S18 Ep5: REBECCA ADLINGTON: Just keep swimming: on parenting through loss and teaching kids to swim
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Rebecca Adlington discusses parenting through loss and the importance of teaching children to swim.
On this week’s Netmums podcast, Louise Burke and JB Gill are joined by olympic gold medallist and mum of three, Rebecca Adlington, for a very honest conversation about parenting, baby loss and learning to keep going. Rebecca talks openly about experiencing two miscarriages, the counselling that helped her and her husband through it, and the anxiety that can come with expecting a rainbow baby. She also shares the small things that helped her family cope – including giving her bump a nickname, ‘jellytot’, so the whole family could bond with the baby. Alongside the emotional side of parenting, Rebecca also explains why learning to swim is a life skill, not just a sport – and why she believes three to five years old is the ideal age for children to start proper swimming lessons. The episode also covers the real challenges parents face around swimming – from nervous children and reluctant swimmers, to the moment many girls start to feel self-conscious about their bodies in swimwear as they get older. In this episode we talk about: • pregnancy after loss and the reality of a rainbow baby • how partners can support mums through miscarriage and grief • why counselling helped Rebecca and…
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