S6, E3 - Childhood cancer, loss and surrogacy
07/30/24 • 54 min
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 hospital.
Kelly and Ellie talk about the benefits of counselling, how she has lost relationships but also how she has gained some new amazing people in her life.
Ellie shares how she is navigating her way through her grief and holds in her heart that she will become a Mum one day. Ellie opens up about feeling she had no purpose after loosing Noah however surrogacy is giving her a new found hope in becoming a Mum.
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www.makingmiracles.org.uk
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 hospital.
Kelly and Ellie talk about the benefits of counselling, how she has lost relationships but also how she has gained some new amazing people in her life.
Ellie shares how she is navigating her way through her grief and holds in her heart that she will become a Mum one day. Ellie opens up about feeling she had no purpose after loosing Noah however surrogacy is giving her a new found hope in becoming a Mum.
Donate Here: https://app.goodhub.com/babylosspodcast
www.makingmiracles.org.uk
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S6, E2 - How Death Affects Us
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 different ways.
Alison also shares experiences of cultural differences in death and how she was moved by the people in the Caribbean and their mass community support through grief. She saw how a whole new strength in people and families that we can all learn from.
Alison also reflects on her own losses and how she dealt with the loss of her Mum and then welcoming her first grandchild into the world.
Kelly opens up about the important work and services MM provide grieving families and this has all come from listening to those in grief.
Information Link for Making Miracles Support Services: https://makingmiracles.org.uk/services/
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www.makingmiracles.org.uk
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S6, E4 - Baby Loss, Trauma & Infertility
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 opens up about the guilt and feelings she carries following a very upsetting personal experience which led to her having to end a pregnancy when she was just 18 years old. She discusses how things that happen in our past can deeply affect us many years on.
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www.makingmiracles.org.uk
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