This podcast is about a pregnancy that doesn’t end the way it should; about what happens when your baby is born too early to survive alone. It’s about the parents, the babies, and the doctors who save them. Hosted by award-winning novelist Francesca Segal, whose memoir, Mother Ship, inspired this podcast.
During the fifty-six days that her premature twins were in hospital, Francesca wrote a diary. That diary became a book, Mother Ship, and the incredible letters and emails from readers that began – and haven’t stopped – inspired this podcast. In each episode, Francesca will talk to friends and medics, parents and professionals about their experiences, so that new parents of premature babies feel supported and less alone. This is a place for the free exchange of stories, humour and support and information about prematurity and its consequences.
Mother Ship is brought to you by VINTAGE Books and produced by Leena Norms. We'd love to hear what you think - please rate and review to spread the word and follow us on social media
https://www.instagram.com/francescasegal/
https://twitter.com/vintagebooks
Find out more about Francesca's book at http://bit.ly/MotherShipBook.
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This podcast is about a pregnancy that doesn’t end the way it should; about what happens when your baby is born too early to survive alone. It’s about the parents, the babies, and the doctors who save them. Hosted by award-winning novelist Francesca Segal, whose memoir, Mother Ship, inspired this podcast.
During the fifty-six days that her premature twins were in hospital, Francesca wrote a diary. That diary became a book, Mother Ship, and the incredible letters and emails from readers that began – and haven’t stopped – inspired this podcast. In each episode, Francesca will talk to friends and medics, parents and professionals about their experiences, so that new parents of premature babies feel supported and less alone. This is a place for the free exchange of stories, humour and support and information about prematurity and its consequences.
Mother Ship is brought to you by VINTAGE Books and produced by Leena Norms. We'd love to hear what you think - please rate and review to spread the word and follow us on social media
https://www.instagram.com/francescasegal/
https://twitter.com/vintagebooks
Find out more about Francesca's book at http://bit.ly/MotherShipBook.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week is all about the journey – the new normal, when your baby is in hospital. I talk to the amazing Inga Warren, who has devoted her fifty-year NHS career to nurturing that vital, living, invisible thing – the bond between parent and baby. Inga is full of practical advice, and she is also full of reassurance, which is equally important.
My second guest is a nurse, Zowie, who knows more than most about life on our side of the incubator. Zowie has worked in Special Care for ten years, but has also had two children of her own in NICU. ‘I know,’ she told me. ‘I mean, I really get it.’ They are two very different, equally incredible women – it was a privilege to speak to each of them.
Mother Ship is brought to you by VINTAGE Books and produced by Leena Norms. We’d love to hear what you think – please rate and review to spread the word and follow us on social media:
https://www.instagram.com/francescasegal/
https://twitter.com/vintagebooks
Find out more about Francesca’s book at http://bit.ly/MotherShipBook.
If you need more information about prematurity, help and support is available at www.bliss.org.uk
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.