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Episode 19 Part 2 - Navigating Christmas following pregnancy and baby loss - Parents' Voices

December 19, 2022 • Philippa Davies

For this month's episode of the Our Sam Talking out Loud podcast series, we are talking about the challenges that Christmas can hold for anyone affected by pregnancy or baby loss, guidance and support available, and coping strategies that might help.

In part 2, Our Sam Founder and CEO, Philippa Davies, talks to parents Nadia Leake and Peter Byrom about their experiences of Christmas following the loss of their own babies, and how they found strategies to cope, and then Philippa swaps places with Laura Atherton to talk about her own experience of Christmas as a bereaved mum, now with empty arms.

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