Baby Loss, Grief & Love

Send us Fan Mail On  this week episode Kelly welcomes, service user,  Tania to the podcast. Tania shares her journey of stillbirth, pregnancy after loss and the support she received from Making Miracles. Tania talks about the loss of her son Thomas at 26 weeks, and how it affected them as a whole family. Tania's daughter was 6 years old at the time of Thomas's death and she explains how ...

Send us Fan Mail On  this week episode Kelly welcomes Lorna to the podcast. Lorna shares and relives her experience of birth trauma, stillbirth and how this affected her relationships. Lorna wanted to share her story to tackle her own isolation, spread awareness but also share her positive, experience of love and support among all her relationship groups. Lorna and Kelly discuss and normalise the...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode Kelly welcomes Mandi to the podcast. Mandi talks about what it is like to be 15 years on from the loss of her son Kaian. Kaian sadly died 2 weeks after birth due to Edwards' syndrome (also know as trisomy 18). Mandi shares her experience of loss, birth trauma, near loss of her own life, the birth of her rainbow baby Tia and the feeling of isolation (whic...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode Kellys focuses on men’s mental health, Dads and Father’s Day.  Kelly talks about the importance of men’s mental health, the role of a dad/man and the grief differences between men and women.  Kelly talks about acknowledging dads and how important it is to see them. They are part of it and they also grieving, maybe not physically but emotionally, mentally and...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode Kellys welcomes Michelle Burke-Hunter, from Lavender Heath, to the podcast. Michelle specialises in pregnancy and postnatal recovery, is a Certified Womens Wellness Coach' and will be the Lead Wellness Coach for our new service, The Making Miracles “Wellness, Self Care & Love” Baby Loss Retreat. Michelle talks about the importance of self care,  post...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode Kellys welcomes Amy, one of our counsellors, to the podcast. Amy also used to work for the NHS and talks about very useful techniques and brings her expertise on postnatal depression, anxiety,  trauma and recognising signs of ‘Postnatal Depression’.  Amy explains the term ‘Postnatal Depression’ and the understanding around depression after a loss or birth.  ...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode Kellys welcomes Catrina to the podcast. Catriona opens up about her early miscarriages, birth trauma, fertility issues, secondary infertility and shares awareness about Asherman's syndrome. Asherman's syndrome ( AS ) is an acquired uterine condition that occurs when scar tissue forms inside the uterus and/or the cervix.  AS can be the cause of menst...

Send us Fan Mail Tanya is one of our service users who has massively benefited from our specialist counselling, baby memorial garden and support group. Tanya shares her story of  trauma, loss of all her pregnancies, her stillborn son Aiden and her relationships with friends, family and soon to be husband, Chris. Tanya bravely talks about the termination she had at 18 years old and how this greatly...

Send us Fan Mail On the first episode of Season 4 Team MM Kelly, Becci and Hayley come together to celebrate 9 years of Making Miracles. Making Miracles officially became a registered charity on 04/04/2014! The team talk about Making Miracle's achievements, how MM's vital support services have touched and helped so many individuals/families and discussed & celebrated so many of our s...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode Kelly welcomes Josh to the podcast. Josh joins us from North London and shares his story of the loss of his daughter Leonie and son Clark.  (Leonie was born at 32 weeks and died 6 weeks old and  Clark was born at 34 weeks and died only 4 days old) Josh opens up about his feelings, the struggles they faced during Covid and the importance of mens mental health....

