Episode Details

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode discusses infant loss. Please listen with care and step away if this topic feels too heavy for you at this time. Resources and support links are included below

Losing a baby is one of the most devastating experiences a family can endure, yet it remains a subject that is often hidden in silence. How can parents navigate the grief of infant loss, find support, and begin to heal while honoring their babies’ memory?

In this episode of the Momcozy Village: Together We Grow podcast, host Lalaina Rabary speaks with psychotherapist Angelica Quezada, who works with Pregnancy After Loss Support to help families move through grief with compassion, connection, and community. Drawing from her personal journey of loss and her professional expertise, Angelica offers insight into the emotional, cultural, and relational complexities of infant loss.

Angelica shares her story of postpartum depression, pregnancy loss, and becoming a mother again while facing deep grief and medical challenges. She explains how language and terminology—such as miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal loss, and infant loss—carry power and validation for families, and why compassionate communication, continuity of care, and culturally sensitive support are essential in the healing process.

The conversation explores how partners experience grief differently, the importance of holding space for multiple “faces of grief” such as sadness, guilt, anger, or even relief, and the value of rituals, memory-making, and community support in honoring babies who have died. Angelica emphasizes that grief is not an illness but a deeply human process, and she offers practical advice for seeking therapy, reconnecting with the body, and building supportive networks.

She leaves grieving parents with a powerful reminder: your loss is real, your grief is valid, and you are not alone.

Episode Highlights

00:05 – Introduction and context

01:41 – Angelica’s journey to her work with infant loss.

04:38 – Angelica’s personal experience with infant loss.

07:51 – Healing and not-so-healing acts of comfort and care after loss.

10:08 – Defining miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal loss, and infant loss.

13:53 – What support should families receive after a loss?

17:51 – What types of therapy make the most difference?

21:04 – The impact on birthing partners.

23:08 – The many complicated faces of grief.

25:50 – Preparing to return to work after a loss.

28:10 – How Pregnancy After Loss Support can help moms.

29:34 – Angelica’s words of comfort for those experiencing loss.

About the Guest: Angelica Quezada

Angelica Quezada, LCSW, PMH-C, is a bilingual psychotherapist, coach, and women’s wellness advocate with over a decade of specialized experience in maternal mental health. 

Drawing from her work in both inpatient and outpatient hospital settings, Angelica brings a unique perspective on the systemic gaps in care that impact women during some of life’s most sacred and challenging transitions. 

Her personal experience with pregnancy loss deepened her commitment to advancing trauma-informed, culturally humble, and compassionate approaches to reproductive and perinatal mental health. 

As both a therapist and coach, she creates space for healing, growth, and restoration, while her involvement with Pregnancy After Loss reflects her dedication to systemic change—improving provider education, expanding family support, and strengthening healthcare practices for mothers and their babies.

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