Losing Layla - A Beautiful Mourning with Vanessa Gorman ep 72

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SHOWNOTES: Losing Layla - A Beautiful Mourning with Vanessa Gorman ep 72

Vanessa Gorman takes us inside one of the most intimate and influential Australian documentaries made: Losing Layla. What began as a personal film about wanting a baby became a raw, unfiltered record of birth, loss, and the radical act of keeping love present in the darkest hours. Vanessa talks about filming the pregnancy, the emergency cesarean, the neonatal retrieval team, Layla’s short life, taking her home, and how showing the full truth of grief helped change how families and hospitals approach neonatal death. This is a tender, powerful conversation about love, loss, and the courage to stay open.

Topics

– The accidental beginning of Losing Layla
– Filming intimacy before filming was normal
– Emergency cesarean and neonatal distress
– Bringing Layla home
– How the documentary changed hospital practices
– Complex grief for both parents
– The need to “be seen” in loss
– Friendship, support, and emotional honesty

Episode Specific Links

 Losing Layla (film): https://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/50384/losing-layla
 Layla’s Story (book): https://www.penguin.com.au/books/laylas-story-9781742281117
 Transcript: https://shithappy.com/losing-layla-a-b…ssa-gorman-ep-72/ 

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessa-gorman-b565014/?originalSubdomain=au

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Heads Up

This episode discusses neonatal death and intense grief.