249: What if you knew your baby was going to die?
This Is Actually Happening
Wondery
4.6 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Coming from a charmed, conservative, Catholic upbringing, a woman must confront her deepest beliefs as she struggles with the reality and implications of the most devastating news a mother can receive.
Content/Trigger Warnings: traumatic pregnancy, death of an infant, explicit language
Producer: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is actually happening features real experiences that often include traumatic events. |
| 0:04.2 | Please consult the show notes for specific content warnings on each episode |
| 0:07.6 | and for more information about support services. |
| 0:17.5 | My mind was racing a thousand miles a minute because I don't think in my life |
| 0:23.6 | I have ever had a problem where I did not have a solution and there was no solution for this problem. |
| 0:33.6 | From Wondry, I'm Whit Missildine. You are listening to this is actually happening. |
| 0:50.3 | Episode 249 |
| 1:01.2 | What if you knew your baby was going to die? |
| 1:09.9 | Hey, prime members, you can listen to this is actually happening. |
| 1:13.7 | Add free on Amazon Music. Download the app today. |
| 1:17.6 | It's hard to imagine losing a loved one, a wife, a husband, a child. |
| 1:22.6 | For many, it's their biggest fear. |
| 1:24.6 | I'm Marissa Jones, host of The Vanished. |
| 1:27.1 | A podcast that tells the stories of often overlooked and unsolved missing persons cases. |
| 1:31.8 | In an effort to uncover the truth. |
| 1:34.0 | Listen to The Vanished on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:48.8 | I grew up in a very stable background. |
| 1:52.3 | My parents are still married to this day. |
| 1:56.0 | We were a really close family. |
| 1:58.6 | I have one sibling who I'm very close with. |
| 2:01.4 | Neither of my parents went to college. |
| 2:05.1 | They worked really hard to get us to where we were. |
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