Pregnancy Loss, Grief & Building Cocoon: Sam's Story of Miscarriage, Maternity Care and Midlife Reinvention l EP43

Pregnancy loss, miscarriage recovery and the gaps in NHS maternity care — this episode goes straight to the heart of all three. Sam, founder of Cocoon, a midwife-led pregnancy ultrasound clinic in Harrogate, shares the devastating loss of her baby, Willow, and how that experience — and the dehumanising language used around it — became the catalyst for building the maternity care she wished had existed.Sam opens up about the anxiety of a subsequent pregnancy after loss, leaving a successful corporate career at Bettys & Taylors to start again from scratch, and why she believes proper qualifications and regulation matter so much in private ultrasound clinics. We also talk about Cocoon's next chapter — a new preventative health and diagnostics site, Science and Soul, launched in memory of her best friend who died from metastatic breast cancer — and what it really takes to build a business on purpose rather than a plan.In this episode:Sam's experience of miscarriage and the language of "product of conception"Pregnancy after loss: managing anxiety through a subsequent pregnancyWhy Sam left a stable corporate career to found a maternity clinicWhat's missing from regulation in private pregnancy scan clinicsBuilding Cocoon with a midwife-led, trauma-informed model of careCocoon's new diagnostic and preventative health clinic, Science and SoulLate-diagnosed neurodivergence and ADHD as an entrepreneurial superpowerSam's advice for anyone standing on the edge of a midlife career changeResources & Links mentioned:Cocoon — https://cocoon-hgt.com/Taking Baby Steps — https://takingbabysteps.co.uk/Brighter Skies — https://www.brighterskies.org.uk/Send us Fan MailSupport the showRate the Show : RateThisPodcast.com/midlifeFacebook Community : https://www.facebook.com/groups/1717887919057641/Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/the.midlife.awakening/Substack : https://themidlifeawakening.substack.com/The Awakened Community - https://themidlifeawakening.substack.com/subscribeTo submit your story to be featured on...