10 Podcasts For Parents Who Lost a Child

Here are 10 podcasts specifically created for parents who have lost a child. Many are hosted by bereaved parents themselves and focus on child loss, pregnancy loss, stillbirth, and infant loss.

1. Vilomah – The Loss of a Child

• Hosted by grief counselor Jeanne van den Bergh.
• Focuses entirely on the grief journey after child loss.
• The word “Vilomah” means “against the natural order,” describing the tragedy of a parent losing a child.

2. Connecting Through Grief When a Child Dies

• Created by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
• Features parents sharing what the early days and months of grief look like.
• Includes expert guidance alongside real stories from bereaved parents.

3. Life After Child Loss: A Parent’s Grief

• Hosted by Angela Snowden after losing her son.
• Honest conversations about continuing life while carrying deep grief.
• Explores anger, faith, relationships, and healing.

4. Grief Support for Moms After Child Loss

• Hosted by bereaved mom Lisa K. Boehm.
• Focuses on helping mothers cope with miscarriage, stillbirth, infant loss, or the loss of older children.
• Offers emotional support and practical coping tools.

5. Things I Wish You Knew: The Podcast

• Stories from parents who experienced pregnancy or infant loss.
• Parents share what they wish the world understood about their babies and their grief.

6. Critical Junctures: Navigating the Loss of a Child

• Interviews with parents who are years into their grief journey.
• Discusses how families cope, relationships change, and healing evolves over time.

7. The Joyful Mourning Podcast

• Hosted by a mother who lost her baby to SIDS.
• Focuses on pregnancy loss, infant loss, and faith-based grief support.

8. As Long As I’m Living

• Hosted by mothers who lost babies to SIDS.
• Raw conversations about infant loss and surviving the early grief.
• Episodes include both emotional sharing and practical coping.

9. Conversations in Grief

• Produced by the bereavement charity Anam Cara.
• Parents share stories about their children and the impact of loss on family life.

10. The Other Mothers

• Hosted by mothers who lost children.
• Focuses on navigating identity, motherhood after loss, and remembering their children.

Why these podcasts help:
Parents who lose a child often feel isolated because this kind of grief is rarely discussed openly. Listening to other parents speak honestly about their experiences can reduce that isolation and provide emotional validation and practical coping strategies.