From 9th-15th October 2020, Baby Loss Awareness Week UK will go ahead for it’s 18th year.
Every year, Baby Loss Awareness Week aims to raise awareness about pregnancy and baby death in the UK.
This year we are highlighting the isolation many people experience after pregnancy and baby loss – women, partners, other family members and friends.
The effect of social distancing from Covid-19 has had a major impact on access to care and support and has complicated grief and responses to pregnancy and baby loss.
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, feelings of isolation have become more widespread around the world and many people have begun to talk more openly about loneliness.
Now more than ever, we can all come together to let those affected by pregnancy and baby loss know they are not alone and that we are all here to support them.
So, this year, we invite everyone to come together, share their experiences and show their support for those who have experienced the loss of a baby – whether or not they have been directly affected themselves.
Each day during #BLAW2020 we will explore a different topic, sharing the Alliance’s wide range of excellent support and information and coping techniques too – engaging with people from all backgrounds and experiences of loss.
Friday 9th October
Introduction to the week, mental wellbeing, a day for those directly affected
Saturday 10th
Partners
Sunday 11th
Wider family (including children) and friends – support for them and how they can support someone they know
Monday 12th
Workplace – how to support employees, advice for employers/managers, HR departments, and colleagues
Tuesday 13th
Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities – including issues around access to care and to information/support, higher risk pregnancies, assumptions regarding family support systems or culture or religious beliefs and language barriers
Wednesday 14th
LGBTQ+ – including trans parents, male couples, those using surrogates and non-biological parents/parents-to-be
Thursday 15th
Remembering your baby – different ways you can do this, cultures, traditions and Wave of Light
Want to share your story? Find out more here.
Our Out of Sight, Out of Mind Report
In 2019 we gathered parent experiences to prepare our report Out of Sight, Out of Mind to ensure that all parents who experience pregnancy or baby loss and need specialist psychological support can access it, at a time and place that is right for them, free of charge, wherever they live.
Watch our animation here
Ways to get involved with Baby Loss Awareness Week
Your Stories
“Nobody knows how baby loss will affect them, and sadly the pain doesn’t just go away.”
“Like lots of other people in this sad situation, acknowledgement was what we were seeking and to those who gave that and asked about our babies and our experiences, I will always be grateful.”
We’ve spoken to some incredible people who have joined us in breaking the taboo around baby loss.
This short video from 2019 includes Will & Caro Greenwood, Malin Andersson, Game of Thrones actor Lino Facioli, Nigel Martyn, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists RCOG
President – Professor Lesley Regan, Hannah Miley, Rachaele Hambleton – Part-Time Working Mummy, Sands Founders Bel Mooney & Hazelanne Lewis, Erin Corrigan, Jen from It’s The Fergusons , Al from The DadsNet, Rebecca Wilson from You Me Raising Three, Natalie Miller from We’re The Millers and Libby from Baby Toddler Foods.
This special video expresses their support and speak about the importance of breaking the taboo on pregnancy and baby loss. Thank you to everyone involved.
Together we can help to break the silence.
More ways to get involved
Baby Loss Awareness Alliance Members
