Summary For the first time this week one of the program's team of producers is stepping in front of the camera to tell her own story. She's Vanessa Gorman and during her time with Australian Story she has produced some of the program's most acclaimed stories. They have included "Man for All Seasons" with Wayne Bennett, "Raising the Rafters" with Pat Rafter's family and this year "Happy as Garry" with Garry McDonald. Vanessa GormanBut behind the scenes Vanessa was undergoing an ordeal of her own. Despite the opposition of her then partner, she was determined to become a mother. Two and a half years ago she lost her longed for baby daughter shortly after birth. That experience was turned into a powerful and moving one hour independent documentary "Losing Layla" which screened on the ABC. Vanessa says: "After Layla died I just wanted to read stories about this happening to other people and the message that I kept coming across was that people didn't see it as a big death. And I thought I've got this film footage. I can do something here to let the community know that this is actually as a big a death as any other death in your life." "Losing Layla" generated a massive and heartfelt audience response but it left many viewers wanting to know more and, in particular, wanting to know what had happened to Vanessa in subsequent months. "Regarding Raphael" provides the answers. It's the story of Vanessa's life after "Losing Layla". It tells of the break up of Vanessa's long term relationship with her partner Michael Shaw in the aftermath of the death of their baby. And it tells of a new relationship, another pregnancy ... and finally a healthy baby boy, Raphael.

• Documentary
• Biography