Conversations on Pregnancy and Infant Loss: Clark’s Story

A Fresh Story, season 4, episode 1

October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, and we’re honored to hold space for these profound stories. These stories may be of grief, but they are also of hope, resilience, and most of all, unconditional love. As a reminder, be gentle with your heart, and if you are not able to listen to this episode at the moment, we understand and we are holding you close. We know these conversations will change you as they have changed us.

Alex Mooney is an award-winning photographer in St. Louis, Missouri. I met Alex ten years ago on Instagram, and I had no idea how much she would change my life. Alex and I have been through a lot together; I learned so much from Alex watching her walk through Hell when she lost her child. Clark William Mooney died on October 29th, 2018.

When we decided to produce this series, I turned to Alex for guidance, as not only is she a photographer, but she is a birth photographer – and she photographs death, too.

I talked to Alex about losing Clark, and what it was like to leave the hospital without her child, how she and her family continue to honor Clark’s life, and how Clark’s death was the impetus for a major career shift in her life. We chatted about the importance of bereavement photography, and how Clark’s legacy is supporting so many families in spending precious time with their babies.

You can learn more about Clark in Alex’s own writing, and Captures for Clark, as well.

You can read more about Clark and Alex on her website and Instagram.