In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor speaks with Tracy Gilmour-Nimoy, LMFT. Tracy brings both lived and clinical experience to today's show, including difficulty conceiving infertility, high-risk pregnancy, traumatic delivery, infant pregnancy loss, and pregnancy after loss. Tracy is a licensed marriage and family therapist and certified perinatal mental health professional. She works with individuals, parents, and families throughout their reproductive and family starting journey. Tracy has become a fierce advocate of perinatal and reproductive mental health with the goal of supporting and empowering other women, individuals, parents, and families. Together Graham and Tracy discuss the common challenges of people who have experienced pregnancy-loss, Infertility, birth trauma, donor conception, and surrogacy adoption. They shared some of the experiences of the non-pregnant partner and the importance of making space for their feelings, the importance of trauma-informed care of the medical system, and how the process of pregnancy is, in itself, a traumatic experience. And finally, they discuss how to enter a relationship and help clients work through exercises and strategies when someone is really struggling from grief. We will resume this conversation in the second part of this clinician’s series episode.

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