Episode 48: Immeasurable Love - Loss in the NICU

Guest: Keira Sorrells

• • Keira talks about her infertility issues and experience getting pregnant with quintuplets, then reducing the pregnancy to triplets
  • Keira talks about the birth of her daughters, Avery, Lily and Zoe, and her experience in the NICU
  • Keira discusses the journey grief after losing Zoe and still having Avery and Lily at home
  • How the loss of a child affects marriages differently
  • What led Keira to found the Zoe Rose Foundation
  • How grief changes over time and how to process that change
  • What is the difference between shame and guilt?

Content Warning: This episode may cover sensitive topics that may bring up emotions or take you back to some difficult memories. If at any time it becomes too much, please make sure to step away, take some deep breaths, go outside, or have some quiet time alone.

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