A Mother's Journey to Holistic Health & Healing · Marissa Prieto, Holistic Registered Dietitian & Well-Being Coach

56. My Twin Pregnancy and Birth Story After Loss

March 25, 2026·46 min·20 clips

Marisa Prieto opens with a warm welcome and calls this a very special, emotional episode. She says she is sharing the story of her twin pregnancy and the journey it truly was, one of the hardest seasons of her life physically, mentally, and emotionally. The invitation is simple and gentle: take what resonates and leave what does not. She also frames the podcast like a sacred circle, imagining listeners spread across the world yet gathered in the same listening space. That image shapes the rest of the conversation. The first months were the most brutal. Marisa says she dealt with hyperemesis gravidarum and spent much of that season throwing up, lying in bed, and working from her laptop. Before and during early pregnancy, she tried to prepare herself mentally, watching for negative thoughts and replacing them with more soothing ones. That practice becomes part of how she gets through the roughest days. She talks about being in survival mode. She leans heavily on her husband, her mom, and her mother-in-law for help with her son, and she also points to the value of a support group, which showed her how severe the experience can be for other women too. The little energy she had went toward bathing, resting, and getting through each day. She says there were many tears. As the pregnancy continued, she began to feel more connected to the babies in the womb. That shift matters to the story. By the end, Marisa describes the experience as an initiation that showed her how strong she is mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. She closes by reminding listeners they are not alone and by asking them to share the episode, subscribe, and reach out by message or email if they want to connect.

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A tender account of twin pregnancy, survival, support, and spiritual steadiness.

This episode stays close to Marisa's twin pregnancy and does not try to pretty it up. Hyperemesis, fear, exhaustion, and the work of staying mentally steady sit right at the center, alongside the small practices that kept her moving: spotting negative thoughts, resting when she…

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