This collection is an awakening that presents the reality of loss through poems that powerfully translate a mother''s emotional strife alongside her lived experience. Each poem ties together fragments of experiences and happenings resulting in self-actualising insights essential to self, emotional, relational and environmental awareness.Administer the Laughing Gas aims to support, validate, and raise awareness of birth trauma, loss, and its interpersonal effects. This book is an offering that documents through poetry, the therapeutic potential of creative writing.