Baby Loss, Grief & Love
Baby Loss, Grief & Love is hosted by Kelly Wells MBACP, founder and CEO of Making Miracles Charity, a counselling specialist in pregnancy, birth trauma, and baby loss. The podcast discusses trauma and loss, offering support and resources for families affected by baby loss. It provides access to self-help and therapy for those who may live outside the charity's service area.
Episodes
S9, E8 - Multiple Miscarriage, IVF & Premature Birth
Send us Fan MailOn this week’s episode, Kelly welcomes the wonderful Michelle to the podcast. Michelle bravely revisits her trauma, grief and loss she experienced over 10 years ago, sharing how she now feels she is in the best place to face it after retraining as a counsellor.She openly talks about her multiple miscarriages, her IVF journey and the pain she carried for so many years. Michelle shar
S9, E7 - Turning pain into purpose, Stillbirth & Grief
Send us Fan MailOn this week’s episode, Kelly welcomes Leanne, founder of Love Leo Charity in the London Borough of Havering.After the heartbreaking loss of her little boy Leo, who was stillborn, Leanne found herself navigating unimaginable grief while trying to find local support.Leanne shares her deeply personal journey of grief, resilience and turning pain into purpose. Through Love Leo, she is
S9, E6 - Women’s Health, Nutrition, IVF & Pregnancy After Loss
Send us Fan MailOn this episode, Kelly welcomes Vicki from, Long Reach Nutrition Clinic, to the podcast, a specialist nutritionist focusing on women’s health, IVF, fertility and post-pregnancy wellbeing.Vicki shares her knowledge on the importance of looking after your body, particularly during fertility treatment, pregnancy and after experiencing pregnancy loss. We explore how nutrition and under
S9, E5 - Stillbirth: In memory of 'Cassie Hope'
Send us Fan MailOn this weeks episode Kelly welcomes Sarah to the podcast. In this deeply moving episode, Sarah shares the story of her daughter, Cassie Hope.Following what had been a straightforward pregnancy, everything changed during labour. Sarah describes the shock of being told something was wrong, the silence that filled the delivery room and the trauma of meeting her daughter for the first
S9, E4 - Isolation in grief
Send us Fan MailOn this week's episode Kelly welcomes Jess to the podcast. In this heartfelt episode, Jess shares the story of her beloved daughters, Winnie and Ada, and the unimaginable journey of life after their loss.Together, we talk about the loneliness of grief, the friendships and relationships it can change, and the struggle to find support when it’s needed most. Kelly discuss the im
S9, E3 - Neonatal Loss, In memory of Artemis
Send us Fan MailOn this weeks episode Kelly welcome Eirini to the podcast who is all the way from, beautiful Greece. In this very moving and inspirational episode, Eirini shares her story of the loss of her daughter, Artemis.While living in the UK, Eirini’s pregnancy journey took an unexpected turn when doctors discovered three cysts on her baby’s left lung. Faced with overwhelming information and
S9, E2 - Supporting families affected by Trisomy 13 & Trisomy 18
Send us Fan MailOn this weeks episode Kelly welcomes Sonia, from the Soft Uk Charity.SOFT UK is the leading charity in the United Kingdom dedicated to supporting families affected by Trisomy 13 (Patau’s Syndrome) and Trisomy 18 (Edwards’ Syndrome).Sonia, shares her deeply personal story of the loss of her son, Dhian who was diagnosed with Trisomy 13 (Patau’s Syndrome) shortly after birth.Sonia op
S9, E1 - In memory of Noah, Trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome)
Send us Fan MailOn this weeks episode Kelly welcomes Matthew Efird to the podcast. In this deeply moving episode, Matthew shares the story of his son Noah, who died from Trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome) on March 9th, 2020, the life-changing journey of grief that followed. From Georgia, America, Matthew opens up about the devastating reality of losing a baby, the fog of grief and how profoundly it chan
S8, E9 - Let's start at the very beginning (Making Miracles Charity)
Send us Fan MailOn this week’s episode, Kelly was welcomed on 'The Worst Girl Gang Ever' to share her powerful journey and the story behind Making Miracles. She opens up about how it all began, the inspiration behind the organisation and the vital services we provide to support families. A heartfelt conversation about resilience, purpose and turning compassion into action.To find out mor
S8, E8 - Funerals (Information & Support) ITV news about the importance of providing funeral support for baby's born under 24 weeks
Send us Fan MailIn this weeks episode, Kelly is joined by team member Hayley. In this deeply emotional episode, they talk openly about baby loss, baby funerals and the painful lack of information many families face during the most unimaginable time of their lives.Making Miracles Charity, who will also be appearing on ITV Regional News this week (19th - 23rd January 2026), to discuss funerals for b