Send us Fan Mail On this episode Kelly talks about what Mother’s Day means for bereaved mothers. How important our feelings are and validation of being a mother. Choosing how to spend the day is very individual and you need to do what’s best for you and let your loved ones know what you need from them. "I am a MUM" ' A MOTHER IS NOT DEFINED BY THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN YOU CAN SEE, BUT...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode Kelly welcomes, service user, Kelsey to the podcast. Kelsey talks about her missed miscarriage, the loss of her daughter Ivy and the mental struggles she faced with her pregnancy after loss. Kelsey speaks about how negative thoughts became more natural than positive ones.  Kelsey touches upon how differently her whole family grieved and how very grateful she...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode  Kelly welcomes, service user, Vicky to the podcast. Vicky talks about her mental and psychical  struggles following her recurrent miscarriages. Kelly and Vicky discuss how this affected her as a women, mum and wife.  Vicky shares with us that after her traumatic experiences and fear of her own life,  she and her husband made the toughest decision to stop try...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode Kelly welcomes couple Lizzie and Andrew to the podcast.  Lizzie and Andrew are both service users that attend our first face to face support group and they talk about their journey of loosing their daughter, Penelope, to rare condition Polocystic Kidney Disease.  They discuss the difficult decisions they both had to make, how they dealt with everything as a c...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode Kelly welcomes counsellor, Alison Hopkins to the podcast.  Ally has been a counselling for Making Miracles for six years and been an integrative therapist for the past fourteen years. She has her own practice, as well as, works in schools with children going through the foster care system, who have suffered abuse or any form of loss.  Kelly and Ally discuss t...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode Kelly welcomes Matt to the podcast.  Matt is representing the dads. He talks about how birth trauma and baby loss effected him as a husband, a man and a dad. Matt talks about the terrifying effects of eclampsia and how his quick thinking saved his wife.  Matt also touches on their couple counselling and how he learnt a lot about himself and how it provided hi...

Send us Fan Mail In todays podcast Kelly discusses triggering milestones and the approaching festive period. She discussed how to address key dates and anxieties that result from these special or memorable dates and how important self love and care is at these times of year. Donate Here:  https://www.goodhub.com/go/baby-loss-podcast

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode Kelly welcomes couple Kirstie & Matt to the podcast. Kirstie and Matt talk about the loss of their son Robin, birth trauma, their journey to becoming parents and the effects of pre-eclampsia / eclampsia (a life-threatening hypertensive disorder that occurs during and after pregnancy).  They also talk about the benefits of counselling and how it helped the...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode Kelly welcomes team member Hayley to the podcast. Hayley talks about her traumatic birth experiences and touches on preeclaspmsia, a life-threatening hypertensive disorder that occurs during pregnancy, premature birth and miscarriage. To mark World Prematurity Day (17th November) and raise awareness Hayley and Kelly talk about their experience of premature bi...

Send us Fan Mail In this first episode of season 3 Kelly is joined by Rose. Rose is in quite an unusual position as a GP and women's health specialist so she has experience with baby loss from both a professional and personal level following her stillbirth with her son Henry.  Rose is passionate about empowering women to get their voices heard. Donate Here:  https://www.goodhub.com/go/baby-lo...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we reflect on Baby Loss Awareness Week and conclude Season 2.  Hayley and Becci join Kelly to discuss the week, any feelings that may come up as result and what’s coming up for the charity and the podcast in Season 3. Donate Here:  https://www.goodhub.com/go/baby-loss-podcast

Send us Fan Mail In this episode mum Nilufa discusses her journey through infertility and multiple loss. She specifically talks around the ideology of how pregnancy and life in general is “like a fairytale” and that is not always the case. Nilufa opens up about the invasive process of IVF and a hope cycle that was destroyed by monthly periods. She talks about relationships and insensitive comments...

Send us Fan Mail Children and grief  In this episode Amy joins Kelly to discuss how play therapy has helped her daughter Poppy following losing her sibling at 4 months old.  Amy also reflects on her own personal journey and some milestones around loss Donate Here:  https://www.goodhub.com/go/baby-loss-podcast

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Kelly welcomes back dad Samir from season 1. Samir is also joined by Leanne his fiancé and this is our first couple interview. They discuss how they both grieved very differently for the loss of their daughter and how they made it through such a horrific time- working together. Donate Here:  https://www.goodhub.com/go/baby-loss-podcast

Send us Fan Mail In this episode mum Tasha joins Kelly to discuss her journey through loss.  She talks about what happened but also how it has changed her as a person. No one is ever the same again and Tasha gives hope that things can get better and shares how she found herself again.  Donate Here:  https://www.goodhub.com/go/baby-loss-podcast