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Love, Life and Loss23 A story of a young lady!⚠️Trigger warning ⚠️ Termination of pregnancy topic. This week you will hear a story of a young lady when she found herself in a difficult situation not knowing what to do. Some people may find this episode upsetting as we talk about abortion or induced miscarriage as I prefer to call it. On this podcast we talk about baby loss from every perspective with no judgment, because whether we had a choice or not the impact is real. Please listen as this young lady opens up and lets us in, as she talks about having to make that difficult decision and the jour...2023-12-011h 23
Love, Life and Loss22. Barry’s story! The Male Perspective!This week you will hear Barry’s story. Barry talks for the first time about his son Mason who was diagnosed with peroxisome biogenesis disorders (PBD), Zellweger Syndrome at just four months old, when he was only given a year to live. Listen as Barry talks about his journey caring for his son and being a dad for the first time. You will hear how determined Barry was to give his son the best quality of life by thinking outside of the box and challenging where he felt necessary. And what a fantastic job he did. Mason managed to live un...2023-10-121h 11
Love, Life and Loss21. Steffi’s Story!
This week you will hear Steffi’s story! Steffi is a mum of three, with two angel babies and one rainbow baby.
Listen as Steffi’s takes us on her journey, which started when she was just 11 years old.
When she was diagnosed with two different types of cancer. Steffi was told she would be infertile and when the time came she would have to find alternative routes to have a baby.
Steffi has been through so much. Listen as she talks about IVF and surrogacy and the loss of her two beautiful babies Ayla and Marley.
Steffi has her own...2023-09-111h 19
Love, Life and Loss20. Erica’s story! part 2 of 2This week you will hear part 2 of Erica’s story. Erica lost her baby 40 years ago on the 29th May, baby Shane sadly passed away.
Erica is a mum of 4 and a grandmother. Listen as Erica takes us on her journey of the last 40 years and what that looks like for her. You will hear her talk about her pregnancy with her rainbow baby and the amazing work Erica has done since.
Erica is an experienced counsellor and a long time advocate of baby loss awareness and support.
She has worked for a number of charities including Sands, helping support be...2023-06-1552 min
Love, Life and Loss19. Erica’s story! part 1 of 2This week you will hear Erica’s story. Erica lost her baby 40 years ago today 29th May, baby Shane sadly passed away. Listen as Erica takes us on her journey of the last 40 years and what that looks like for her. Erica is a mum of 4 and a grandmother. Listen as she talks about baby loss from both perspectives in the next two episodes . Erica is also an experienced counsellor and a long time advocate of baby loss awareness and support. She has worked for a number of charities including sands helping support bereaved families. Erica has worked with the wr...2023-05-2950 min
Love, Life and Loss18. Jess’s story!This week you will hear Jess’s story. Listen as Jess tells us what it was like to loose her babies. Jess opens up to us and takes us on her journey. You will hear how Jess’s parents made the difficult decision on her behalf to have a medical termination when she was just a teenager and since then Jess has had experiences ranging from miscarriages,still birth and neonatal deaths. This is a woman who has lost so much but still finds the time and space in her heart to help others. You will hear how Jess has devo...2023-05-2445 min
Love, Life and Loss17. Alicia’s story! Black baby loss awareness weekThis week you will hear Alicia Burnett’s story. Alicia is the co founder of black baby loss awareness week. The first ever black baby loss awareness week is this week 15- 19th May 2023 and it’s only fitting that we hear Alicia’s story. Listen as Alicia talks about her passion for what she does and why she does it. Baby loss is highest amongst people of colour and yet we are the least likely to access support. Alicia has her own lived experience of what it is like to lose a baby when she lost her son in 2018 and no...2023-05-171h 15
Love, Life and Loss16. Zion’s Birthday! 💙Happy Birthday Zion 💙2023-05-0926 min
Love, Life and Loss15. Jan’s story! part 2 of 2This week you will hear part 2 of Jan’s story. Listen as Jan continues to take us on her journey of what it was like to lose her son after a number of miscarriages and years of trying. You will hear how Jan was determined to use her own grief to help others. Jan use to work for a charity called Sands for around 10 years and now she works for a charity called Chums https://chums.uk.com Over the years she has done so much to help others, including myself and continues to do so much. If you would li...2023-04-2041 min