S8, E7 - Stillbirth and Relationships
Send us Fan MailIn this week’s episode Kelly welcomes Louise to the podcast. Louise bravely shares her story of stillbirth and the sudden, traumatic loss of her baby, Silky. What began as early labour quickly turned into every parent’s worst nightmare when, in the birthing suite, Silky’s heartbeat became difficult to locate. Within moments, Louise and her husband Bruce were told their baby had die
S8, E6 - Validation - Part 2 'It start with us'
Send us Fan MailOn this weeks episode Kelly follows on from episode 5 Validation Part 1 by exploring all the feelings that were mentioned.For many, validation is also about self-permission and giving yourself the right to grieve openly or privately, to remember anniversaries, to challenge someones behaviour or maybe to understand what you are feeling and why?Baby loss changes a person. It reshape
S8, E5 - Validation (Part 1) It starts with us
Send us Fan MailOn this weeks episode Kelly explores the importance of validation after baby loss, the validation of your grief, your feelings and your experience. How often do we ask “How am I?” Today, we turn toward that question with honesty and compassion.Kelly talks about what it really means to take responsibility for our own wellbeing, not in a heavy or blaming way, but in a nurturing and e
S8, E4 - Uterine rupture, birth trauma & neonatal death
Send us Fan MailOn this weeks episode Kelly welcomes Ruby to the podcast. Ruby joins us all the way from the South of France and shares her journey through birth trauma, and the loss of her son, Otto. At 35 weeks, Ruby experienced an emergency C-section after a rare uterine rupture, events that left her in complete shock, fighting both mental and physical pain. Her son, Otto, was born with severe
S8, E3 - The unimaginable pain of two stillbirth
Send us Fan MailOn the week's episode Kelly welcomes Tayler to the podcast, who is all the way from the USA.After experiencing the unimaginable pain of two stillbirth, Nori Jane and Sylvie Bea, Tayler shares her journey through grief. As a trained counsellor and therapist, she found herself on the other side of support facing not only the loss of her babies but also the loss of friendships, f
S8, E2 - Turning Pain into Purpose (MMCT)
Send us Fan MailKelly is joined by Jack, who leads our charity football team, the Making Miracles Charity Team (MMCT).Jack manages the team in memory of his daughter, Harper, and in this episode he opens up about the journey he and his partner, Melissa, have been through and what the team truly means to them.The MMCT provides not only a space for fun and football, but also a place of support. Impo
S8,E1 - BLAW 2025
Send us Fan MailWelcome to Season 8!In this week’s episode, Kelly and Hayley open up an important conversation about Baby Loss Awareness Week. They explore what the week represents, why it holds such deep meaning for Making Miracles / the baby loss community and how you can take part in raising awareness and showing support.Whether you’ve been personally affected, know someone who has or simply wa
S7, E12 - Benefits of Hypnotherapy
Send us Fan MailOn this weeks episode Kelly welcomes Mike Blown, MM Counsellor and MBACP Clinical Hypnotherapist to the podcast.Kelly and Mike discuss Mike’s personal experience of baby loss, men’s mental health and the amazing benefits of Hypnotherapy, a new service for MM. Mike opens up about his loss and how it affected him as a person, a man and his relationship with his wife. Kelly and Mike d
S7, E11 - There’s Nothing Louder than The Silence of a Stillborn
Send us Fan MailOn this weeks episode Kelly welcomes an international listener, Serena, to the Podcast. The lovely Serena, from Canada, is also a fellow podcasters and hosts 'The Still Hopeful Podcast' Serena is Mummy to Christopher, who was stillborn at full term, and to her rainbow baby, Veronica. Through Serena's grief, emotional struggles and overwhelmed by pregnancy after loss
S7, E10 - Granny Isobel
Send us Fan MailOn this weeks episode Kelly welcomes Granny Isobel to the podcast.Isobel wanted to come on the podcast in memory of her granddaughter, Olivia Rose. Kelly and Isobel discuss the benefits of counselling and Isobel wants to spread awareness for other grieving grandparents.Isobel shares that last year they lost multiple family members then sadly lost Olivia Rose. Isobel explains how aw
S7, E9 - Incompetent Cervix & Extremely Rare Infection
Send us Fan MailOn this weeks episode Kelly welcomes Megan to the Podcast.Megan is from Surrey, England and sadly lost her baby girl, Clara, 2024 at 17 weeks pregnant due to an incompetent cervix and infection.Megan has a very unique story and wanted to come on to raise awareness and connect with anyone that has experienced the same.During Megan's pregnancy she experienced a lot of uncertaint
S7, E8 - A dads grief
