

If you’re in this space, know that your feelings are valid. There is no “right” way to feel. There is only your way — and you deserve support that honours every part of it.

Hypnotherapy can offer a calm, safe space to process your emotions without judgement. It gently helps your nervous system down-regulate from fight-or-flight mode, reducing the constant hyper-vigilance that often comes with pregnancy after loss.

With the right support, you can:

✨ Soothe pregnancy anxiety and reduce intrusive thoughts

✨ Sleep more deeply and rest your mind

✨ Stay connected to your baby without being overwhelmed by fear

✨ Honour your grief while making space for hope

✨ Feel emotionally supported and less alone in your journey

Hypnotherapy works at the subconscious level — the place where trauma, fear, and memory are stored. Instead of simply trying to think positive (which can feel impossible), this approach helps you feel safe in your body again. It’s gentle. It’s powerful. And it’s deeply healing.

You Don’t Have to Do This Alone

Whether you’ve lost a pregnancy, experienced stillbirth, gone through IVF, or simply feel like your journey to motherhood has been harder than you expected — please know: there is support available.

My work as a hypnotherapist has completely shifted since supporting my daughter. I now work with women at every stage of the fertility and pregnancy journey:

• If you're trying to conceive after loss

• If you're navigating IVF with fear and hope in your heart

• If you're newly pregnant but afraid to get attached

• Or if you're grieving a baby you never got to hold

Your experience matters. Your story matters. And there is a path forward that honours all of it.

If you’ve been wondering, "How do you cope with pregnancy after loss?" — I want you to know that you don’t have to do it all alone.

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You are not broken. You are not failing. You are doing the hardest, bravest thing — and you deserve all the support in the world.

With love, Elizabeth 🤍