Baby Loss, Grief & Love

Send us Fan Mail On this episode Kelly welcomes back team members Hayley and Becci to the podcast. The Team talk about the coming season Christmas and all the pressures it brings, especially while grieving. Kelly also talks about the importance of looking after yourself and doing what's right for you this Christmas. Making Miracles' will be providing support for local and national famili...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode Kelly welcomes Francesca to the podcast.  Francesca talks about the loss of her son Arthur and pregnancy after loss. Arthur was stillborn at 33weeks and Fran wanted to come on and tell his story. Francesca openly talks about how she struggled with feeling a lot of guilt but after  her counselling with Making Miracles she felt completely differently. Her couns...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode Kelly welcomes new team member Olivia to the podcast. Olivia has joined Team MM as a Community Fundraiser and talks about her passion for helping bereaved families after her own experience of trauma and loss. Olivia shares her experience of multiple miscarriage as well as her own anxiety around pregnancy after loss. Kelly and Olivia also talk about MM's new an...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode Kelly welcomes back fellow counsellor, Jodie Sturges to the podcast. (Dip, Couns MBACP, Integrative Adult & Childrens Counsellor) Jodie has been a therapist for nearly 11 years and has worked with our families for many years. Jodie wanted to return to the podcast and discuss a very good topic about families and women in grief whist dealing with ADHD. Jodi...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode Kelly explains all about Baby Loss Awareness Week (BLAW), what this means for families, what we are doing at Making Miracles and talks about how we are all in this together. With this years theme, 'together, we care' BLAW is a time to remember, honour and be there for one another. We, at MM know and understand how important this week is. Not only fo...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode Kelly welcomes Stacy to the podcast. Stacy relives her experience of the loss of her two boys Leo & Ethan. Stacy shares her experience of a missed miscarriage and PPROM (Preterm pre-labour rupture of membranes (PPROM) is when your waters break before 37 weeks of pregnancy.) Stacy openly shares she is currently in therapy and wanted to open up about on how...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode Kelly welcomes service user, Sophie to the podcast. Sophie shares her story of miscarriage, the death of her daughter Stella and the horrible anxiety around pregnancy after loss. Sophie talks about how she lost her daughter Stella and was faced with the awful decision of TFMR Termination for Medical Reasons. Kelly and Sophie talk about the terrifying reality,...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode Kelly welcomes Georgina, Consultant Hypnotherapist, Psychotherapist, Counselling and Cognitive Behavioural Coach to the podcast. Georgina shares an insight into Hypnotherapy, clearing up any myths and talking about the real benefits it can provide anyone going through grief. Georgina and Kelly also touch upon trying again after loss. Talking about the sexual...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode Kelly welcomes MM counsellor Sarah to the podcast. Sarah shares her story of baby loss, trauma and infertility. Sarah discusses how she feels about not being able to have children, what this means for her as a women, how it has affected her past relationships and how now she uses her own experiences to help others. Trigger warning - Sarah very bravely also op...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode Kelly welcomes Ellie to the podcast.  Ellie is from Essex and found ‘Baby Loss, Grief & Love’ through searching the internet for extra support.  Ellie is a childhood cancer survivor and talks about the links between her cancer and the loss of her son Noah. Ellie bravely talks about her traumatic birth as she had Noah before making it safely to the hospita...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode Kelly continues the theme around death and how it affects us as individuals as well as a wider family. Kelly is joined by a Making Miracles counsellor, Alison. Together Kelly and Alison discuss how we deal with grief as a Nation and how extremely important it is not to suppress your emotions while grieving as those feelings will eventually come out it differe...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks podcast Kelly dicusses the 'D' word. Kelly starts season 6 with the hard hitting subject of ‘Death'. Kelly talks about how we all deal with death in so many different ways and generally this is due to how we've been brought up around death, culturally and also the age in which it changed our lives. Kelly talks about the difference between baby los...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks podcast Kelly welcomes Team MM members  (Becci & Hayley) to the podcast. 