Baby Loss, Grief & Love
Baby Loss, Grief and Love is hosted by Kelly Wells MBACP, Founder and CEO of Making Miracles Charity. A counselling specialist in pregnancy, birth trauma and baby loss at all stages. Kelly also provides training for NHS staff working in this field. Making Miracles Registered Charity provides trauma and bereavement care through a number of services including professional counselling, a baby memorial garden, support groups, a published children’s book “The Baby", home therapy Care Boxes and so much more! The UK’s only Charity providing counselling support to the whole family, parents, siblings and grandparents. The podcast discusses all things related to trauma and loss. Making Miracles will be the first Baby Loss Support Charity in England to do this and will help people access self help or therapy who may live out of the area we facilitate and discuss relevant emotions, conditions, concerns and anxieties whilst navigating the pathway through the journey that is grief.
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Baby Loss, Grief & Love
S9, E3 - Neonatal Loss, In memory of Artemis
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On this weeks episode Kelly welcome Eirini to the podcast who is all the way from, beautiful Greece. In this very moving and inspirational episode, Eirini shares her story of the loss of her daughter, Artemis.
While living in the UK, Eirini’s pregnancy journey took an unexpected turn when doctors discovered three cysts on her baby’s left lung. Faced with overwhelming information and fear, she describes feeling very uncertain as her world changed forever.
Following a caesarean birth, her daughter, Artemis, named after the Greek goddess, was born. Although Artemis briefly came back to life through the incredible efforts of the medical team, she sadly died at just six days old. Despite the heartbreak of neonatal loss, Eirini treasures the precious memories she was able to create with her daughter and remains deeply grateful for the compassionate care she received in the UK, which gave her the opportunity to meet, hold and make memories with her daughter.
After returning to Greece, Eirini found herself navigating grief with very little support. Having studied Music Therapy in Edinburgh, she reflects on how loss transformed her identity and the way she sees the world. She also shares how difficult it can be when people stop asking questions about your baby, and why having space to speak about Artemis is so important.
As Eirini beautifully shares, “My daughter gave me the strength to overcome anything.”
This episode is a heartfelt conversation about love, loss, motherhood and carrying a child’s legacy forward.