TWGGE Minis E1 | Parenting After Loss

The Worst Girl Gang Ever

*** TRIGGER WARNING: PREGNANCY & PARENTING ***

Today on The Worst Girl Gang Ever, hosts Bex Gunn & Laura Buckingham are starting a mini-series of topics requested by the community. In this episode they talk about the emotional journey of parenting after loss.

They address the anxieties surrounding parenting and the fear of losing a child again, grappling with postpartum trauma and psychosis, and the overwhelming worry of experiencing mental health problems.

Laura & Bex discuss the challenges of balancing sleep, feeding routines, and the stigma around choosing not to breastfeed and the pressure society places on mothers. They talk about their experience with survivor's guilt after baby loss & losing close ones, and mental health issues induced by pregnancy. They emphasise the importance of finding a new normal every day. Bex and Laura highlight the significance of gentle parenting and offer compassion and understanding to those navigating this difficult path.

In this episode you will hear:

• Navigating the emotional journey of parenting after loss
• Understanding and coping with postpartum trauma and psychosis
• Struggles and tips for managing the demands of parenting like balancing sleep and feeding routines
• Challenges and joys of raising children together
• Embracing compassion and understanding in the parenting journey by being a “gentle parent”

The Warriorship is a membership to help you navigate life after baby loss. It covers every stage of the recovery pathway, and provides support, advice, and a range of emotional tools to help you through this difficult time. This is more than a support group. For more information and to join The Warriorship go to: https://theworstgirlgangever.co.uk/warriorship/

The Worst Girl Gang Ever is a real, honest emotive podcast that covers the heartbreaking subject of miscarriage, infertility and baby loss, expect honest conversations about unspoken experiences. Hosted by TWGGE founders Bex Gunn and Laura Buckingham, this show is a chance to break the silence and really open up the dialogue around the topic of miscarriage and pregnancy loss. No more shame, no more taboo - let's ditch that for our children; the ones that will come, the ones that are and the ones that never came to be.

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