The Worst Girl Gang Ever is a real, honest emotive podcast that covers the heartbreaking subject of miscarriage, infertility and baby loss, expect honest conversations about unspoken experiences. Hosted by TWGGE founders Bex Gunn and Laura Buckingham, this show is a chance to break the silence and really open up the dialogue around the topic of miscarriage and pregnancy loss. No more shame, no more taboo - let's ditch that for our children; the ones that will come, the ones that are and the ...
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An all-access, real-life digital show with global equestrian celebrities from riders to professionals. They tried it so you don’t have to! Listen to international equestrians as they talk about their journeys, training tips, and more – nothing is off-limits! Enjoy the REAL Equestrian Experience. By equestrians, for equestrians.
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Today on The Worst Girl Gang Ever, Bex and Laura speak to community member Laura Harding about her experience with recurrent loss. Laura bravely shares her deeply personal journey of multiple miscarriages, navigating the complex emotions and medical challenges she faced over several years. The discussion delves into the immense grief and guilt Laur…
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S8 E30 | Navigating Grief and Honouring the 'Ugly Feelings' - Techniques for Tackling Difficult Emotions from a Chartered Psychologist
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Today Bex and Laura welcome Suzy Reading, an Author and Chartered Psychologist, for an open and honest discussion about navigating grief, loss, and the "ugly feelings" that can arise in the aftermath of miscarriage and baby loss. Suzy emphasises the importance of self-compassion, validating the full range of feelings that can surface, and creating …
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Point of clarification: Catherine developed Chorioamnionitis again with Oliver, and it caused her to suddenly go into early labour, causing him to be born early. Oliver did not have any signs of infection and thankfully it didn't pass to him like it did Amelia. In this week's episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, Bex and Laura speak with Stephen, wh…
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In this week's episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, Bex and Laura chat with community member April. She shares her heartbreaking journey through three consecutive miscarriages before finally conceiving through IVF and giving birth to a baby boy. She discusses the emotional toll of the losses, the importance of seeking support, and the challenges of…
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S8 E27 | Recurrent loss through an unexpected pregnancy, medical abortion, subchorionic haemorrhage, and missed miscarriages
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In this week's episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, Bex and Laura chat with community member Amy about her personal story of miscarriage after an unexpected pregnancy early in her relationship. She describes the difficult decision to have a medical abortion, the grief and pain she experienced, and the challenges of navigating this in a new relation…
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S8 E26 | The pain and isolation of insensitivity during recurrent losses, and the power of articulating your feelings
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This episode features a powerful conversation with Tom de Freston, a published author who has written about the devastating experience of miscarriage and baby loss. Tom shares his and his wife Kiran’s personal journey, including the loss of twins and a subsequent ectopic pregnancy. He describes the lack of adequate information and support they rece…
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S8 E25 | Fighting Against FGM With Education And Understanding
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Trigger Warning: This episode contains explicit discussions and graphic details about female genital mutilation (FGM) and child abuse. In this week's episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, we're taking a different approach. We recently had the opportunity to speak at a Midwifery Conference where we met the inspiring Hibo Wardere. Hibo, a Somali-born …
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In this week’s episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever we have two incredible guests who are making a real difference in the world of male fertility, Ian Stones and Toby Trice, the founders of ‘testhim’. At testhim, Ian and Toby understand the rollercoaster ride that is trying to start a family, and provide support and guidance through the challenges a…
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In this heartfelt episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, Bex and Laura warmly welcome community member Lindsey. She shares her deeply personal journey of being part of The Gang for 12 years, including the profound loss of her first daughter, who was stillborn. She explains the process of processing her grief and the difficulty this caused when trying…
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S8 E22 | Brain Abnormalities, Second Trimester Loss, TFMR, and our Incredible Capacity for Strength and Resilience
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In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, Bex and Laura sit down with community member Anita. She shares her story of trying to start a family, navigating the challenges of IVF, experiencing the joy of pregnancy, and then facing the difficult news of a severe brain condition in her unborn baby, ultimately leading to a heart-wrenching decision. L…
