S2 Episode 10: Behind closed doors. A young mother’s experience of domestic abuse
Young and head over heels in love, Sarah was thrilled to welcome her first baby into the world with her loving husband by her side. To the outside world, they looked like the perfect young family. Ins...
30 Okt 202154min
S2 Episode 9: The Birth of a Doula. Holding Space for Women.
Being young, fit and healthy, Gabrielle naturally thought her first pregnancy would progress smoothly. Having never known anyone who had experienced or spoken about miscarriage, Gabrielle’s world was ...
4 Okt 202152min
S2 Episode 8: The Infertility Trifecta . Queer, single and infertile.
When Holly decided that she wanted to have a baby, her journey to parenthood was anything but straightforward. Holly discovered that she had the ‘Infertility Trifecta’. Unable to conceive naturally du...
20 Sep 202140min
S2 Episode 7: Keep my body alive for them. An experience of Covid in Pregnancy.
Kaillee was only 25 weeks pregnant with her much wanted IVF twin pregnancy when her partner Chris started to feel unwell after a trip to the supermarket. It was 2020, in the very early days of the Cov...
20 Sep 202146min
S2 Episode 6: In Tandem. Premature Twins.
As a senior paediatric and Special Care Nursery (SCN) nurse for 16 years, Gemma knew all there is to know about looking after premature and unwell babies. But when she discovered she was pregnant with...
5 Sep 202150min
S2 Episode 5: Not just a cough. A Dad's journey of vaccine preventable loss.
When Greg's son Riley was born, Greg's life felt complete. Together with 3yo daughter Olivia, Greg and his wife Catherine enjoyed a blissful few weeks in their newborn bubble getting to know their b...
5 Sep 202158min
S2 Episode 4. A personal story of Placenta Praevia and an exploration of racial disparities in maternal health care
In Episode 4 we welcome Dr Carmen Brown, who shares her personal story of pregnancy complications. As an Obstetrician herself, Carmen has seen it all before. But when complications arose in her own pr...
12 Aug 202155min
S2 Episode 3. When ginger doesn't cut it: Hyperemesis Gravidarum
In Episode 3 of season 2, our guest Katy shares with us the unimaginably difficult journey of her three pregnancies afflicted with Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG). Like so many conditions affecting women ...
8 Aug 202149min
