My new idea is having a baby after experiencing baby loss.

 

From my research, I have found there are many documentaries out there addressing baby loss but I haven't seen any about the specifics of having a baby after baby loss. The angle of my documentary is how baby loss changed the way you have your next baby, in the sense of how pregnancy is different, how parenting is different and how the way you raise your child may have changed as well. 

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I think this is a relevant idea on a taboo subject often not spoken about, however, more awareness is needed for these families who go through this trauma. I want to bring light to the stories of these families and hopefully educate others about the importance of this topic.

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This idea is a lot more personal to me and my family as my Aunt lost twins in 2014. My Aunt is actually Kareena, who is a case study in my documentary. Because someone in my family has experienced baby loss, and I'm lucky enough to have a very close family, we often talk very openly about the loss of the twins, Isabel and Hannah. However, this is not the case for everyone, with my aunt stating in the interview with me that she often finds the topic of baby loss hard to talk about and feels many don't like talking about it. 

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I have experienced through my aunt what it was like for her to have another baby after baby loss. Of course, this is not a first-hand experience, and I am in no way saying I know what it is like to have a baby after baby loss. But I have watched my aunt go through the trauma, that not only affected her but our whole family. We all lost 2 family members that day. 

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Kareena had my cousin Brooke in 2016. Kareena has admitted to me in her interview that she believes the way she has parented has probably changed after she experienced baby loss, in the sense that she potentially hasn't shared Brooke out as much as she would have with another child

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The aim of my documentary is to bring awareness to the topic of not only baby loss but also the experience of having a baby after baby loss and how pregancny and parenting becomes rather different.