BABY LOSS: An honest conversation with Jennie Agg and Elle Wright

Honestly Podcast with Clemmie Telford

Clemmie Telford + Mags Creative

Death, Parenting, Cancer, Gender, Relationships, Faith, Honest, Prison, Kids & Family, Personal Journals, Race, Sobriety, Marriage, Honesty, Body Image, Honestly, Money, Society & Culture

4.7 • 811 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

This week's episode marks Baby Loss Awareness Week as Jennie Agg and Elle Wright speak to Clemmie about the heartbreaking experience of baby loss. Navigating this difficult conversation, Clemmie learns how Elle and Jennie's different experiences of grief have led them to encourage a more open dialogue for other women who have also lost children. This episode is sponsored by Tommy's, a charity who fund research into preventing miscarriage, stillbirth and premature birth. If you're affected by any of the themes in this episode, you can find support over at https://www.tommys.org. To vote for Honestly to win the Listener’s Choice Awards, please visit: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/vote

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Clemy Telford and it's time to get open and get honest.
0:09.0	Each week, I interview a guest about a topic that we as a society often shy away from.
0:14.8	From sex lives to salaries, life and death, religion and real bodies. No subject is off the table.
0:21.8	Welcome to Honestly, the podcast.
0:28.5	To mark Baby Lost Awareness Week,
0:30.8	this episode is brought to you in partnership with Tommy's charity,
0:34.2	who fund research into preventing miscarriage, stillbirth and premature birth.
0:38.3	Sadly, baby loss is something that affects one in four of us, so the work Tommy's do is absolutely vital.
0:44.3	As is learning to break the taboo and have honest conversations about baby loss,
0:48.3	in spite of the fact that it can make us feel sad and uncomfortable. Today I am joined by two people who I'm honoured to have featured
1:02.0	on Mother of All List before. I am a huge fan of both of your work in your social media presence
1:07.2	because I guess in essence it's a lot of what I try and do as well which is about
1:11.3	being really honest. El Wright is a blogger and a fundraiser and you have a hugely popular
1:16.0	Instagram account and it's both a space for interior inspiration a bit of pug love in the form of
1:22.7	gorgeous Boris but more importantly her Instagram is a space to share her story since the death of
1:28.0	her son, Teddy. Her book, Ask Me His Name is Brilliant. It's an emotional and frank account of
1:33.3	what it feels like to be in the storm of Babelos. And she is joined by Jenny Ag, author of the
1:40.2	Uterus monologues and journalist, and your work has been published literally everywhere.
1:45.0	Grazie, Mary Claire, Huffington Posting, Daily Mail, Red magazine to begin things and to remind you,
1:52.2	first of all that this podcast is called Honestly, so it's all about being honest.
1:55.2	I like to start with a quick fire round.
1:57.5	Oh goodness.
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