Beatrice Caffrey on miscarriage, premature birth and the death of her baby son
Episode 19
For those of you who listened to last week’s episode with Justin Caffrey, this is your opportunity to now listen to Beatrice Caffrey’s perspective on the life and death of their beloved baby son Joshua. Having endured three miscarriages, Beatrice and Justin were delighted that this pregnancy was going well.
When Beatrice was 25 weeks pregnant, they took a much-needed holiday to the south of Spain, when Beatrice was woken by her waters breaking, 15 weeks early. Several days later in hospital, Joshua was born and immediately needed the care of the neonatal unit where he was not expected to live through the night.
But Joshua was a little fighter and lived for almost a year, most of that spent in the intensive care unit.
Beatrice takes us through that really difficult twelve months where their whole life was put on pause and Joshua’s intense care regime was central to their lives. She takes us through the tasks of caring for a very ill baby, the days leading up to Joshua’s death and how she took to the Wicklow hills to walk with her grief.
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