Send us Fan MailOn this weeks episode Kelly welcomes Stephen to the Podcast. Stephen bravely opens up about his grief, his feelings and speaks out for all grieving dads. Stephen shares it was only after watching the Disney film "Inside Out 2" that he realised how much his anxiety was taking over who he was. For many years Stephen dealt with so much trauma and multiple loss that he became
S7, E7 - In memory of Jaxon
Send us Fan MailOn this weeks episode Kelly welcomes Kim to the podcast. Kim wanted to come on and share her story in memory of her son Jaxon.Kim opens up to Kelly and shares her story of pregnancy / birth trauma, all the complications she and Jaxon faced and how they lost Jaxon.Early on in Kims pregnancy Jaxon was diagnosed with exomphalos. (Omphalocele, also known as exomphalos, is a rare birth
S7, E6 - Fundraise for Making Miracles
Send us Fan MailThis weeks episode brings a slightly different feel. Kelly and Hayley discuss Making Miracles, the important work we do and all our fundraising opportunities.You can access local, national & worldwide events.PARTICIPATION IS EVERYTHINGGet fit, challenge yourself, raise awareness and funds for a great cause.As a Birth Trauma & Baby Bereavement Care Charity, we offer familie
S7, E5 - Trauma & Pregnancy After Loss
Send us Fan MailOn this week episode Kelly welcome Amy to the podcast. Amy joins us from Newcastle and wants to spread awareness around birth trauma, loss and staying positive.Amy relives her journey of trauma, the loss of her two babies Joe & Joelle and pregnancy after loss. Amy suffered with preterm pre-labour rupture of membranes (PPROM) that's when your waters break before 37 weeks of
S7, E4 - Multiple Early Miscarriage
Send us Fan MailOn this weeks episode Kelly welcomes Emily to the podcast.Emily has sadly used our counselling support service multiple times due to 7 miscarriages with multiple complications. Emily opens up about how mentally tough it was to work on the maternity ward whilst she was grieving. She loved her job but for her own mental health she had to take a step back.Kelly and Emily discuss the l
S7, E3 - Are you feeling stuck in your grief?
Send us Fan Mail"I want people to listen without any shame or blame for the way they’ve gone through their grief journey this is all about compassion for yourself and finding a way to become less stuck."On this episode Kellys welcomes Katie, one of our counsellors, to the podcast.Katie is very proud to be a MM counsellor and wanted to share her experience and knowledge around Sudo grief,
S7, E2 - National Online Counselling Service
Send us Fan MailOn this weeks podcast Kelly brings some exciting news!!Kelly and Becci introduce our new National Online Counselling Service.We can now provide and offer our specialist online Birth Trauma & Baby Loss counselling to any familily living outside of Kent and Medway.Counselling is not a support to help you move on from your loss but to validate your trauma, your feelings and help y
S7, E1 - Multiple Loss, Pre-eclampsia & HELLP Syndrome Awareness
Send us Fan MailOn this weeks episode Kelly welcomes Roxanne to the Podcast.Roxanne joins Kelly all the way from Bristol and shares that Baby Loss, Grief & Love has given her a lot of comfort so she wanted to come on and share her story in the hope to help others.As well as loosing both her son Jacob at 24 weeks and her daughter Thea at 28 weeks, Roxanne opens up about the near loss of her lif
S6, E12 - In memory of Olivia - Rose
Send us Fan MailOn this weeks epsiode Kelly welcomes Dean to the podcast.Dean wanted to come on to the podcast to raise awarness on baby loss, the feelings around how a man/dad reacts and where he is now.Dean talks about the importance of close friends, family members and colleagues assume very quckly that 'you are okay', just beacuse you are just carrying on with everyday life. Explains
S6, E11 - Support at Christmas
Send us Fan MailOn 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 families
S6, E10 - Stillbirth & Pregnancy After Loss
Send us Fan MailOn 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 counsell
S6, E9 - Compasssion Circle
Send us Fan MailOn 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 and ex
S6, E8 - ADHD & Grief
Send us Fan MailOn 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.Jodie sh
S6, E8 - BLAW 2024
Send us Fan MailOn 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 for t
S6, E7 - Missed Miscarriage & PPROM
Send us Fan MailOn 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 sh
S6,E6 - Multiple Loss & Pregnancy After Loss
Send us Fan MailOn 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, fee
S6,E5 - Understanding Hypnotherapy
Send us Fan MailOn 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 pre
S6, E4 - Baby Loss, Trauma & Infertility
Send us Fan MailOn 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
S6, E3 - Childhood cancer, loss and surrogacy
Send us Fan MailOn 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.
