Founder, Bloom Social
After a life-threatening ectopic pregnancy in 2022, Kirsten Pipp turned her pain into purpose. Searching for support and finding none, she created Ectopic Pregnancy Support, a social media community that has grown to nearly 6,500 followers across Instagram and Facebook. In 2025, she launched The Ectopic Pregnancy Support Podcast, which has garnered close to 10,000 downloads across 31 episodes, giving women a space to share their stories and feel less alone.
When Pipp’s rainbow baby, Roy, was born with a rare disease in 2023, she turned that experience into action, donating 200 custom bears with glasses to Roy's ophthalmologist for young children receiving glasses for the first time. She wrote a children's book, “Perfectly Rare”—celebrating what makes us different—and partnered with Roy's geneticist, Dr. Jessie Priestley, to create Corewell Health's Rarely Alone program, connecting rare disease families with the support they deserve.
“I've learned that the most powerful thing I can do is be open about what I've been through. When I talk about my ectopic pregnancy or Roy's rare disease diagnosis, I'm not looking for sympathy. I'm looking for the person in the room, in the audience, or on the other side of the screen who is silently going through the same thing and needs to know they're not alone.”
