Little Life Big Loss

What a beautiful story of hope after loss. 

Lisa birthed her two beautiful sons Archie & Cooper who only lived for 8 minutes & 30 minutes after she was diagnosed with an infection that could have taken her life she was induced to birth her boys knowing they would be incompatible with life. She spent so much time with them after their passing taking them home to have more visitors and heartfelt photography. 

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Rachel's story will blow your mind (but with such beautiful inspiration at the end) Rachel had 2 sons, Grayson and Orlando, but she yearned for a 3rd child. She didn't expect she would have to lose 4 more before she got her last living baby. A late miscarriage, a stillbirth, a TFMR with twins, a vanishing twin with a successful surviving twin she got there. Rachel is doing incredible things in the baby loss space. You can ...

The beautiful Katie lost her precious Ella Daisy 17 years ago at 5 days old, because of an unknown breech vaginal birth. AT 41+ weeks Katie went into labour and whilst she suspected her baby was breech she was assured bubba was engaged. What unfolds is awful. Katie filed a successful lawsuit against the hospital. Katie went on to have 3 beautiful boys.

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FAR OUT WHAT A RIDE! Amy's journey is not for the faint-hearted. I love that in this episode she speaks about the ways she sought help with anxiety during pregnancy loss & also with post-natal depression when she brought home her first living child. How helpful Bears of Hope were during the birth of her stillborn babies and their support after adding in PANDA too. https://www.bearsofhope.org.au/
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When Karina met her now husband Evan, they discussed on their first date the need for Evan to do IVF as he was diagnosed with testicular cancer at just 19 years old.

Told he only had a few weeks to live, they took fertility precautions but it did not work. 

He survived, what a miracle! But has always known he would not be able to have his own children. 

Karina talks of their journey to IVF donor sperm, travelling interstate (...

Alfie Bear - born at 23+ 3 weeks with an anterior placenta but otherwise perfect scans. 

Gallbladder removed at 15 weeks pregnant after too many painful gallstone attacked. 

This episode we talked about the effect of losing a child on our mind as a woman, the blame we put on ourselves and our body.

The guilt Naomi felt for letting her two daughters down. "I don't feel pregnant" .... the intuition! How much she loves...

Wow what a story! Bec’s incredible strength - what her body has physically been through. 

Birthing her baby Harrison in May and accidentally falling pregnant only 6 weeks later.

Her short cervix wasn’t able to hold her beautiful bubba Archie and her waters broke at around 21.5 weeks.

Bec talks so perfectly about how her 6 older children and step children are dealing with the grief, a grieving husband. How friends and family ha...

Kiki & her husband Tyler had a home birth planned from the start of their pregnancy. Kiki herself along with her sibling were born at home some 30 years ago, so this was a natural path to follow for her.
At 20 weeks she registered with a hospital (just in case) however when needing to present to hospital after little Sprouts heartbeat could not be found at home, they presented to a different hospital therefore encountered de...

Wow what a wild ride! 

Michelle has one little girl Emily. 

Shortly followed by Sonny who was perfect till 20 weeks at which point she had her covid vaccine, 2 weeks later had her booster shot. At her 30 week scan showed something had happened and two cysts formed on his brain. At 32.5 weeks they were advised at a scan by an MFM their fate. 

Michelle has since had her perfect little girl Lily. 

Some really good advice on relationsh...

She was diagnosed with little to no amniotic fluid therefore little man’s organs were unable to grow. A planned T incision (talk about trigger for me!) with a 6 month wait post baby to try again. 

Alyssa has an older child who is 7 and is currently pregnant with her baby after loss.

Listen for all the genetic screening and things that have had to go in prior to Felix birth and beyond. 

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Hannah is a midwife, a mum to Billie on earth and Olive in heaven. 

She speaks in medical terms of how she and her husband Ben made the awful decision to terminate for medical reasons (TFMR) induce labour after her waters had broken at 22 weeks. 

She makes stunning pottery now - including free urns to grieving parents Watch on YouTube to see the one she made for Milli.

Hannah gave lots of great tips for books and resources as ...

This podcast, believe it or not, has lots of laughs (think of port-a-loo chats & Taylor Swift obsessions).

Annelise was a joy to listen to, a lover of food and her now husband Mark (who she wed just 2 days after the birth and death of her baby girl Sophie). She had an amazing bereavement midwife (every hospital needs a Mandy in their ward!) 

As discussed - the Centrelink bereavement line: 1800 118 388

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Talking all things heavenly signs - like roses, purple balloons & intuitive kids; this story is beautiful. 

Marginal cord insertion, hyper coiling umbilical cord & a heartbeat that stops.

Liv talks us through being told "I am so sorry your baby has died", her regret of not having more photos for in the moment it felt wrong but now wanting to look at them.

Such good advise. 

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Steph birthed her baby girl Sage at 38 weeks stillborn via a planned c section. 

After a wild time during her pregnancy with costochondritis (severe cough) inflammation to the ribs (from coughing), covid & DVT (all of which went after the birth), Steph tells her story of hope after loss and how it changed her mind and life. 

Steph has a living daughter Scarlett & 3 stepdaughters with her partner Luke. 

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Aimee is an Occupational Therapist who works with people who have had injuries at birth, never would she have imagined becoming a mother to a baby this happens to. But if so, she was prepared and the best person for the role of being Lawson's mummy. Sadly his injuries were so severe he only lived for 3 hours. 

After a placental abruption, placental insufficiencies, hyper coiling of his cord, and an extremely traumatic vaginal b...

Wow! Hannah’s story is CRAZILY similar to mine. Where we birthed, the ambualnce, husbands driving up seperately. Baby in NICU, mother admitted as patient. Cooling mat for baby. The trauma, the unknown, the hell. This episode talks about the impact of trauma to her toddler also, the big sister of Imrie. What a divine little girl she is.  

Hannah also speaks about pregnancy after loss and the birth of her 3rd child Oakey.

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WOW - this podcast has a LOT of swearing!

I cannot believe the way this story unfolded. 

I met Bianca through a Mum's and Bub's personal training group, having no idea she had experienced baby loss until we lost our very own Milli.

Bianca found out very early on in her pregnancy that she had contracted CMV what unfolds over her 20 weeks of pregnancy and post-birth will blow your mind. (How she didn’t get paid mat leave be...

Wow! Today’s was so much great information from a midwife herself. Working in the industry, you’d still never imagine you’ll experience loss and trauma yourself. But Maddy did. Her second born, had a cord prolapse during labour. Being remote assistance didn’t come quick and sadly her baby Wren wasn’t able to stay on earth due to lots of complications. Maddy talks about all the wonderful things she’s done in the bereavement space i...

Jessie is a gorgeous, brave Mumma sharing her story on the little life of her darling son Nate. He was born early at 35 + 1 through spontaneous vaginal birth. Spent 6 days in hospital and was taking his final breaths with his mummy and daddy outside under the stars and moon. Through autopsy results that we forgot to discuss on the podcast, this was the outcome: Nate was the second person world wide to pass away from a rare infecti...