Love, Life and Loss
For far too long Baby loss has been a taboo subject that most people feel uncomfortable to talk about, but not us! Please join us while we talk about our Love, Life and Loss. Help break the silence around baby loss at all stages. Listen while we share our stories and encourage others to do the same. We try to look at all aspects of baby loss, covering as many topics as we can. There is laughter and tears throughout as we celebrate our children and tell the world about them. The hope is we can all learn and heal together!
Episodes
December 1, 2023 • 83 mins
⚠️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. Pleas...
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October 12, 2023 • 71 mins
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 th...
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September 10, 2023 • 79 mins
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 ta...
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June 14, 2023 • 52 mins
This 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...
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May 28, 2023 • 50 mins
This 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 suppo...
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May 23, 2023 • 45 mins
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 ...
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May 16, 2023 • 75 mins
This 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 li...
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April 19, 2023 • 41 mins
This 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 oth...
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April 13, 2023 • 42 mins
This 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 cont...
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April 4, 2023 • 33 mins
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...
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January 3, 2023 • 38 mins
Cara 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...
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December 28, 2022 • 44 mins
Cara 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 experien...
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December 15, 2022 • 39 mins
Call 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...
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December 9, 2022 • 32 mins
Call 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 s...
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November 24, 2022 • 35 mins
Listen 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...
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November 17, 2022 • 35 mins
Listen 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 ...
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November 2, 2022 • 34 mins
Part 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 pr...
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October 28, 2022 • 27 mins
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 ...
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October 21, 2022 • 33 mins
Part 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 sto...
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