Love, Life and Loss14. Jan’s story! part 1 of 2This week you will hear Jan’s story. Listen as Jan tells her story of what it was like to lose her son after a number of miscarriages and years of trying. You will hear how Jan was determined to use her own grief to help others. Jan use to work for a charity called Sands for around 10 years and now she works for a charity called Chums https://chums.uk.com Over the years she has done so much to help others, including myself and continues to do so. If you would like to help support chums please visit th...2023-04-1442 min
Love, Life and Loss13. Malin’s story!Malin Anderson is an author, a motivational speaker and an advocate for a number of good causes including mental health, body image and women’s rights. As well as baby loss. Some of you may also know her from love island. Listen as Malin talks about the complications she experienced in her first pregnancy whilst in an abusive relationship. Malin takes us on her journey from the loss of her daughter to the birth of her rainbow baby and what that was like for her. Listen as Malin talks about her struggles and how she has overcome them. 2023-04-0533 min
Love, Life and Loss12.Cara’s story! part 2 of 2Cara is a mum of 4 she has 3 beautiful children with her and 1 angel baby.
*warning this episode shares some graphic details that might upset some listeners*
Listen this week as Cara tells her story! She was just 17 years old when her first born son was still born. Cara lost her son over 20 years ago and she went on to have 3 more beautiful children. Listen as Cara tells us about her journey and how much she has over come. This is really an inspirational story. Cara give us her raw honest truth of her experience and life journey. 2023-01-0338 min
Love, Life and Loss11. Cara’s story! part 1 of 2Cara is a mum of 4! She has 3 beautiful children with her and 1 angel baby.
Listen this week as Cara tells her story! She was just 17 years old when her first born son was still born. Cara lost her son over 20 years ago and she went on to have 3 more beautiful children. Listen as Cara tells us about her journey and how much she has over come. This is really an inspirational story. Cara give us her raw honest truth of her experience and life journey. 2022-12-2844 min
Love, Life and Loss10. Call the midwife! Grace’s story! part 2 of 2Call the midwife! Listen to Grace tells us what it is like from a midwife’s point of view. Grace is a mum, a singer, a midwife and a woman.
Listen as Grace tells us about her experiences as a midwife and why she entered into this profession. We talk about the impacts on women of colour and we talk about the differences between areas. It is so refreshing to listen to Grace talk about the wonderful work she does and the passion she has.
In Grace’s area they are trying to find the right balance on how to supp...2022-12-1539 min
Love, Life and Loss9. Call the midwife! Grace’s story! part 1 of 2Call the midwife!
Listen to Grace tells us what it is like from a midwife’s point of view. Grace is a mum, a singer, a midwife and a woman.
Listen as Grace tells us about her experiences as a midwife and why she entered into this profession. We talk about the impacts on women of colour and we talk about the differences between areas.
It is so refreshing to listen to Grace talk about the wonderful work she does and the passion she has. In Grace’s area they are trying to find the right balance on how to supp...2022-12-0932 min
Love, Life and Loss8. Lily’s story! part 2 of 2Listen as my dear friend Lily tells her story. She talks honestly and openly about her journey as a mother. Listen as Lily talks about the complications in both of her pregnancies and the miscarriage she experienced in between them. Lily opens up her heart and gives us her honest truth.
In this second part Lily talks about her pregnancy after having a miscarriage and the complications she experienced. Listen as Lily tells us what it was like and the impact to her son. Listen as Lily fills us in on the last part of her journey.2022-11-2435 min
Love, Life and Loss7. Lily’s story! part 1 of 2Listen as my dear friend Lily tells her story. She talks honestly and openly about her journey as a mother. Listen as Lily talks about the complications in both of her pregnancies and the miscarriage she experienced in between them. Lily opens up her heart and gives us her honest truth.
