Grieving the sudden unexplained death of Rosie

12/06/19 • 37 min

Jenni Thomas Talks About Child Bereavement

Jenni and Nick are joined by guests Nikki and Tom, the parents of 2-year-old Rosie, who talk about what happened when she died.

They talk to Jenni about their grief and caring for their bereaved son, following the sudden and unexplained death of his younger sister.

They discuss the value of the support they received professionally, from their family and about the charity that they have co-founded, SUDC.

Angus Lawson Memorial Trust - http://www.almt.org/

Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood - https://sudc.org.uk/

Childhood Bereavement Network - http://www.childhoodbereavementnetwork.org.uk/

Winston's Wish - https://www.winstonswish.org/

The Compassionate Friends - https://www.tcf.org.uk/

Cruse Bereavement Care - https://www.cruse.org.uk/

Rosie’s Rainbow - https://www.rosiesrainbowfund.co.uk/

Jenni Thomas website with further resources - http://www.jennithomas.com/

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Jenni and Nick are joined by guests Nikki and Tom, the parents of 2-year-old Rosie, who talk about what happened when she died.

They talk to Jenni about their grief and caring for their bereaved son, following the sudden and unexplained death of his younger sister.

They discuss the value of the support they received professionally, from their family and about the charity that they have co-founded, SUDC.

Angus Lawson Memorial Trust - http://www.almt.org/

Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood - https://sudc.org.uk/

Childhood Bereavement Network - http://www.childhoodbereavementnetwork.org.uk/

Winston's Wish - https://www.winstonswish.org/

The Compassionate Friends - https://www.tcf.org.uk/

Cruse Bereavement Care - https://www.cruse.org.uk/

Rosie’s Rainbow - https://www.rosiesrainbowfund.co.uk/

Jenni Thomas website with further resources - http://www.jennithomas.com/

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Previous Episode

Learning from Naomi and living with a child with a life-limiting illness

Nicky joins Jenni and Nick to talk about caring for her daughter Naomi who was born with a degenerative and life-limiting condition and about her death at the age of 7. Nicky describes how they explained Naomi’s death and cremation to her brother.

As a fellow professional, Nicky tells Jenni how her experience of parenting Naomi has guided her to co-found the charity SLOW and how it has helped in the bereavement group work that they do together.

Angus Lawson Memorial Trust - http://www.almt.org/

SLOW Surviving the loss of your world - https://slowgroup.co.uk/

Rosie's Rainbow Fund - https://www.rosiesrainbowfund.co.uk/

Winston's Wish - https://www.winstonswish.org/

Cruse Bereavement Care - https://www.cruse.org.uk/

The Compassionate Friends - https://www.tcf.org.uk/

Hospice UK - https://www.hospiceuk.org/

Jenni Thomas website with further resources - http://www.jennithomas.com/

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Next Episode

Life after Eddie – the sudden infant death of a baby

Jenni is joined by Jen Reid, Eddie’s mother, who describes the moment she found her baby son had died from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), formerly known as cot death.

Jen talks about the joy of the first three months of Eddie’s life, her first baby, and the loneliness and despair she and her husband Chris experienced following his death.

They sought couples counselling to understand each others’ grief and to support them in their anxiety about getting pregnant and having another baby.

Together Jen and Chris have founded the charity Teddy’s Wish.

Angus Lawson Memorial Trust - http://www.almt.org/

Teddy's Wish - https://www.teddyswish.org/

The Lullaby Trust - https://www.lullabytrust.org.uk/

The Compassionate Friends - https://www.tcf.org.uk/

Cruse Bereavement Care - https://www.cruse.org.uk/

Jenni Thomas website with further resources - http://www.jennithomas.com/

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