What's Happening in My Body & Brain After Baby Loss

If your body feels like it's falling apart and your brain feels like it's stopped working — there may be a reason for that. This guide will help you understand what it is.

Written by Roisin Nicholson — an accredited counsellor and babyloss therapist with lived experience. This is a gentle, honest guide for anyone navigating life after baby loss who wants to understand why they feel the way they do.

This isn't just information, it's a resource you can use. Throughout the guide you'll find reflection spaces, prompts and places to write, so you can connect what you're learning to your own experience at your own pace.

Inside you'll find:

• What's happening in your body after loss — exhaustion, aching arms, phantom kicks, headaches and why your nervous system is stuck in survival mode
• What's happening in your brain — the amygdala, hippocampus and prefrontal cortex explained simply, so you can stop blaming yourself for the fog, the forgetfulness and the overwhelm
• Your window of tolerance — why you swing between panic and shutdown and what's actually going on when that happens
• The emotional waves — numbness, guilt, anger, yearning, irritability and why none of them make you a bad person
• A labelled brain and nervous system diagram — so you can see exactly what's going on inside you
• Reflection prompts throughout — to help you recognise what you're experiencing, understand what may be causing it, and think about how you could give yourself more space now you know
• A simple grounding toolkit — two techniques you can use anywhere, anytime, when things feel overwhelming
• All grounded in published neuroscience research — referenced throughout

Everything in this guide applies to all types of loss. Miscarriage, stillbirth, ectopic pregnancy, TFMR, molar pregnancy, infant loss, IVF loss — however you describe your loss, you belong here.

13 pages. Instant download. Written with compassion, honesty and zero fluff.

Understanding what's happening inside you won't take the pain away but it can help you stop feeling like you're losing yourself on top of everything else.

This guide can also be purchased as a gift for someone you love who is navigating baby loss.