My Daughter Dorothy, with Rachel Whalen
Not So Linear
English - April 18, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour - 43.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMental Health Health & Fitness Education Self-Improvement grief bereavement mental health anxiety loss strength Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this week's episode I talk with Rachel, who some of you may recognise from her blog and social media community 'An Unexpected Family Outing'. It's a place for her to share and connect with others, over the loss of her daughter Dorothy.
At 28 weeks, Rachel was diagnosed with severe preclampsia and HELLP syndrome. She was left fighting for her life, whilst having to deliver Dorothy still born.
Prior to Dorothy, Rachel had also experienced two miscarriages, so becoming a mother was something she'd been desperately awaiting. She didn't realise how hard the journey to motherhood would be. However, she fell pregnant again with her daughter Frances, who turned 4 on the day we recorded the episode.
Rachel tells me how they talk about Dorothy with her and how Frances says she lives in the stars.
You can follow Rachel on instagram @unexpectedfamilyouting and her blog www.unexpectedfamilyouting.com
If you have been through a similar experience, you can reach out to Sands, a miscarriage, still birth and new born death support group : www.sands.org.au
You can follow me at @tamsinmillard_
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