Síle Seoige: Can You Be Grateful and Still Struggle?
20 October - 51 mins explicitCan you feel incredibly lucky to be a mother and still admit that it’s hard?
Afif travels to Galway for an honest, funny and moving conversation with Síle Seoige about motherhood at 38 and 42, miscarriage, and the anxiety of pregnancy after loss. Síle shares a moment in a swimming pool when grief caught her completely off guard, and explains why having another baby doesn’t erase what came before.
They discuss being heard and believed during labour, making space for partners’ grief, and the pressure to appear constantly grateful. Afif also opens up about how working in neonatal intensive care shaped his fears during his own family’s pregnancy.
Plus, returning home to Galway, finding the co...
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