Pregnancy After Loss with Sophie Martin aka The Infertile Midwife

Sophie Martin, in her job as a midwife, supports women on their path to motherhood, while also having faced unbelievable challenges on her own journey to motherhood. Sophie speaks with us about her experience of pregnancy after the loss of her two sons Cecil and Wilfred. 

Her book ‘The Infertile Midwife: In Search of Motherhood - A Memoir’ is out now. 

Resources 

Tommy’s 

https://www.tommys.org

The Miscarriage Association 

https://www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk/

Cradle Charity 

https://cradlecharity.org/

Sands

https://www.sands.org.uk/

Petals 

https://petalscharity.org/

Welcome to our podcast On Golden Shores, a podcast all about pregnancy, birth and the fourth trimester. 

You can find out more about us here;

https://www.goldenbirthing.com/

Follow us on Instagram @ongoldenshores

Who we are;

Hannah Tappenden is a holistic therapist , supporting women in fertility, birth and the fourth trimester.

Find more about Hannah and her work; 

https://www.hannahtappenden.com/

And follow her on Instagram @Hannah.tappenden

Helen Davenport-Peace Helen is an IVF mother of one, a doula, a fertility, pregnancy and restorative yoga practitioner and a studio owner. She’s also a passionate and creative educator and leader, having worked as a Senior Lecturer in Education for thirteen years.

Find out more about Helen and her work;

https://thefold.uk/

And follow her on Instagram @helendavenportpeace

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Registered Midwife & IVF Mum Hazel Leonard is a fertility educator and founder of The Prepared Pineapple. She has over 14 years experience in women’s health working both in UK and Dubai and is licensed by The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) in UK and the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) in the UAE. Following on from her own personal experience with infertility, IVF and other fertility treatment’s she felt there was a huge need for support for others going through the same thing. 

“I realised navigating trying to conceive and IVF was very complex and often overwhelming process. I couldn't believe that the my main resource for information was the internet and the limited support available to people like me going through this experience. This is why I then created The Prepared Pineapple Fertility Programme™”

You can find out more about The Prepared Pineapple Fertility Programme here; https://thepreparedpineapple.com/ and follow Hazel’s Instagram here; https://www.instagram.com/thepreparedpineapple/?hl=en

In this conversation Hazel thoughtfully shares her experiences of assisted conception and long awaited pregnancy through the lenses of both mother and midwife. We talk about pregnancy anxiety, waiting for milestones and our expectations of birth and motherhood after long haul journeys to get there. It was an honour having Hazel as a guest and we hope you take as much from the conversation as we did. 

Welcome to our brand new podcast On Golden Shores, a podcast all about pregnancy, birth and the fourth trimester. 

Golden Shores is our holistic pregnancy and birth course. It’s a unique course built on the foundations of our knowledge and experience of both working with hundreds of women in this realm - and - our own experiences of transitioning into motherhood. We built the course we wish we’d had. 

You can find out more about our course and join us here;

https://www.goldenbirthing.com/

Follow us on Instagram @ongoldenshores

Who we are;

Hannah Tappenden is a holistic therapist , supporting women in fertility, birth and the fourth trimester.

Find more about Hannah and her work; 

https://www.hannahtappenden.com/

And follow her on Instagram @Hannah.tappenden

Helen Davenport-Peace Helen is an IVF mother of one, a doula, a fertility, pregnancy and restorative yoga practitioner and a studio owner. She’s also a passionate and creative educator and leader, having worked as a Senior Lecturer in Education for thirteen years.

Find out more about Helen and her work;

https://thefold.uk/

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Mel Johnson joins us this week to share her experience of solo parenthood. She speaks so beautifully and sensibly about building her village and support network for postpartum and parenting. 

It’s a helpful listen, we loved hearing her speak about her ‘saw it on a movie’ expectations vs reality. We cover getting help that is actually helpful, practical advice on asking for things and managing communication. 

She talks about the importance of knowing yourself and understanding your circumstances and how you can find the best way for you. 

Mel has some brilliant coaching courses which you can find here - www.thestorkandi.com/groupcoaching

We run a pregnancy, birth and recovery course, also called Golden Shores and you can find out more about that here www.goldenbirthing.com 

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Jennie is an award-winning freelance health journalist. She writes features for national newspapers and magazines with her work appearing in The Times, the Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail, the i paper, Red magazine, Women’s Health, Grazia, ELLE UK, the Guardian, and the Observer, among others.

Her first book, Life, Almost: Miscarriage, misconceptions, and a search for answers from the brink of motherhood was published this year. 

You can find out more about Jennie on her website; 

https://jennieagg.com/

And Jennie has a brilliant Substack which you can find here;

https://jennieagg.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=substack_profile

In our conversation, Jennie sensitively discusses her journey to her pregnancy with her son, her miscarriages and experience with her miscarriage clinic, the complexities of pregnancy after loss, pregnancy in a pandemic and unfolds her birth preparation and birth story with us. 

It was an honour having Jennie as a guest and we hope you take as much from the conversation as we did. 

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to our brand new podcast On Golden Shores, a podcast all about pregnancy, birth and the fourth trimester. 

Golden Shores is our holistic pregnancy and birth course. It’s a unique course built on the foundations of our knowledge and experience of both working with hundreds of women in this realm - and - our own experiences of transitioning into motherhood. We built the course we wish we’d had. 

We were tired of seeing women get shafted by the birth industry. The promise that if you held the ‘right’ mindset and used the ‘right’ language then birth would unfold in a certain way. 

We were frustrated with the narrative that there was a ‘best’ way to give birth. 

We knew that women needed so much more than just information, tools and techniques about the birth itself. 

We believe that the most important thing is how you feel. That this is a precious moment in your life. You deserve the care and space to consider how you want it to be. To understand what is happening and the options that are available to you. 

Your choices for your birth, but also your early days, weeks and months as a new mother.  

You can find out more about our course and join us here;

https://www.goldenbirthing.com/

Follow us on Instagram @ongoldenshores

Who we are;

Hannah Tappenden is a holistic therapist , supporting women in fertility, birth and the fourth trimester.

Find more about Hannah and her work; 

https://www.hannahtappenden.com/

And follow her on Instagram @Hannah.tappenden

Helen Davenport-Peace Helen is an IVF mother of one, a doula, a fertility, pregnancy and restorative yoga practitioner and a studio owner. She’s also a passionate and creative educator and leader, having worked as a Senior Lecturer in Education for thirteen years.

Find out more about Helen and her work;

https://thefold.uk/

And follow her on Instagram @helendavenportpeace

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.