S8 E4 | The Raw Experience of Neonatal Loss

The Worst Girl Gang Ever

In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, hosts Bex Gunn & Laura Buckingham talk to community member Dani about neonatal loss.

They discuss Dani's experience giving birth to her daughter Olivia Grace and the complications that arose, leading to Olivia being rushed to the NICU with severe brain damage due to lack of oxygen during birth. Dani recounts the emotional rollercoaster of caring for her baby in the NICU, with moments of hope when Olivia showed signs of improvement mixed with uncertainty about her long term prognosis.

In this episode you will hear:

• Dani describes her labour and the unexpected trauma of her daughter's condition after birth.
• Her experience spending time with Olivia Grace in the NICU and the gradual steps taken to care for her critical needs.
• The difficult decision to transfer Olivia to hospice care after she was diagnosed with bilateral vocal cord palsy.
• How Dani has processed and continued to live with her grief in the years since losing her daughter.
• The impact sharing her story through writing a book has had on Dani's healing journey.

Dani’s book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Loss-Mums-Journal-Danielle-Benedict/dp/1916696597

Dani’s Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LoveandlossOG?ref=l2-about-shopname

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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