Description
What happens when a baby is stillborn? It isn’t something that is often discussed and we are rarely prepared for it.
In April 1999, my second son Brendan was stillborn at 20 weeks, his birth was traumatic as were the years following with grief and loss.
Megan Warren is an aspiring writer living in Esperance WA. She has a Master of Arts (Writing and Literature) and has facilitated writing and creativity workshops. Megan writes on the topics of pregnancy loss, stillbirth and grief.
Acknowledgements
Memoria was written, produced, edited and presented by Natalie V.
I carried him was written and read by Megan Warren.
Music in this episode was by Blue Dot Sessions, Sage the Hunter, When in the West and The Envelope.
Illustrations by Peta Manning. Her book, See Me Doodle, is out now.
Credits
Allégro
By Emmit Fenn
CC0 1.0
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC81hioFupMsG2MWMQy78oCw/
Curtain
By BraveFrog
CC0 1.0
https://freesound.org/people/BraveFrog/sounds/347237/
City Traffic
By Panikko
CC BY-NC 3.0
https://freesound.org/people/panikko/sounds/149814/
Heart monitor floor Noise
By Rauliphone
CC0 1.0
https://freesound.org/people/rauliphone/sounds/261337/
Hospital room ambience with clock, heart beeb and paging
By Nixeno
CC BY 3.0
https://freesound.org/people/nixeno/sounds/427092/#
Hospital sounds 6
By ERH
CC BY-NC 3.0
https://freesound.org/people/ERH/sounds/59509/
Movement in bed, blanket
By Vovere
CC0 1.0
https://freesound.org/people/vovere/sounds/388454/
Shower
By Maaaks
CC0 1.0
https://freesound.org/people/maaaks/sounds/521151/