3: Belinda Champion - Caring, singing & Empathy

Description

In this episode Kay gets all excited to chat with Cradle Ambassador Belinda Champion. She's excited by Belinda's famous singing connections but more importantly moved by Belinda's journey through her own grief to support babyloss families as a nurse and sonographer.

Guest at a Glance

Belinda Champion, known as B, is an advanced clinical practitioner and lead nurse for a cross site EPAU service at Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust. She is a Cradle Ambassador, a new national pregnancy loss charity and is a member of the Lewisham & Greenwich NHS choir.

Belinda has worked as a nurse in the NHS for 24 years specialising in women’s health. Her passion for women’s health led her to extend her scope of practice to become a nurse sonographer in 2008 where she successfully completed a PgCert in focussed ultrasound in first trimester and gynaecology with distinction at City University

In this episode we cover

Who is Belinda and why does Kay call her a celebrity

what is an advanced clinical practitioner

The reward

Belinda's journey

Empathy

Working with CRADLE

Caring for the carers

Belinda's grief

The future of pregnancy loss care

Making support accessible

The comfort of coming together

family and friends

Importance of language

The role of a Sonographer

The Taboo of talking

Mentioned in this episode:

The Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir with Justin Bieber -

https://youtu.be/jXy0s9pexCo

The Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir with Rag & Bone Man and Pink -

https://youtu.be/Yn2Ytx0E4tc

Find:

Belinda

linkedin.com/in/belinda-champion-90165b23

The Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir -

https://www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/the-trust-choir

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpR2L_jToVICkl5yJV2ANqw

Continue the conversation - https://twitter.com/cradle_charity

Send us a message to let us know what in this episode has resonated with you - podcast@cradlecharity.org

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