Grace Victory on Surviving a Coma and Speaking Her Truth
6/16/202649 min
This week, Zoe and Georgia sit down with writer, activist and content creator Grace Victory for an incredibly powerful conversation.
Grace shares the story of catching Covid while pregnant, being placed in a coma for three months and waking up to a six-month-old son she'd never properly met.
She talks about coma dreams, recovery, learning to walk and talk again and what it really took to come back from it.
They also discuss parenting through trauma, regulating your own emotions before you can regulate your kids' and Grace's decision to write openly about her abortion after the birth of her second child.
Trigger warning: this episode contains discussion of critical illness, near-death experience and abortion.
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First 90 secondsZoe Hardman· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Made by Mummas starts in just a moment. After this episode, you should check out Life with Nat, as they mark Carer's Week with a special episode. Natalie Cassidy recently went back to school to get her level three BTEC in health and social care. Now, on her podcast, she's catching up with classmate Tilly, who's been a young carer since childhood, supporting her mom, who lives with advanced MS. It's a brilliant episode. Get Life with Nat lined up to play next, and listen for yourself. Hello, and welcome to Made by Mummas, the podcast. I'm Zoe Hardman.
Georgia Dayton· Host0:35
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Zoe Hardman· Host0:36
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Georgia Dayton· Host0:44
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Zoe Hardman· Host0:54
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Georgia Dayton· Host0:59
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Georgia Dayton· Host1:03
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Zoe Hardman· Host1:06
But for now, George, should we get into it? Well, it's Tuesday, and we've got some, I mean, quite exciting news that happened yesterday.
Georgia Dayton· Host1:16
Yes. There is a social media ban for kids under 16, which- We've gotta talk about it on the pod today. Yeah. I think we don't normally t- talk about topical stuff really, do we? We kind of just keep it- Yeah ... well, what's been going on in our lives, I guess.
Zoe Hardman· Host1:29
[laughs] Light and fluffy.
Georgia Dayton· Host1:29
But