Child Of Mine

[covetingthepreciousthings]

Is anyone watching on c4 now?
It's going to be S heartbreaking watch. I noticed Amanda Holden is voicing it, obviously a subject close to her heart after her loss. I listened to a podcast last week with her & didn't realise she trained to be a midwife & it was one of her friends who had to deliver the news at her scan that their was no heartbeat. 

I'm in tears watching this. Those parents are having to be so brave.

@covetingthepreciousthings what was the podcast please? X

@WildFlower2018 it was Giovanna Fletchers 'Happy Mum Happy Baby' podcast,

I'm watching 😢

Watching it as well. So heart breaking, those parent are so brave, I'm in tears 😢

Watching

Watching it, I have been there myself. I regret that I have no keepsakes as I turned them down.

This is heartbreaking 😢😢. Those poor parents.

I have cried the whole way through this and feel so sad for these lovely parents.
The scan with the twins just then was beyond sad 😔 iv been at a scan to be told my childs died and its utterly horrendous.
I really hope each hospital gets a bereavement midwife team x

The bit that got to me was when the scan operator goes quiet. I experienced that - and then they said the baby had died. It cause me huge stress through both my subsequent pregnancies I was so stressed during scans. Let them keep talking!

Its a very sad programme. Especially how it affects parents differently.

Sorry for all the losses posters on this thread have had 
Can't begin to imagine what it must be like.

Felt it was so important to watch this - hearing their stories, acknowledging their babies that they have lost. Incredible strong families - greatest respect to all those who took part xx

Just to say there was also another episode on Giovanna Fletchers podcast talking about baby loss which was really worth a listen, it was very sad, but It felt like a subject that needs discussing. Would recommend having a listen.

So sad. The way the men and woman are reacting so differently is stark. The twins dad seemed so out of touch with how his wife was feeling, understandable but really highlighted how different this experience is for the individuals involved. I’ve stopped watching now but will catch up with the rest tomorrow.

boule i can relate to what you say about when the silence happens.

Fiona having her second baby on her first baby girls anniversary what a brave woman.xx

So heartbreaking and I can relate to their stories as I lost 3 babies in the 70s, all full term. One pregnancy was a set of twins. Just reminded me of the heartbreak at the time and how in those days you weren’t allowed to see the babies let alone cuddle them. Once you left hospital you were left to get on with it. That sadness has never left me.

I just wish that they had shown the programme earlier, because, as they said, it remains a taboo subject. It shouldn’t be so. 😢

Yet to watch it. I’m a midwife so see this a lot and every time is so heartbreaking. The tears I have cried 😞

Just to say, amaNda Holden didn’t train to be a midwife if we are referring to that thing she did a few years ago for tele, just did some shifts in hospital maternity unit

I've just watched this. So heartbreaking 😢

I'm wondering if I've misunderstood something though. When the couple with the twins had the scan and the sonographer went quiet, do you think they cut the bit when he told them twin 2 had died? Because they didn't show him saying anything? or was his silence then passing a tissue and saying I'm sorry all he did, and they just knew from that? I just thought it was a bit odd he wouldn't be a bit clearer. I just felt a bit confused about that bit.

Otherwise I felt the programme was very sensitive to the families and very well made.

Hmmm the sonographer said something like "I'm sorry", the parents already knew there was a high chance of twin 2 not surviving so the sonographer didn't need to say much

I watched this tonight. Heartbreaking.
The sonographer said “sorry, guys” after a long silence when he’d been searching for the heartbeat. I think the parents, while optimistic, knew the chances weren’t great for twin 2.
Interesting that the doctors think one of the main causes of stillbirth is the placenta failing.
My niece had her twins a month early as the boy was not growing due to the placenta not working properly. He’s doing very well now, catching his sister up.

I just watched this. I just don't have any words

@Mummyme87 oh sorry for the confusion, it sounded that way on the podcast.

covetingthepreciousthings I know, she makes out she trained as a midwife, but she spent 5weeks in a maternity unit 🙄
Although obviously she does have personal experience in stillbirth