10 years on Making Miracles is still going strong and Kelly, Becci & Hayley share the reason behind why Making Miracles started, each of their own journeys and the importance of the podcast. They all talk about the importance of emotions,  validation and even many years on how much their...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode Kelly welcomes Chris, Founder & CEO of fundraising platform GoodHub to the podcast. Making Miracle's use GoodHub for all online donations and ticketed events. We have recently got to know Chris through the partnership and found out that Chris has personal experience of baby bereavement, trauma and loss.  Chris was so brave and kind enough to share hi...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode Kelly welcomes Natalie to the Podcast. Natalie wanted to come on a share her story in memory of her son Alfie. Alfie was born at 28 weeks premature and sadly died in hospital, at only 5 months old. Natalie relives her traumatic time living within the NICU walls but also shares her happy memories  with Alfie. Tragically, behind Alfies smiles he was extremely p...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode Kelly welcomes, service user, Bec to the podcast. Bec opens up about her missed miscarriage and how isolated she felt after her loss. Bec describes how she felt like a complete failure and believed it was all her fault. After having counselling with Making Miracles she worked through her trauma, loss and was able to process her feelings differently and eventu...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode Kelly welcomes Sarah to the podcast.  January is an extremely trigging month for Sarah and it was important for her to  come on and share her story. One, to show she is still here and still standing but also for her son, Mylo. This January marks the 4th year of loosing her son Mylo, the 3rd year loosing her Mum to Covid, as well as, her daughters 3rd birthday...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode Kelly welcomes service user Megan to the podcast.  Megan shares her journey of pregnancy trauma, premature birth and the loss of her daughter Grace.  Grace had a heart condition and Megan bravely speaks about her emotional experience of constant medical appointments which lead to her feeling extremely isolated and alone. Whilst Grace was in NICU, at just 3 da...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode Kelly welcomes, service user, Chantelle to the podcast. Chantelle shares her 5 year IVF journey, experience of postnatal depression and the loss of her twins. Chantelle explains she felt very isolated and alone through her journey especially when her and her partner dealt with their situation so differently. Chantelle speaks about the pressures and strains IV...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode Kelly welcomes Vicki Harmer from Long Reach Nutrition Clinic to the Podcast.  Vicki shares her 5 year journey of IVF & fertility struggles. She opens up about having counselling and explains how it benefited her massively but wishes she had taken it up sooner.  After a long 5 years, Vicki finally got her daughter and decided to make some big life changes....

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode Kelly welcomes team member Becci to the Podcast. Becci joined Team MM back in 2015 to support families after her journey of IVF & loss. Over 16 years ago Becci experienced multiple ectopic pregnancies which sadly resulted in the removal of both her Fallopian tubes. This lead to the start of her IVF journey as she shares the emotional, physical and financi...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode Kelly welcomes 'service user' Katy to the podcast. Katy has used our counselling service, joined our support group and has a plaque at our Baby Memorial Garden. Katy shares her heartbreaking loss of  daughter Freya, at 22 weeks  through TFMR. She explains how difficult the decision was and she just didn't want Freya in any pain. One of the main reaso...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode Kelly welcomes Rachel, from sunny Devon, to the podcast. Rachel explains how isolated she felt after the loss of her daughter Isla and wants to raise awareness of the affects of Hydrops ( NHS definition of Hydrops Fetalis . Foetal hydrops is a rare but very serious condition in which an unborn baby accumulates excessive fluid within their body . Six out of te...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode Kelly welcomes Lisa to the podcast. Lisa opens up and relives the traumatic birth of her premature son George, her heartbreaking loss of her son Henry through TFMR and the loss of Baby W. Lisa describes the devastating affect this had on her, how she struggled  to cope with everyday life and how she and her husband processed their trauma very differently. Lis...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode Kelly welcomes Carmen Grover, our first International family, to the podcast. Carmen joins us all the way from Canada and shares her experience of multi loss, TFMR and supporting others. Carmen explains how her grief has given her a different perspective and now aims to be a voice of hope. Carmen shares that 'always looking back'  was a good healing...