"This Is Who I Am Now" — Maycie Buniotto on Grief, Identity, and Pregnancy After Loss
Maycie Buniotto lives in Colorado with her husband. In February 2025, at just shy of 32 weeks, her daughter Romy was born still, following weeks of worsening growth restriction and a suspected placental and umbilical cord issue that doctors could never fully tie together. Maycie also shares about the two miscarriages before Romy and the one after, the fertility clinic that finally looked at her story as a whole, and where she's at now, nineteen weeks into an IVF pregnancy.
We talk about:
A severe growth restriction diagnosis that kept getting more serious by the week
The last ultrasound where Romy was moving, and the one where she wasn't
Choosing to labor and deliver Romy naturally instead of by C-section
The night spent with Romy, and turning their nursery into a grieving sanctuary
Two more pregnancy losses before turning to a fertility clinic for answers
Rebuilding trust in her own intuition through an anxious, closely monitored pregnancy after loss
How The Haven has held her through both losing Romy and carrying her second baby
This episode is a reminder that grief and love can exist in the same body at the same time, and that even in the hardest seasons, there's still room for hope.
Get to Know Maycie:
Maycie Buniotto lives in Colorado with her husband. In February 2025, her daughter Romy Olivia was born still at 31 weeks, 5 days. Maycie has spent the last 11 years working in cancer care, and is now exploring a career change into interior design.
Instagram: @maycie.victoria
Substack: @maycievictoria