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In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, Bex and Laura sit down with community member Ashleigh who shares her journey of repeated losses before the complicated birth of her son. Ashleigh explains how she had repeated communication difficulties with NHS staff, difficulty getting answers and referrals, and the overly-clinical care she sometimes e…
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In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, Bex and Laura sit down with acupuncturist Louise Collyer. Louise shares her knowledge on endometriosis; the impact it can have on your body, the difficulties in getting a diagnosis, and the ways to spot that you are suffering with endometriosis. She also delves into the fascinating world of acupuncture, …
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S8 E19 | Stillbirth during labour and honouring their memory
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In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever Bex and Laura chat with community member Mary who shares the heartbreaking story of losing her son and the dispassion she faced from the hospital. Mary delves into the challenges she faced with nurses who didn’t listen to her concerns, consultants not giving her the care and attention she needed, and disc…
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S8 E18 | Termination for Medical Reasons (TFMR) in a divided medical system and making difficult choices
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In this episode of "The Worst Girl Gang Ever" hosts Bex Gunn and Laura Buckingham chat with community member Emma, who shares the heartbreaking story of losing her son. Emma delves into the challenges she faced within the American healthcare system, recounting how doctors informed her that an abortion was not an option in South Carolina due to the …
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S8 E17 | Pregnancy After Loss, Surrogacy, and all the emotional and physical complexities they bring
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In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, hosts Bex Gunn and Laura Buckingham chat with Fertility Coach and Author Jennifer Robertson, who opens up about her personal journey with pregnancy after loss. Jennifer talks about her difficulties in getting pregnant, even with IVF, and how her sister-in-law offered to help via surrogacy. She opens up a…
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In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, hosts Bex Gunn and Laura Buckingham speak with community member Alex, who shares her personal experience with recurrent loss. Due to having one successful pregnancy many doctors were dismissive of Alex’s case, she talks to us about the negative impact this had on her and how she overcame these mental hur…
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S8 E15 | The Power of Shared Experience: Finding Answers and Comfort Through Others' Journeys
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In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, hosts Bex Gunn & Laura Buckingham talk to community member Nikita about her journey to pregnancy and subsequent miscarriage. Nikita shares how it took her and her husband longer than expected to get pregnant the first time, with it taking over two years. When she did fall pregnant, she tragically experie…
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S8 E14 | Resilience & Real Talk: Minerva Bares Her Soul About Her Ongoing Struggle With Infertility
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In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, hosts Bex Gunn & Laura Buckingham talk to community member Minerva about her experience with secondary infertility and Asherman's syndrome. They discuss Minerva's journey from postpartum symptoms and multiple miscarriages leading to an Asherman's diagnosis, the various fertility treatments she underwent …
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In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, hosts Bex Gunn & Laura Buckingham talk to community member Rebekah about her experience with recurrent miscarriages and the emotional impact of pregnancy loss. They discuss Rebekah's journey trying to conceive which involved four miscarriages in two years, as well as traumatic medical experiences that le…
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In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, hosts Bex Gunn & Laura Buckingham talk to community member Keri Croft about her journey with infertility, child loss, and surrogacy. Keri opens up about her long struggle to start a family, facing multiple miscarriages and fertility treatments over many years. She shares her experience of finally finding…
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In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, hosts Bex Gunn & Laura Buckingham talk to member of the community Heather about her experiences with infertility treatment and IVF. They discuss Heather's journey with IVF, including her initial testing and prescription for treatment without exploring other options first. Heather shares her experiences w…
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S8 E10 | Differing Experiences, Dealing with Losing Friendships, and the Value of Emotional Support
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In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, Bex & Laura talk to their old friend (and Gang moderator) Emma Hall about the importance of friendships and support throughout the process of baby loss. Emma discusses her experience with polycystic ovary syndrome and the complexities it brings. They discuss how differing experiences lead to different se…
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S8 E9 | Discovering your pregnancy has Down’s Syndrome and TFMR with The Mental Health Midwife
