Sophie Smith Lost Her Premature Triplets And Then Her Husband. This Is How She Kept Going

About this episode

Sophie Smith shares her heartbreaking journey of losing her triplets and husband, and how she turned her grief into purpose through charity work.

Sophie Smith thought she was about to become a mother to three baby boys. Instead, after going into premature labour halfway through her pregnancy, she and her husband Ash found themselves facing unimaginable heartbreak. Over the course of 82 days, they lost all three of their triplets; Henry, Evan and Jasper. In this deeply moving conversation with Kate Langbroek, Sophie speaks about those months of hope and heartbreak, the grief that followed, and the extraordinary way she and Ash channelled that pain into purpose by founding Running for Premature Babies — a charity that has since helped save the lives of thousands of premature babies across Australia. Sophie also opens up about the second devastating loss that would change her life forever: losing Ash to brain cancer in 2016, after years of treatment and remission, and what it meant to continue raising their two young sons while carrying such enormous grief. This episode is about motherhood, resilience, love, loss, and the ways we learn to keep going even after life turns out nothing like we imagined. If this conversation brings anything up for you, support is available: Lifeline (13 11 14) To learn more about Running…

People in this episode

Host: Kate Langbroek

Guest: Sophie Smith

Topics covered

• motherhood
• resilience
• grief
• loss
• charity
• premature babies

Keywords

• premature birth
• triplets
• grief
• charity
• motherhood
• loss
• resilience
• brain cancer

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Running for Premature Babies

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