Show Notes
In episode ten of What the Midwife Said, Leah explores the challenges of having a premature baby with BBC 5 Live and BBC Breakfast presenter Rachel Burden, whose son Henry - her fourth child - was born at 31 weeks.
Leah and Rachel discuss pre-eclampsia, home schooling, life on the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) and why chocolate might just be the answer to breast feeding anxiety.
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