Guidance After Loss
Although more than 1 in 5 women lose a pregnancy to miscarriage, many women find themselves alone with their emotions of grief, anger, fear and confusion, and also alone with their questions. There is inadequate recognition in our culture of the intensity and complexity of this experience.
Yeshi has been working with women who have experienced miscarriages for almost 40 years. In addition to her knowledge of the physical experience of dealing with a miscarriage, she brings a heartfelt willingness to explore the emotional, cognitive and spiritual dimensions of pregnancy loss.
Yeshi also works with the grief of loss after an abortion.
Support is defined by each individual woman's wants and needs. It may include helping you to communicate with those around you. It may include a ceremony of completion as well as a plan of how to move forward.
In her many years as a midwife Yeshi has also the held the hands of many parents who have experienced the unbearable loss of a newborn baby or a child. She recognizes that although there are patterns to the grieving, no two people experience or express loss in the same way. Yeshi will listen, witness, and elicit your process with utmost respect and compassion
Yeshi has been working with women who have experienced miscarriages for almost 40 years. In addition to her knowledge of the physical experience of dealing with a miscarriage, she brings a heartfelt willingness to explore the emotional, cognitive and spiritual dimensions of pregnancy loss.
Yeshi also works with the grief of loss after an abortion.
Support is defined by each individual woman's wants and needs. It may include helping you to communicate with those around you. It may include a ceremony of completion as well as a plan of how to move forward.
In her many years as a midwife Yeshi has also the held the hands of many parents who have experienced the unbearable loss of a newborn baby or a child. She recognizes that although there are patterns to the grieving, no two people experience or express loss in the same way. Yeshi will listen, witness, and elicit your process with utmost respect and compassion
What women who have experienced loss say...
 photo: Susan Koslow (www.profkoslow.com) |
For several weeks after my miscarriage I couldn't talk to anyone. It was such a relief after that to talk with you, Yeshi. You really opened your heart to how I felt and didn't try to insist that I should feel better. And yet, after I left your office, I did feel so much better, freer, lighter and deeper at the same time, and more hopeful too.
G, mother of 2 year-old, miscarried her 2nd pregnancy at 12 weeks. |
Finally, I had permission to feel the full-on grief that I really felt. So many of my friends and family were telling me that I should be "getting over it" by now. But I wasn't over losing the baby that I had been praying for-- for so many years. I was completely inside of the pain. Yeshi's understanding of the significance of my loss gave me the permission to really feel it. Once I grieved with no-holds barred I finally felt more ready to move on. Maybe to even trying again.
J, who miscarried her first pregnancy after trying to get pregnant for 3 years.
After my third miscarriage I found it almost impossible to talk with my husband about what I was going through. Yeshi really helped us. Helped us say what each of us felt, helped us listen to each other and helped us ask for what we wanted from each other. We needed to do this reaching out to each other and reaching deep down into ourselves. Somehow because of the difficulty of our miscarriages our relationship is now stronger than ever.
B, after 3 miscarriages
My healing sessions with Yeshi were just right for me. I had a stillbirth years ago and had never truly looked at the experience. With Yeshi's loving presence and expertise, I was able to connect with my feelings for this baby, recognize my loss and find peace inside.
Sonya, minister
J, who miscarried her first pregnancy after trying to get pregnant for 3 years.
After my third miscarriage I found it almost impossible to talk with my husband about what I was going through. Yeshi really helped us. Helped us say what each of us felt, helped us listen to each other and helped us ask for what we wanted from each other. We needed to do this reaching out to each other and reaching deep down into ourselves. Somehow because of the difficulty of our miscarriages our relationship is now stronger than ever.
B, after 3 miscarriages
My healing sessions with Yeshi were just right for me. I had a stillbirth years ago and had never truly looked at the experience. With Yeshi's loving presence and expertise, I was able to connect with my feelings for this baby, recognize my loss and find peace inside.
Sonya, minister