When the Body Remembers: Navigating the Energetic Journey After Pregnancy Loss
There’s a part of the healing journey that often goes unspoken, yet it’s something that birth, womb, and energy workers witness again and again in their spaces: the energetic and sometimes psychosomatic gestation period after pregnancy loss of any kind.
Whether the loss is through miscarriage, stillbirth, abortion, or even an unmanifested pregnancy that existed only as a dream or possibility, the body, heart, and spirit often carry on as if life is still growing. The womb, in its infinite wisdom, doesn’t just release—it holds. It remembers. It nurtures the echo of what was and what could have been.
This gestation is not just physical. It is deeply energetic, emotional, and spiritual. It’s the body continuing to cradle something invisible, the heart creating space for something intangible, and the energy field navigating the transition between what was, what is, and what will never be.
In sessions, this can manifest as sensations of fullness or emptiness in the womb, as grief or longing that has no timeline, as a sense of being “stuck” in an in-between space. And it’s not just about releasing what was lost—it’s about tending to what remains.
The body may grieve by continuing the patterns of pregnancy: craving rest, seeking nourishment, feeling protective or tender. The spirit may hold onto the energy of that life, even as it knows it’s time to let go. This is not failure or stagnation—it is the wisdom of a being learning to navigate loss in its own way, at its own pace.
There’s no roadmap for this kind of gestation. It doesn’t follow the typical cycles of grief or healing. But what it asks for is reverence. What it needs is care. What it longs for is acknowledgment.
So if you are holding this space within yourself—or for someone else—know that this gestation period is sacred. It is a process of honoring what was, what could have been, and what still remains in the void. It is not about rushing to “move on” but about sitting with the wisdom of a body, a heart, and a spirit that are finding their way through an unspoken rite of passage.
Because even in loss, the womb remembers. And even in remembering, there is healing.
For those who have experienced this, your journey is valid, your process is sacred, and your body’s wisdom is infinite. You are not alone in this tender, unseen space.
For those in Melbourne seeking support, here are some resources where you can find compassionate care and guidance:
The Perinatal Loss Centre: Specializing in bereavement and perinatal support.
Antenatal & Postnatal Psychology Network (APPN): Offering counseling for pregnancy loss, adjustment to parenting, and perinatal mental health.
Centre for Perinatal Psychology: Providing therapy for perinatal loss, birth trauma, and attachment issues.
Red Nose Grief and Loss: Supporting families grieving the loss of a baby or child.
