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The Ghost Baby: Grieving the Life You Imagined But Never Lived | Women Rising
In this deeply moving episode of Women Rising, host Tina Hendrix explores the profound and often unspoken grief associated with 'ghost babies'—the imaginary children and maternal futures we mourn when they never come to be. This episode is essential for women navigating infertility, pregnancy loss, childfree by circumstance, or those who have chosen a different path than societal expectations dictated. It addresses the shame spiral that arises when society erases non-traditional motherhood, validating the pain of losing an identity tied to the archetype of 'mom.' We discuss how grief does not…
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