Hosted by Dr Fatima El-Assaad, a medical researcher and a bereaved parent, this podcast explores birth trauma, infertility, early pregnancy loss, stillbirth, infant loss in religious and culturally diverse communities. This first season spotlights the experiences of culturally diverse Australian women who identify with the Islamic faith.

This episode features:

· Recurrent pregnancy loss, ectopic pregnancy

· IVF loss

· Complexities of fertility journeys

· Infant loss

· Navigating end-of-life and discontinuing life support

· How faith helped with healing

Ebru is a Turkish-Australian married to an Egyptian man. After multiple miscarriages and a very lengthy infertility journey, she had her miracle baby, Dahlia, in 2017. Soon after, she spontaneously fell pregnant. Her angel Aliyah was born in May, 2018 and survived for 32 days. Four years on, she now has two angels beside her and one in the heavens above.

Naveen was born in Pakistan and has been living in Australia with her husband since 2012 before relocating to London this year. She has spent a number of years struggling with infertility, early pregnancy loss, traumatic ectopic pregnancies and the death of her daughter Sophia in 2019. After a year of IVF, she returned to the workforce accepting her status as a mum for her angel daughter Sophia, only.

Both Ebru and Naveen are actively involved with Community Care Kitchen, donating their time toward helping those in need in the community.

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Disclaimer: This podcast is proudly sponsored by The Stillbirth Foundation Australia and Community Care Kitchen. The content shared in this podcast represents the views of The Still Nest and our guests and may not specifically reflect the views of these organisations. Please seek professional medical advice for any clinical circumstances that may arise.

Season sponsors:

Stillbirth Foundation Australia

Community Care Kitchen

Episode resources:

· Ebru El-Feki IG: ebzz83; Naveen Furqan IG: naveen.fq

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