CRADLE PODCAST: Recent Episodes
Kay Crewdson
CRADLE is a national charity that provides pregnancy loss and pregnancy choices services to the NHS, and support to anyone who needs support.
And this podcast is just another way to give that support. We'll be hearing some incredibly brave stories as we explore different issues and topics surrounding when a baby dies, or when difficult decisions have been made about a pregnancy.
We will hear from the healthcare professionals who have set up their own CRADLE services, Employers who have taken CRADLE into the work place, and from from family and friends.
And we'll hear from you, your story, because the good thing about being together…... is knowing you are not alone.
We're probably gonna cry, but there will be laughter, and more importantly there will be support.
Hosted by TV & radio presenter Kay Kay Crewdson through her own experience of loss
This is CRADLE Podcast, you can continue the conversation over on Twitter @CRADLE_PODCAST
Title: Martin Abrams - Caring, Faith and Comfort
Description:
In this episode Kay talks to Chaplain and Cradle Trustee, Martin Abrams. They explore his journey as a full time hospital chaplain, and his experience of caring for bereaved parents, the perspective of his faith and the challenge of trying to bring comfort in the worst moments
Guest at a Glance
Revd Martin Abrams, full time hospital chaplain (Southport and Ormskirk Hospital Trust)
Martin is a core member of the Palliative Care Team, attends their regular Multi-Disciplinary Meeting and works with the team within the hospital, hospice and community. He is also a former Methodist representative to the Churches’ Funerals Group
Show Notes:
In this episode we cover
what does chaplaincy mean
caring for the carer
religious conflicts??
Why Me?
What not to say
Journeying
Find:
soh-tr.chaplains@nhs.net
Continue the conversation - https://twitter.com/cradle_charity
Send us a message to let us know what in this episode has resonated with you - podcast@cradlecharity.org
This podcast was produced by RogueSpirit Productions - message to see how they can help you produce your podcast - david@roguespirit.co.uk
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3: Belinda Champion - Caring, singing & Empathy
Description
In this episode Kay gets all excited to chat with Cradle Ambassador Belinda Champion. She's excited by Belinda's famous singing connections but more importantly moved by Belinda's journey through her own grief to support babyloss families as a nurse and sonographer.
Guest at a Glance
Belinda Champion, known as B, is an advanced clinical practitioner and lead nurse for a cross site EPAU service at Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust. She is a Cradle Ambassador, a new national pregnancy loss charity and is a member of the Lewisham & Greenwich NHS choir.
Belinda has worked as a nurse in the NHS for 24 years specialising in women’s health. Her passion for women’s health led her to extend her scope of practice to become a nurse sonographer in 2008 where she successfully completed a PgCert in focussed ultrasound in first trimester and gynaecology with distinction at City University
In this episode we cover
Who is Belinda and why does Kay call her a celebrity
what is an advanced clinical practitioner
The reward
Belinda's journey
Empathy
Working with CRADLE
Caring for the carers
Belinda's grief
The future of pregnancy loss care
Making support accessible
The comfort of coming together
family and friends
Importance of language
The role of a Sonographer
The Taboo of talking
Mentioned in this episode:
The Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir with Justin Bieber -
https://youtu.be/jXy0s9pexCo
The Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir with Rag & Bone Man and Pink -
https://youtu.be/Yn2Ytx0E4tc
Find:
Belinda
linkedin.com/in/belinda-champion-90165b23
The Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir -
https://www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/the-trust-choir
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpR2L_jToVICkl5yJV2ANqw
Continue the conversation - https://twitter.com/cradle_charity
Send us a message to let us know what in this episode has resonated with you - podcast@cradlecharity.org
This podcast was produced by RogueSpirit Productions - message to see how they can help you produce your podcast - david@roguespirit.co.uk
In this episode David Monteith takes Kay on his 8 year journey of ups and down discovering the joy and pain of child birth and baby death
Guest at a Glance
David Monteith is an actor/director/tutor, coach, and veteran podcaster. He and his wife Siobhan created Grace in Action to spread the word about life after babyloss after the death of their daughter Grace in 2014
In this episode we cover
I Pause - a spoken word piece
Grace's story
The Void - the time between death and birth
Talking to kids
Trigger Warnings and flashbacks
The Dead Baby Birth Experience
Being a man
To milk or not to milk
Facing Death
Friends and the friendship contract
Trauma and joy
Mentioned in this episode:
I Pause - https://youtu.be/dFD7mqqkPRE
I Grieve - https://youtu.be/kLwBQLaRw6w
Find:
Grace in Action -
https://www.youtube.com/c/GraceinAction
https://www.instagram.com/graceinaction14/
https://twitter.com/graceinact
https://www.facebook.com/GraceInAction14
David
https://www.facebook.com/david.monteith.587/
https://twitter.com/davidmonteith
https://www.instagram.com/davidmonteith/
Continue the conversation - https://twitter.com/cradle_charity
Send us a message to let us know what in this episode has resonated with you - podcast@cradlecharity.org
This podcast was produced by RogueSpirit Productions - message to see how they can help you produce your podcast - david@roguespirit.co.uk
In the first episode of CRADLE Podcast. Louise Zeniou, founder of CRADLE talks to Kay Crewsdon about her inspiring journey from her own isolation to the founder of a serving community.
Guest at a Glance
Louise is a Consultant in the Health sector working across the Construction, Social Enterprise and charity sectors advising on Estates, Design and clinical pathways, creating social value opportunities and services for commissioning. She is also the CEO of CRADLE Charity, an organisation born out of her experience of surviving an ectopic pregnancy.
In this episode we cover
Intro to Cradle
Lou's story
Grief, self deception & counselling
The burden
The Words that can help or hinder
CRADLE the origin story
What you don't get told
The Diversity of Pregnancy Loss experience
What CRADLE does and how far it reaches
Mentioned in this episode:
https://www.lighthousestherapyservices.co.uk/
Find:
https://twitter.com/cradlelouise
Continue the conversation - https://twitter.com/cradle_charity
Send us a message to let us know what in this episode has resonated with you - podcast@cradlecharity.org
This podcast was produced by RogueSpirit Productions - message to see how they can help you produce your podcast - david@roguespirit.co.uk
CRADLE has expanded it pregnancy loss mission to the podcast world.
In this trailer, meet the host kay Crewsdon and learn just what you can expect from CRADLE Podcast