Love, Life and Loss

17. Alicia’s story! Black baby loss awareness week

This week you will hear Alicia Burnett’s story. Alicia is the co founder of black baby loss awareness week. The first ever black baby loss awareness week is this week 15- 19th May 2023 and it’s only fitting that we hear Alicia’s story. Listen as Alicia talks about her passion for what she does and why she does it. Baby loss is highest amongst people of colour and yet we are the least likely to access support. Alicia has her own lived experience of what it is like to lose a baby when she lost her son in 2018 and now she supports other families that look like her. Alicia is a force to be reckoned with. She is on a mission to improve the quality of care for women of colour and their babies. I for one feel honoured to have met her and listened to her story.
Alicia is a committed advocate of midwifery and was invited onto the ITV Lunchtime News to speak about her decision to become a midwife, and why college leavers should consider a career in midwifery.
She was the first student Editor-in-Chief of The Student Midwife journal, and recently re-joined the journal as an editorial board member. She is also in the process of writing her first academic book.
She has co-authored articles in the Nursing Standard, Midwifery and Nurse Education Today, and she penned the article ‘Racism Matters 6. This Hurts Us Much More Than it Hurts You: The Lived Experiences of Black, Asian and Multi-Racial Student Midwives’ for The Practising Midwife.
Alicia has also been featured in the RCM's Midwives magazine and written blog posts for the Council of Deans of Health, the Student Leadership Programme and All4Maternity. You can support black baby awareness week using the links below.
https://instagram.com/blackbabylossawareness?igshid=ZWQyN2ExYTkwZQ==
https://instagram.com/midwife_alicia?igshid=ZWQyN2ExYTkwZQ==

16. Zion’s Birthday! 💙

Happy Birthday Zion 💙

15. Jan’s story! part 2 of 2

This week you will hear part 2 of Jan’s story. Listen as Jan continues to take us on her journey of what it was like to lose her son after a number of miscarriages and years of trying. You will hear how Jan was determined to use her own grief to help others. Jan use to work for a charity called Sands for around 10 years and now she works for a charity called Chums https://chums.uk.com Over the years she has done so much to help others, including myself and continues to do so much. If you would like to help support chums please visit the website. It’s my privilege to share Jan’s story with you.

14. Jan’s story! part 1 of 2

This week you will hear Jan’s story. Listen as Jan tells her story of what it was like to lose her son after a number of miscarriages and years of trying. You will hear how Jan was determined to use her own grief to help others. Jan use to work for a charity called Sands for around 10 years and now she works for a charity called Chums https://chums.uk.com Over the years she has done so much to help others, including myself and continues to do so. If you would like to help support chums please visit the website. It’s my privilege to share Jan’s story with you.
So please join us.

13. Malin’s story!

Malin Anderson is an author, a motivational speaker and an advocate for a number of good causes including mental health, body image and women’s rights. As well as baby loss. Some of you may also know her from love island. Listen as Malin talks about the complications she experienced in her first pregnancy whilst in an abusive relationship. Malin takes us on her journey from the loss of her daughter to the birth of her rainbow baby and what that was like for her. Listen as Malin talks about her struggles and how she has overcome them.

12.Cara’s story! part 2 of 2

Cara is a mum of 4 she has 3 beautiful children with her and 1 angel baby.
*warning this episode shares some graphic details that might upset some listeners*
Listen this week as Cara tells her story! She was just 17 years old when her first born son was still born. Cara lost her son over 20 years ago and she went on to have 3 more beautiful children. Listen as Cara tells us about her journey and how much she has over come. This is really an inspirational story. Cara give us her raw honest truth of her experience and life journey.

11. Cara’s story! part 1 of 2

Cara is a mum of 4! She has 3 beautiful children with her and 1 angel baby.
Listen this week as Cara tells her story! She was just 17 years old when her first born son was still born. Cara lost her son over 20 years ago and she went on to have 3 more beautiful children. Listen as Cara tells us about her journey and how much she has over come. This is really an inspirational story. Cara give us her raw honest truth of her experience and life journey.

10. Call the midwife! Grace’s story! part 2 of 2

Call the midwife! Listen to Grace tells us what it is like from a midwife’s point of view. Grace is a mum, a singer, a midwife and a woman.
Listen as Grace tells us about her experiences as a midwife and why she entered into this profession. We talk about the impacts on women of colour and we talk about the differences between areas. It is so refreshing to listen to Grace talk about the wonderful work she does and the passion she has.
In Grace’s area they are trying to find the right balance on how to support families during pregnancy.
Listen as Grace tells us about her experience supporting a family when they lost their baby and what that was like for Grace, a midwife’s perspective.
Grace is so passionate about her work and equality and diversity, during lockdown Grace started her own podcast called brown muma brown me.
Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) women are reported to be have poorer outcomes during pregnancy, childbirth and within 6weeks of giving birth. This includes being more likely to die than their white counterparts. Brown Mama Brown Me is a podcast exploring the topic and seeks to continue the conversation in order to improve maternity care and the outcomes for BAME women in the UK
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/brown-mama-brown-me/id1512677691?i=1000474167078

9. Call the midwife! Grace’s story! part 1 of 2

Call the midwife!
Listen to Grace tells us what it is like from a midwife’s point of view. Grace is a mum, a singer, a midwife and a woman.
Listen as Grace tells us about her experiences as a midwife and why she entered into this profession. We talk about the impacts on women of colour and we talk about the differences between areas.
It is so refreshing to listen to Grace talk about the wonderful work she does and the passion she has. In Grace’s area they are trying to find the right balance on how to support families during pregnancy.
Listen as Grace tells us about her experience supporting a family when they lost their baby and what that was like for Grace, a midwife’s perspective. Grace is so passionate about her work and equality and diversity, during lockdown Grace started her own podcast called brown muma brown me.
Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) women are reported to be have poorer outcomes during pregnancy, childbirth and within 6weeks of giving birth. This includes being more likely to die than their white counterparts. Brown Mama Brown Me is a podcast exploring the topic and seeks to continue the conversation in order to improve maternity care and the outcomes for BAME women in the UK
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/brown-mama-brown-me/id1512677691?i=1000474167078

8. Lily’s story! part 2 of 2

Listen as my dear friend Lily tells her story. She talks honestly and openly about her journey as a mother. Listen as Lily talks about the complications in both of her pregnancies and the miscarriage she experienced in between them. Lily opens up her heart and gives us her honest truth.
In this second part Lily talks about her pregnancy after having a miscarriage and the complications she experienced. Listen as Lily tells us what it was like and the impact to her son. Listen as Lily fills us in on the last part of her journey.