What do we say to parents who have suffered the unimaginable?
How do we birth and parent after traumatic childhood events?
Should we talk about baby loss and death with our children?
All these questions Alana Gallini and Marianne explore in this poignant episode.
Alana is a mother of three mini humans earthside who, in 2019, lost her firstborn.
She recalls what it felt like, emotionally, logistically, and humanly, to discover her baby’s condition, make the decision to keep Grove from suffering, and go through a termination for medical reasons (TFMR) and stillbirth after 20 weeks’ gestation.
It’s a conversation about love and loss that reminds us we don’t only grieve the past. We often grieve the future we, and our loved ones, were robbed of.
If you are going through a TFMR, have experienced stillbirth or miscarriage, or simply wonder what it means to honour death with grace in a society that shushes it, this episode is for you.
In loving remembrance, we dedicate it to Grove (26.06.2019 👼), beloved child of Alana and Florian Gallini.