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In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, Bex & Laura talk to Tessa van der Vord, AKA the Mental Health Midwife, about her experience with a pregnancy which was discovered to have Down's syndrome. Tessa opens up about the difficulties in deciding to terminate the pregnancy and the shame and guilt arising thereafter. She talks about the process t…
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In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, Bex & Laura talk about their experience of running the podcast and recounting stories of those it has positively affected. They chat about what they have learned since starting the podcast and how it has created a sense of comfort and belonging for its community members. Throughout their talk, Bex and La…
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In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, hosts Bex Gunn & Laura Buckingham talk to Liam Preston and Matt Dearsley, the co-hosts of the Dad Still Standing podcast. Both pairs of podcast hosts discuss the importance of supporting those affected by baby loss and the grief it causes, as well the gap in support dads often receive. Liam and Matt shar…
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In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, hosts Bex Gunn & Laura Buckingham talk to community member Lizzie about chemical pregnancy, and the dispassion with which it is treated. They discuss Lizzie's experiences of early miscarriage, brought on by symptoms of chemical pregnancy. Lizzie talks about the lack of compassion from healthcare staff an…
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In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, hosts Bex Gunn & Laura Buckingham talk to community member Rebecca about recurrent loss. They discuss Rebecca's journey with infertility and multiple miscarriages over the past few years. She shares her story of initially falling pregnant in 2018, only to experience a missed miscarriage at her 12 week sc…
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In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, hosts Bex Gunn & Laura Buckingham talk to community member Dani about neonatal loss. They discuss Dani's experience giving birth to her daughter Olivia Grace and the complications that arose, leading to Olivia being rushed to the NICU with severe brain damage due to lack of oxygen during birth. Dani reco…
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In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, hosts Bex Gunn & Laura Buckingham talk to community member Rachael about her experiences with pregnancy loss and miscarriage. Rachael shares her story of multiple miscarriages, including instances of delayed diagnosis and mismanagement of ectopic pregnancies that put her life at risk. They discuss Rachae…
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In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, hosts Bex Gunn & Laura Buckingham talk to community member Michelle about her experience with miscarriage. They discuss Michelle unexpectedly finding out she was pregnant while working as a midwife, and her subsequent miscarriage just a few weeks later. Michelle shares details about bleeding at work and …
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In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, hosts Bex Gunn & Laura Buckingham talk to community member Katie about her experience with neonatal loss. Katie discusses going into early labour at 27 weeks pregnant and giving birth to her son Aidan. She talks about Aidan's time in the NICU and his health improving before suddenly declining due to seps…
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Travelling the world, starring in movies, and representing your country in show jumping sounds like a dream, for Lilly Aspell, it’s real life. However, it doesn’t come without a lot of hard work, commitment and determination. Lilly lets us in on her world and we can’t wait to share it with you! Famously known for her role as a young Diana (Gal Gado…
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In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, hosts Bex Gunn & Laura Buckingham talk to Jessica Hepburn about her journey with infertility and baby loss. They discuss Jessica's experience going through 11 rounds of IVF, multiple miscarriages and an ectopic pregnancy over the course of 20 years. She talks about how she kept this struggle private for …
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In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, hosts Bex Gunn and Laura Buckingham talk to Rachel Sherriff about fertility and recurrent miscarriage. They discuss Rachel's work as a fertility acupuncturist and how she helps couples struggling to conceive through natural remedies and alternative testing. Rachel explains how her own experiences with in…
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In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, hosts Bex Gunn & Laura Buckingham talk to community member Ebony. They discuss Ebony's journey with fertility and recurrent miscarriage, including her two early losses and subsequent testing and treatment at the recurrent miscarriage clinic. In this episode you will hear: Ebony's story of her losses and …
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In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, hosts Bex Gunn & Laura Buckingham talk to Ros, a member of the community, about her experience with pregnancy loss. They discuss Ros' journey trying to have children which included a miscarriage at 7 weeks, a stillbirth at 31 weeks where the baby died in utero, a chemical pregnancy 3 months later, and an…
