10: Jenny Agg - Miscarriage & Trying Again

In the final episode of Season 1, Kay chats with author Jennie Agg about recurrent miscarriage and the journey to be pregnant again and writing about it

Jennie Agg

Jennie Agg is an acclaimed health and science journalist, whose work has appeared in The Times, Guardian, Mail, Telegraph, Red, Grazia, Elle UK, and Women’s Health, among others.

She writes the award-winning blog The Uterus Monologues. Life, Almost: Miscarriage, misconceptions, and a search for answers from the brink of motherhood is her first book.

In this episode we cover

Jennie before miscarriage

naiveté and ignorance

catastrophising

when to inform?

why the taboo?

work (returning)

from pregnancy to 4th miscarriage

Need & numbness

Pregnant again

Mentioned in this episode:

Marriage - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0cpnd15

Find:

https://jennieagg.com/

http://www.uterusmonologues.com/

https://www.instagram.com/jenniemonologues

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Episode 8 - Dan Hill - Daddy's With Angels

In Pt 2 Kay digs deeper into the life of Dan Hill, director of Daddy's with Angels and charts the spectacular growth of a self proclaimed "not very nice man" through the joys and triumphs of 12 pregnancies into the head of a global charity

https://www.daddyswithangels.org/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/daddyswithangels.angeldads.international

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Episode 8 - Dan Hill - Daddy's With Angels

In this episode Kay chats with the director of Daddy's with Angels and charts the spectacular growth of a self proclaimed "not very nice man" through the joys and triumphs of 12 pregnancies into the head of a global charity

https://www.daddyswithangels.org/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/daddyswithangels.angeldads.international

Continue the conversation - https://twitter.com/cradle_charity

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Title: Vanishing Twin Syndrome with Nicola Newman

Description:

In a conversation which has deep resonance for Kay she talks to Nicola Newman about navigating the conflicting emotions of simultaneously being pregnant with a dead and a live baby

Guest at a Glance

Nicola is an IT analyst and regular human being navigating the complicated path of becoming a parent. She was led to Cradle during the lockdowns of 2020 when she experienced the loss of one of her twins to Vanishing Twin Syndrome. In Cradle, Nicola found a safe space to share and process her grief.

In this episode we cover

Cradle connected & how Nicola came to CRADLE

Vanishing Twin Syndrome

Navigating the conflicting emotions

Coping in Lockdown

The new you

Belonging

Naming

Being pregnant

Angry Thoughts

Sunsets & Sunrises

Mentioned in this episode:

https://www.lighthousestherapyservices.co.uk/

CRADLE Connected - https://cradlecharity.org/connected/

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In this episode Kay chats to Jules about her long journey from her first ectopic pregnancy, through multiple miscarriages to CRADLE ambassador. In an incredibly open exchange, Jules experiences some really raw and surprising emotions as they chat. 

Guest at a Glance

Jules work as an H&S Administrator in road marking alongside a volunteer role as a Wellbeing Ambassador. She has been married to Tony since 1999 and is a survivor of ectopic pregnancies and numerous miscarriages.

Jules has been a Cradle Ambassador for 3 years working closely with UHNM Stoke.

In this episode we cover

What she does as an ambassador

Jules pregnancy loss journey & her passion

Nearly dying and the first ectopic pregnancy

30 yrs of the never asked question

7 years of repetitive loss

The new Jules or confidence through loss?

The importance of CRADLE

Couple Communication

Hope

Find:

https://twitter.com/juleslindop

https://www.facebook.com/groups/275434020492669/

[email protected]

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Episode 5: The Himmat Collective - Miscarriage, Visibility & shared Journeys

Description:

In this episode kay chats with Vik and Sarina, a couple that she interviewed for the BBC Northwests series on Babyloss during Babyloss Awareness week. They talk about Miscarriage, the visibility of babyloss for men and the South Asian community and reflect on their shared journey as a couple.