In this first part Lily talks about having an operation to remove her ovary during her first pregnancy and the miscarriage she experienced later on in life. She talks about her thought process through this and the challenges to her and her family. But through everything Lily remains positive...2022-11-1735 min
Love, Life and Loss6. Safia’s story! part 2 of 2Part 2 of 2. Safia is a mum of two and an experienced equity and inclusion practitioner and facilitator. Her work is guided by principles of collaboration, compassion and curiosity. With a history of positive agitation and disruption. Safia is committed to working alongside people with lived experience of oppression and disadvantage, to challenge the structures that maintain difference and Otherness. When Safia was only 15 weeks pregnant, she lost her baby after being told her baby had *Edwards’ Syndrome. In this episode listen as Safia tells us about her experience. Walking us through her journey and what that was like for her at...2022-11-0234 min
Love, Life and Loss5. Safia’s story! part 1 of 2Safia is a mum of two and an experienced equity and inclusion practitioner and facilitator. Her work is guided by principles of collaboration, compassion and curiosity. With a history of positive agitation and disruption. Safia is committed to working alongside people with lived experience of oppression and disadvantage, to challenge the structures that maintain difference and Otherness.
When Safia was only 15 weeks pregnant, she lost her baby after being told her baby had *Edwards’ Syndrome.
In this episode listen as Safia tells us about her experience. Walking us through her journey and what that was like for her at the ti...2022-10-2827 min
Love, Life and Loss4. Dawn’s story! part 2 of 2Part 2. Dawn Morton-Young a mum of four as well as a successful business woman. She started as Louisa’s co-host but unfortunately Dawn will only feature in the first few episodes as she has now started her own podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-diverse-leaders-conversation-podcast/id1646228046
In these episodes Dawn tells her story from the start. She has four beautiful girls and she walks us through her birth stories.
Listen as Dawn goes into detail about her traumatic birth with her last daughter, giving birth to her on the landing. We hear about the lasting effects this had on her...2022-10-2133 min
Love, Life and Loss3.Dawn’s story! part 1 of 2Dawn Morton-Young a mum of four as well as a successful business woman. She started as Louisa’s co-host but unfortunately Dawn will only feature in the first few episodes as she has now started her own podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-diverse-leaders-conversation-podcast/id1646228046
In this episode Dawn tells her story from the start. She has four beautiful girls and she walks us through her birth stories.
Listen as Dawn goes into detail about her traumatic birth with her last daughter, giving birth to her on the landing. We hear about the lasting effects this had on her and...2022-10-2135 min
Love, Life and Loss2. Louisa’s story! part 2 of 2Welcome to the podcast Love, Life and Loss. This is part 2 of the first episode! Listen while Louisa tells her story to Dawn, starting from her first pregnancy, right up to her seventh pregnancy. Louisa talks about having three consecutive miscarriages and how she coped or didn’t with that. We learn about the impact losing her son had on Louisa and her mental health. Louisa also talks about her journey with her rainbow baby and what it was like to fall pregnant after losing a baby! There are highs and lows throughout this journey of Love, Life and Loss. Pl...2022-10-1333 min
Love, Life and Loss1. Louisa’s story! part 1 of 2Welcome to the podcast Love, Life and Loss. This is the first episode! Listen while Louisa tells her story to Dawn, starting from her first pregnancy, right up to her seventh pregnancy. Louisa talks about having three consecutive miscarriages and how she coped or didn’t with that. We learn about the impact losing her son had on Louisa and her mental health. Louisa also talks about her journey with her rainbow baby and what it was like to fall pregnant after losing a baby! There are highs and lows throughout this journey of Love, Life and Loss. Please join us...2022-10-1325 min
Love, Life and LossIntro!Listen as Louisa introduces the podcast Love, Life and Loss. She gives a brief explanation as to why she has started the podcast. In memory of her son Zion, Louisa along with her co-host Dawn have created a safe and comfortable place for people to tell their story and others to listen, learn and heal together.
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