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Sam Woods and Bradley Champagne are two very exciting up-and-coming riders who live and breathe eventing, including being the “right-hand-man” to two of the world’s leading event riders, Boyd Martin and Shane Rose! Listen in for an insight into what a day working at the two of world’s top event stables entails and hear some sage words of advice abo…
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In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, hosts Bex Gunn & Laura Buckingham talk to Emma about her journey with recurrent miscarriage and infertility. They discuss Emma's story of losing three pregnancies in a year, including twins, and her struggle to get answers and support from her doctors. She details how connecting with other women through …
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In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, hosts Bex Gunn & Laura Buckingham talk to Laura and Rachel about their experiences with molar pregnancies. They discuss Laura and Rachel's journeys with being diagnosed with molar pregnancies, the treatments they received including DNC procedures and chemotherapy, as well as the emotional toll it took on…
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In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, hosts Bex Gunn & Laura Buckingham talk to Marija Skujina, CEO at Plan Your Baby- Global Telehealth Fertility and Pregnancy Clinic. They discuss Marija's company Plan Your Baby, which offers fertility treatments and support remotely using telehealth. This provides an alternative to traditional IVF clinics…
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In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, hosts Bex Gunn & Laura Buckingham talk to Az, Baby Sleep Consultant & Sleep Coaching at Sleep Through Crew. They discuss Az's experiences with two miscarriages early in 2022 and her journey to fall pregnant again. Az shares intimate details of her miscarriages, including her symptoms, hospital visits and…
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In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, hosts Bex Gunn & Laura Buckingham talk to Kirsten Hopfensperger about her experience with miscarriage and infertility. Kirsten shares about losing her first pregnancy at 7 weeks and being diagnosed with PCOS shortly after. She discusses the difficult journey with infertility treatments for over a year be…
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S7 E5 | Sometimes Things Don’t Happen for a Reason - Nikki’s Four Years Trying and the Challenges of Blended Families
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In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, hosts Bex Gunn & Laura Buckingham talk to Community member Nikki about her struggles with infertility and miscarriage. Nikki discusses her four year journey trying to conceive, undergoing IVF treatment, and ultimately suffering a miscarriage. She talks openly about the emotional and physical toll this ex…
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In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, hosts Bex Gunn & Laura Buckingham talk to Collette, a member of the community about her experience with Turner Syndrome and fertility struggles. They discuss how Collette was diagnosed with Turner Syndrome at a young age and how it affected her fertility. Collette talks about going through various rounds…
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In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, hosts Bex Gunn & Laura Buckingham talk to Rebecca Scott about her experiences with fertility issues and miscarriages over the past two years. Rebecca details her two miscarriages and the various medical tests and treatments she has undergone, including ovulation induction, IVF attempts, and being diagnos…
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*** TRIGGER WARNING - PREGNANCY & PARENTING *** In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, hosts Bex Gunn & Laura Buckingham talk to Charlotte Crowder & Becky Gleeson about their experiences with fertility struggles, pregnancy loss, and how their friendship has helped them navigate these difficult journeys. Charlotte and Becky open up about Charl…
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In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, hosts Bex Gunn & Laura Buckingham talk to Becky Ryan about her journey with infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss. Becky shares her story of having five miscarriages over the past four years and her recent diagnosis of endometriosis. She discusses the various medical interventions she has tried and he…
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In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever podcast, hosts Bex Gunn and Laura Buckingham discuss self-care tips for dealing with the stress of the two week wait after ovulation when trying to get pregnant. They explain how the two week wait can be a time of obsessive symptom spotting and feeling out of control as you wait to find out if you were su…
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In this episode of The Worst Girl Gang Ever, hosts Bex Gunn & Laura Buckingham talk about guilt and shame around baby loss and miscarriage. They discuss feeling ashamed of their bodies and feeling like they have let themselves and their partners down. Laura talks about feeling embarrassed telling people about her miscarriages. They talk about feeli…
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Bex and Amanda come together to catch up on what has been going on in their lives and what they have planned for the coming months. IN THIS EPISODE: A firm believer in trusting the process, Bex explains how she approaches her own injuries and the importance of making the most of a bad situation. Amanda talks about handling young horses and how rega…
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