When Hello is Goodbye - A Different Kind of Motherhood with Nicola Gaskin

Known as @onedayofwinter on Instagram, a Nicola is a UK blogger and author of Life after Baby Loss: A Companion Guide for Parents. Her candid reflections and insights of her son Winter’s life and raising her rainbow baby Raven deeply resonated with me in my loss and parenting journey, and I was honoured to speak with her and hear first hand her story. Whether you’ve lost someone or know someone who has, there are so many gems in this episode and I hope you enjoy. 

Nicola shares about:

• her pregnancy with Winter and what it was like loosing him unexpected only a day after he was born
• the taboos and stigma around baby loss, and what she wished she’d known then
• What others did or said after Winter died that she appreciated the most
• how she was able to cope and begin to heal in the years that followed
• What pregnancy after loss was like, and the challenges of parenting a child after loosing one
• Buddhism and how her meditation practice helped her find peace, perspective and community
• Breastfeeding a toddler and reflections on cross-cultural parenting norms
• Self care: how this changes as a mother and how she finds ways to fit it in throughout her days