Baby loss certificates, 'Women's intuition', Carolynne Hunter & energy bills
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2024
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
On 27 February, Emma Barnett spoke to Zoe Clark-Coates, who runs the baby loss and bereavement charity The Mariposa Trust, about her campaign for baby loss certificates. They were introduced in England in February for parents who’ve lost a baby before 24 weeks of pregnancy. Emma shares her own story and also speaks to a woman who’s decided it’s not for her, and another who applied straight away and has now received four baby loss certificates. Have you ever had a nagging feeling that something wasn’t quite right? A gut reaction or a tingly spidey-like sense that tells you something is off? Author of Emotional Labour, Rose Hackman joins Emma to explain why we need to stop calling it 'women’s intuition'. Carolynne Hunter cares for her 14-year-old daughter who has severe cerebral palsy. She spoke out about her rising household costs back in 2022 and Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet paid her energy bill. Carolynne joins Emma to give an update on her life since then. It's been announced that a breast cancer drug - Pembrolizumab, sold under the brand name Keytruda - could help thousands more women than previously thought. Emma finds out more from Dr Liz O'Riordan, retired breast surgeon who has had breast cancer herself, twice.
Presented by Emma Barnett Producer Louise Corley Studio Engineer: Phil Lander
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| 0:50.0 | We'll have details for you today of what's being described as a blockbuster immunotherapy drug |
| 0:55.0 | which could help thousands more women with breast cancer than previously thought. |
| 0:59.6 | Carolyn Hunter will be here, her daughter with her story rather, with her daughter Freya, |
| 1:04.8 | sky-high energy bills on account of the electricity needed to power Freya's life supporting |
| 1:09.5 | machines, went viral after the actor Kate Winslet donated thousands to help the family. |
| 1:15.0 | But how are they doing now? |
| 1:16.5 | We're going to catch up with Carolyn. |
| 1:18.5 | And the journalist and author, Rose Hackman, will be here to argue why we need to stop indulging the idea of women's |
| 1:24.0 | intuition more to be revealed shortly but it has something to do with emotional |
| 1:28.7 | labor all that to come and more but first a few weeks ago you may remember I spoke to the |
| 1:34.5 | founder of the Baby Lost charity Mariposa Trust Zoe Clark Coates about her |
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