Mother Ship is a memoir of the fifty-six days my premature twins spent in hospital and, when it came out, readers sent me some incredible messages. Women wrote with their own stories of prematurity, sent photos of their beautiful babies, confided their fears about their children’s on-going battles, triumphed at what their preemies had overcome. And, over and over, the messages were about the beloved friends I met when we were expressing in the hospital milking shed. Some readers had made friends of their own but many hadn’t, and had found prematurity to be an incredibly lonely, isolating experience.

And so we want our crew to be your crew. In this episode my friends and I throw open the doors of our milking shed, share our birth stories, our highs, our lows, and discuss the ways in which we believe hospitals can improve their holistic family care. Prematurity casts parents outside of the mainstream but, however it might feel, you are not alone. There are so many of us - your tribe is right here, and we get it.

Mother Ship is brought to you by VINTAGE Books and produced by Leena Norms. We'd love to hear what you think – please rate and review to spread the word and follow us on social media: 

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Find out more about Francesca's book at http://bit.ly/MotherShipBook.

If you need more information about prematurity, help and support is available at www.bliss.org.uk 

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