Guest at a Glance

After their experience of miscarriage Vik and Sarina started the Himmat Collective , to work with Punjabi communities to refresh views on fertility

In this episode we cover:

The 1st miscarriage and COVID

The 2nd miscarriage: Sharing the journey

The visibility of men and south Asians

Normalising the conversation

Loss in the Asian Community

The Himmat Collective and what it does

Medical Professional Insensitivity

Dealing with friends and family reaction

Forgiveness and Faith

Navigating grief

Naming babies

Hope

Mentioned in this episode:

Find:

https://linktr.ee/himmatcollective

https://twitter.com/HimmatCo

https://www.tiktok.com/@himmatco

https://www.instagram.com/himmatco/

[email protected]

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Title: Martin Abrams - Caring, Faith and Comfort

Description:

In this episode Kay talks to Chaplain and Cradle Trustee, Martin Abrams. They explore his journey as a full time hospital chaplain, and his experience of caring for bereaved parents, the perspective of his faith and the challenge of trying to bring comfort in the worst moments

Guest at a Glance

Revd Martin Abrams, full time hospital chaplain (Southport and Ormskirk Hospital Trust)

Martin is a core member of the Palliative Care Team, attends their regular Multi-Disciplinary Meeting and works with the team within the hospital, hospice and community. He is also a former Methodist representative to the Churches’ Funerals Group

Show Notes:

In this episode we cover

what does chaplaincy mean

caring for the carer

religious conflicts??

Why Me?

What not to say

Journeying

Find:

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3: Belinda Champion - Caring, singing & Empathy

Description

In this episode Kay gets all excited to chat with Cradle Ambassador Belinda Champion. She's excited by Belinda's famous singing connections but more importantly moved by Belinda's journey through her own grief to support babyloss families as a nurse and sonographer.

Guest at a Glance

Belinda Champion, known as B, is an advanced clinical practitioner and lead nurse for a cross site EPAU service at Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust. She is a Cradle Ambassador, a new national pregnancy loss charity and is a member of the Lewisham & Greenwich NHS choir.

Belinda has worked as a nurse in the NHS for 24 years specialising in women’s health. Her passion for women’s health led her to extend her scope of practice to become a nurse sonographer in 2008 where she successfully completed a PgCert in focussed ultrasound in first trimester and gynaecology with distinction at City University

In this episode we cover

Who is Belinda and why does Kay call her a celebrity

what is an advanced clinical practitioner

The reward

Belinda's journey

Empathy

Working with CRADLE

Caring for the carers

Belinda's grief

The future of pregnancy loss care

Making support accessible

The comfort of coming together

family and friends

Importance of language

The role of a Sonographer

The Taboo of talking

Mentioned in this episode:

The Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir with Justin Bieber -

https://youtu.be/jXy0s9pexCo

The Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir with Rag & Bone Man and Pink -

https://youtu.be/Yn2Ytx0E4tc

Find:

Belinda

linkedin.com/in/belinda-champion-90165b23

The Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir -

https://www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/the-trust-choir

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpR2L_jToVICkl5yJV2ANqw

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In this episode David Monteith takes Kay on his 8 year journey of ups and down discovering the joy and pain of child birth and baby death

Guest at a Glance

David Monteith is an actor/director/tutor, coach, and veteran podcaster. He and his wife Siobhan created Grace in Action to spread the word about life after babyloss after the death of their daughter Grace in 2014

In this episode we cover

I Pause - a spoken word piece

Grace's story

The Void - the time between death and birth

Talking to kids

Trigger Warnings and flashbacks

The Dead Baby Birth Experience

Being a man

To milk or not to milk

Facing Death

Friends and the friendship contract

Trauma and joy

Mentioned in this episode:

I Pause - https://youtu.be/dFD7mqqkPRE

I Grieve - https://youtu.be/kLwBQLaRw6w

Find:

Grace in Action -

https://www.youtube.com/c/GraceinAction

https://www.instagram.com/graceinaction14/

https://twitter.com/graceinact

https://www.facebook.com/GraceInAction14

David

https://www.facebook.com/david.monteith.587/

https://twitter.com/davidmonteith

https://www.instagram.com/davidmonteith/

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In the first episode of CRADLE Podcast. Louise Zeniou, founder of CRADLE talks to Kay Crewsdon about her inspiring journey from her own isolation to the founder of a serving community.

Guest at a Glance

Louise is a Consultant in the Health sector working across the Construction, Social Enterprise and charity sectors advising on Estates, Design and clinical pathways, creating social value opportunities and services for commissioning. She is also the CEO of CRADLE Charity, an organisation born out of her experience of surviving an ectopic pregnancy.

In this episode we cover

Intro to Cradle

Lou's story

Grief, self deception & counselling

The burden

The Words that can help or hinder

CRADLE the origin story

What you don't get told

The Diversity of Pregnancy Loss experience

What CRADLE does and how far it reaches

Mentioned in this episode:

https://www.lighthousestherapyservices.co.uk/

Find:

https://twitter.com/cradlelouise

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