Show Notes
This episode comes with a trigger warning regarding baby loss.
Loneliness and grief juxtaposed by an incredible fearlessness, resilience and inner strength; this week is a powerful and important conversation Rachel Aitken has with author and practising midwife, Sophie Martin – more popularly known to her huge network of followers as @the.infertile.midwife.
In this candid, emotional and raw conversation, Sophie shares with Rachel her journey from working in a busy London hospital for ten years – delivering thousands of healthy babies – whilst desperately wanting her own family. Sophie discusses her seven rounds of IVF treatment, which inspired her memoir: The Infertile Midwife. Sophie also speaks extensively about infertility, baby loss and to her four precious babies….to Cecil and Wilfred who never made it home; and to Percy and Jemima, who did.
What can we do to support a loved one going through fertility treatment? What is the right and the wrong things to say? Rachel asks the questions you may be worried to ask someone close to you in a similar position, so you don’t have to.
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