Farah Nasser is an award winning journalist who has dedicated her voice to elevating people of colour. Recently, Farah opened up about her personal experience with the stillbirth of her son Hussain, live on Global News. Throughout this episode, Amy and Farah trade stories about what it was like growing up as children of immigrant parents, and their pregnancies with their twins. Farah talks about the moment she found out that one of her twins had passed away in her womb, and the psychological effects it had on her as she continued to carry both twins. Today, Farah discusses her stillbirth openly to raise awareness on the subject and remembers Hussain fondly with her husband and two children.
1.32 - Farah’s childhood
2.51 - How Farah felt growing up as a child of immigrant parents
6.05 - The first time Farah was called a “paki”
8.21 - When Farah got married and decided to have kids
9.46 - Farah finds out she was having twins
10.32 - How Farah’s pregnancy went
11.12 - Farah lost one of her twins
13.26 - Amy’s reflection
14.43 - The pregnancy build up, Farah gave birth and found out how her twin passed away
16.33 - Farah’s labour
18.02 - The importance of talking about stillbirths
19.22 - Group therapy
21.17 - Why Farah and her husband decided to tell her son about his brother
22.54 - What life looks like now for Farah
24.38 - Amy’s reflection on loss
25.31 - What Farah is seeing in working moms today
28.03 - The need for protectionism
29.35 - Farah’s episode dedication
Support the show (https://www.amysyed.ca/calmafterthestormpodcast)
Popular Podcasts
Stuff You Should Know
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
Dateline NBC
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Special Summer Offer: Exclusively on Apple Podcasts, try our Dateline Premium subscription completely free for one month! With Dateline Premium, you get every episode ad-free plus exclusive bonus content.
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
I’m Jay Shetty host of On Purpose the worlds #1 Mental Health podcast and I’m so grateful you found us. I started this podcast 5 years ago to invite you into conversations and workshops that are designed to help make you happier, healthier and more healed. I believe that when you (yes you) feel seen, heard and understood you’re able to deal with relationship struggles, work challenges and life’s ups and downs with more ease and grace. I interview experts, celebrities, thought leaders and athletes so that we can grow our mindset, build better habits and uncover a side of them we’ve never seen before. New episodes every Monday and Friday. Your support means the world to me and I don’t take it for granted — click the follow button and leave a review to help us spread the love with On Purpose. I can’t wait for you to listen to your first or 500th episode!