I’m a midwife who’s had 11 rounds of IVF and experienced tragic loss: Here is what needs to change with Sophie Martin

Motherkind

Zoe Blaskey

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8 • 864 Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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***TRIGGER WARNING*** This episode talks about baby loss and infertility. If this is a trigger for you, it may be best to skip this one. Welcome to this episode of Motherkind, the show that gives you all the tools, ideas and validation you need as you navigate your life as a mother. Sometimes the hardest things that we face, are also the things that we most need to talk about because it's often those things that we don't have the words for. Sophie Martin, in her job as a midwife, helps women every day achieve their dream of motherhood - all while having faced unbelievable challenges on her own journey to motherhood. 11 rounds of IVF and the tragic loss of two babies. Sophie shares with us what we all NEED to know, because even if we haven't experienced loss or IVF or miscarriage ourselves then we know someone who has. It is so easy to say completely the wrong thing, so please share this episode. This education just isn't out there, but we can get it out there so please share this episode with at least three people in your life if you think they need to know what Sophie shares with us here. Special thanks to our sponsor AG1 Visit https://drinkAG1.com/MOTHERKIND to get a FREE year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 free travel packs with your first purchase. Continue the Conversation Come engage with Zoe and our community over on Instagram for inspiration, tips, and sometimes a bit of humour to get us through our day - @zoeblaskey Join our mailing list to receive news, updates and new episode releases: https://mailchi.mp/motherkind/motherkind-mailing-list Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to this episode of Motherkind, the show that gives you all the tools, ideas and
0:10.1	validation that you need as you navigate your life as a mother. Sometimes the hardest things
0:16.8	that we face are also the things that we most need to talk about because it's often those
0:23.4	things that we don't have the words for. Sophie Martin in her job as a midwife helps women every
0:30.6	day achieve their dream of motherhood, all while having faced unbelievable challenges
0:37.3	on her own journey to motherhood.
0:40.5	11 rounds of IVF and the tragic loss of two babies. Sophie shares with us what we all need to know
0:49.3	because even if we haven't experienced loss or IVF or miscarriage ourselves, then we know someone
0:56.7	who has. And it is so easy to say completely the wrong thing. Please share this episode.
1:04.5	This education just isn't out there, but we can get it out there. Please share this episode with at least three people in your life
1:13.2	who you think need to know what Sophie shares with us. Here it is. Help your family stay healthy
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1:28.8	Winter bugs are just the worst and if you get ill as the parent, it is so challenging and
1:34.6	it's probably even harder seeing little ones unwell. So it's important to keep your
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2:01.3	Sophie, I, when I read your story, it made me think of the word courage.
2:07.0	And I think it takes so much courage to go through what you went through and share it with
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