Pregnancy After Loss: Grief, Birth Trauma & the Maternal Mental Health Gap | Omaia CEO Nina Larsen

What happens when a pregnancy ends in loss, but life keeps moving forward? And what happens when you become pregnant again while still grieving the child you lost? Nina Larsen is the CEO and co-founder of Omaia, an AI-enabled maternal mental health platform focused on supporting emotional well-being during pregnancy and postpartum. But her journey into maternal health began with something profoundly personal: the loss of her daughter, Nellie, during childbirth. In this deeply personal conversation, Nina shares the birth experience that changed her life, the trauma of feeling that something was wrong and not feeling heard, and what it meant to become pregnant again just months later. She describes living a “dual life”—profoundly grieving Nellie while doing everything she could to protect the pregnancy that followed. Dr. O and Nina explore the realities of pregnancy after loss, why grief rarely follows the timeline that families or healthcare systems expect, and the gaps between excellent medical monitoring and meaningful psychological support. They also discuss the fragmentation of maternal healthcare, Nina's path from lived experience to founding Omaia, and what it might look like to build a system that treats emotional well-being as an essential part of pregnancy and postpartum care—not an afterthought. Because a healthy pregnancy deserves more than physical monitoring alone. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our website: ⁠https://goldenhour.fm⁠ See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Dr O. CONTACT: For comments and questions - https://goldenhour.fm/contact PODCAST LINKS: Podcast Website: ⁠https://goldenhour.fm⁠ YouTube: ⁠   / @goldenhourfm   Apple: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/1mo2Xnf... RSS: ⁠https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2401875.... SOCIAL LINKS: Instagram: ⁠  / goldenhour.fm⁠   Tiktok: ⁠  / goldenhour.fm⁠   #pregnancyafterloss #babyloss #stillbirthawareness #birthtrauma #maternalmentalhealth #pregnancy #pregnancyjourney #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #postpartummentalhealth #womenshealth #thegoldenhour