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Abortion

116 – I had my abortion and son on the same day!

Today’s episode is a solo episode as I am sharing my own personal abortion story. I have never told this story on this podcast, and wanted to share my truth to release the hurt, embarrassment, and shame I have worked through with therapy and carried around with me so many years. August 19, 2004 is a day I will never forget. It is also a day I almost lost my life ten years later giving birth to my rainbow baby boy. This episode is for you to listen to learn more about the healing that takes place post abortion and loss.

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Maternal Health

106 – My Birthday Episode, Sisters in Loss Online Community, Magazine, and Conference.

Happy 34th Birthday to me!

Today is my 34th birthday yall! I’m so excited to celebrate another year around the sun. There is no place I’d rather be than in the guest chair myself talking about Sisters in Loss and the amazing Jesus year I just experienced. I can not put into words what God has done in my life, I can truly say that I’m blessed. I do have a testimony. I’ll save that announcement for another day, but I do have a request of you.

But First my birthday wish is for you to rate and review the podcast. Even if you have reviewed before your feedback means the world to me. It helps me craft a better podcast, produce more dynamic shows, and ensure we are meeting and exceeding your needs as a Sister in Loss. My prayer is that I receive 34 new reviews in honor of my 34th birthday. Thank you so much in advance for reviewing the podcast and for listening, tuning in, joining in the discussion in our private facebook community and so much more.

I’m so excited to share with my podcast sisters all that has been happening behind the scenes with Sisters in Loss.

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Maternal Health

100th Sisters in Loss Podcast Episode – MTY Retreat Experience and The Momference

100 Episodes we are here! I’m so thrilled that you are apart of the Sisters in Loss family. My goal when starting this podcast was to share our stories, stories of phenomenal, resilient, amazing black women to remove the shame, stigma, and silence around pregnancy and infant loss and infertility. In this episode I share my travels over the last month. My first stop was in Cancun, Mexico at the My Taught You Retreat hosted by Myleik Teele of CurlBOX. I share my experience and nuggets that were dropped from being in the room. I then spoke on a panel at The MOMference in Washington, DC where I spoke on infant loss and infertility. This is the conference for black moms, moms to be, and moms in waiting. I also share what’s next for the Sisters in Loss community and why you need to join us at SistersinLoss.com

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85 – Couple Series: The McAfee’s on Raising a Special Needs Child and Infertility

Pregnancy loss and infertility can be so hard on a marriage. It can either tear the couple apart or bring them closer together. In fact it is said that almost 80% of couples who experience a miscarriage or infertility end up in divorce. In this month of love we will be featuring 4 couples showing by prayer, faith in God, and a strong commitment to stay together their marriages endured the hard times of pregnancy loss and infertility. In today’s episode I bring my husband Brandon O. McAfee on to talk about our challenges growing our family, raising a special needs child, and how we have weather the storm 7 years married and after our first loss. We discuss these last 3 weeks and how we spent 10 days in the hospital with our son fighting off a virus. How our village came to surround us with love, how we manage burn out, and ensure we are pouring into ourselves as well as into each other.

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Maternal Health

79 – Relentless 2019! Growing my family in 2019

Happy New Year Sisters in Loss!  Welcome to 2019! Today is a solo episode of the podcast where I share my word of the year and my personal infertility and growing my family journey. 

Thank you to everyone who rated and reviewed the podcast this year.  If you have never left us a review please do so now.  Thank you to all of the guests on the podcast for sharing your story and your light during the 2018 year.  2019 is here and I’m excited about the interviews, stories, and journey’s to motherhood we will share.

So what does it mean to be relentless with our faith in Christ? Are we even sure we want to go down that road? Being relentless can sound noble and right, but it is also strangely elusive these days, especially regarding our faith.

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Maternal Health

78 – Best of Sisters in Loss 2018

Happy New Year 2019 Sisters in Loss!  Welcome to 2019!  Day 2 into the new year I wanted to kick off the year with a best of series. Today’s episode is a Best of Sisters in Loss of 2018 and the episodes you loved the most.

You loved hearing about fibroids, infertility journeys, SIDS stories, 2nd trimester miscarriages, and infant loss stories.

In today’s episode I’m highlighting clips of episdoe 55 guest Gessie Thompson talking about Uterine Fibroids and how we can eliminate them through diet and exercise.  Episode 71 guest Geneen Fitchett who shares her SIDS story.  Episode 58 guest Courtney Arlesia’s 2nd trimester miscarriage journey, and episode 65 guest Qiana Wright who shares her infant loss due to daycare negligence.

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Infertility

56 – 1 Year Podcast Anniversary and my IVF/Surrogacy Journey!

Today’s episode is a solo episode as I’m sharing my personal infertility journey with you all.    I share why I’m choosing to go through IVF to retrieve eggs and freeze embryos for a future gestational surrogacy, and why I’m still team Surrogacy vs. team Adoption.  In this episode I talk about my first year podcasting and what I’ve learned about myself and this amazing Sisters in Loss community. Thank you all so much for listening to this podcast and the evolution of it this past year.  I committed to myself to release an episode every week for at least a year and I made it here!  Thank you Lord for grace upon grace upon grace for reaching this goal.  Now, if you have never rated or reviewed the podcast please do so wherever you listen to podcasts that would bless me in my first year as a Indie podcast.

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Parenting

REWIND Episode 3 – Our Special Needs Journey and How we

n today’s episode we have a REWIND!  My husband, my pastor, and my biggest cheerleader, Brandon McAfee, is starting a podcast to discuss the matters of the black church from the pulpit and beyond the walls of the church.  We are dedicating two episodes a month to discussing disabilities in the black church.  So, I wanted to rewind to his episode where we talk about our journey to our rainbow baby Maxwell also known as Super Mighty Max.  We also discuss his special needs and diagnosis of Spastic Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy.  We are currently casting and looking for families and caretakers of special needs, differently abled, and developmentally delayed children or siblings.  If you are interested in being interviewed please email us at blackchurchmatters@gmail.com.

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Maternal Health

26 – Happy New Year 2018: Doing What Scares You!

Happy New Year 2018!  Welcome Episode 26 of the Erica M. McAfee Podcast.  Today’s episode is a solo episode of the podcast.  I wanted to start the year off with chatting with you about the biggest lesson I learned from 2017, and doing what scares me by being Fearless in 2018.  Before I begin, thank you to all who have rated, reviewed, and subscribed to the podcast in Apple Podcasts.  You can still complete the Podcast Survey by visiting bit.ly/emmpodcastsurvey and you will be entered into a raffle for a $20 Amazon Gift Card.  I love your feedback it helps me get an idea of what type of content you want to hear in the new year.

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