S6, E2 - How Death Affects Us
Send us Fan MailOn 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 differen
S6, E1 - Talking about the 'D' word
Send us Fan MailOn 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 loss a
S5, E10 - End of Season
Send us Fan MailOn 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 gr
S5, E9 - Ectopic Pregnancy, Failed IVF & Relationship Break Down
Send us Fan MailOn 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 his s
S5, E8 - In memory of Alfie
Send us Fan MailOn 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 poor
S5, E7 - It wasn't my fault
Send us Fan MailOn 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 eventuall
S5, E6 - Moving forward not moving on
Send us Fan MailOn 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.Sa
S5, E5 - Dealing with the trauma of baby loss
Send us Fan MailOn 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 days
S5, E4 - IVF Journey, Postnatal Depression & Loss of Twins
Send us Fan MailOn 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 IVF c
S5, E3 - IVF, Fertility & Life Changes
Send us Fan MailOn 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. Vi
S5, E2 - IVF, Fertility Issues & Loss
Send us Fan MailOn 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 financial
S5, E1 - Relationship breakdown after loss
Send us Fan MailOn 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 reasons
S4, E12 - Rachel Raises Awareness of Hydrops Fetalis
Send us Fan MailOn 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 ten bab
S4, E11 - Lisa relives her trauma of Premature Birth, TFMR & Molar Pregnancy
Send us Fan MailOn 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.Lisa a
S4, E10 - Carmen Grover, Our First International Family
Send us Fan MailOn 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 p
S4, E9 - Tania shares her journey of stillbirth & pregnancy after loss
Send us Fan MailOn 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 &a
S4, E8 - Lorna relives her experience of birth trauma, stillbirth and relationships.
Send us Fan MailOn 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 fe
S4, E7 - Edwards' syndrome (also known as trisomy 18)
Send us Fan MailOn 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 (which
S4, E6 - Father's Day
Send us Fan MailOn 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 eve
S4, E5 - "Wellness, Self-Care & Love' Baby Loss Retreat
Send us Fan MailOn 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, postna
S4, E4 - Looking after our Mental Health
Send us Fan MailOn 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. Amy
S4, E3 - Catriona discusses early miscarriage, fertility issues, secondary infertility and Asherman's syndrome
Send us Fan MailOn 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 menstrual
S4, E2 - Tanya's journey through different types of loss
Send us Fan MailTanya 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 a
S4, E1 - Happy 9th Birthday
Send us Fan MailOn 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 serv
S3, E11 - Josh speaks out for the dads
Send us Fan MailOn 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.
S3, E10 - "I am a MUM" Mother's Day Special
Send us Fan MailOn 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 BY
S3, E9 - Kelly & Kelsey discuss neonatal death
Send us Fan MailOn 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 is
S3, E8 - Recurrent miscarriage and the decision to stop trying for a baby.
Send us Fan MailOn 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 tryin
S3, E7 - Polocystic Kidney Disease
Send us Fan MailOn 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 coup
S3, E6 - Children and grief
Send us Fan MailOn 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 the
S3, E5 - Birth trauma and loss through a dads eyes
Send us Fan MailOn 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 him w
S3, E4 - Kelly discusses triggering milestones/festive periods.
Send us Fan MailIn 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
S3, E3 - Kirstie and Matt a couples journey through birth trauma and loss
Send us Fan MailOn 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 them a
S3, E2 - Kelly and Hayley discuss premature birth, birth trauma and early miscarriage
Send us Fan MailOn 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 birt
S3, E1 - A GP’s perspective on baby loss
Send us Fan MailIn 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-loss-
S2, E8 - Team MM reflect on BLAW 2022
Send us Fan MailIn 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
S2, E7 - Infertility and Multiple Loss
Send us Fan MailIn 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 a
S2, E6 Siblings and loss
Send us Fan MailChildren 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 lossDonate Here: https://www.goodhub.com/go/baby-loss-podcast
S2, E5 Couples working together through loss
Send us Fan MailIn 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
S2, E4 Finding yourself after loss
Send us Fan MailIn 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
