Pregnancy Loss and Motherhood Podcast

About Pregnancy Loss and Motherhood Podcast

Grief-Informed Perinatal Care is the professional education podcast for doulas, birth workers, postpartum professionals, therapists, nurses and caregivers supporting families through miscarriage, stillbirth, pregnancy and infant loss, postpartum after loss, maternal mental health and pregnancy after loss.

Publisher

Vallen Webb

Category

education · health & fitness · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

25 Oct 2022

Latest episode

10 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

8 of 103 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   10 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Grief Is Not a Mental Illness. But Some Grief Needs More Support.

   Host Vallen explains how perinatal professionals distinguish between normal grief and mental health conditions, offering guidance on supporting grieving individuals and making effective referrals.

2. 

   1 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The Baby Died. The Mother Still Gave Birth. | What Grief-Informed Perinatal Care Really Means

   Host Evelyn James explores how perinatal professionals provide essential grief-informed care after infant loss, emphasizing the critical postpartum needs of grieving mothers.

3. 

   20 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Start Here: What Is Grief Informed Perinatal Care?

   Host Vallen Webb, founder of Evelyn James & Company, introduces grief-informed perinatal care and its vital importance for families experiencing pregnancy and infant loss.

Inside a recent episode

Grief Is Not a Mental Illness. But Some Grief Needs More Support.

Published 10 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] What are your thoughts on that? Does that sound like a plan? Do you want me to help you find somebody who takes your insurance? That is care. Five, prolonged grief disorder. Okay, this one is in the DSM. So let's talk about this one. This kind of makes people nervous. This diagnosis was formally added to the DSM-5 TR when it was published in 2022. And for adults, the DSM-5 TR includes a time threshold of at least 12 months after the death before this diagnosis can be made. So we need them to be grieving for at least a year before we can diagnose them. For children and adolescents, it's six months. […]

Who has been a guest on Pregnancy Loss and Motherhood Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Vallen
• Deborah Weed
• Melissa Lafsky Saleh

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

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