In January 2021 Emily made the heart-breaking decision to terminate her pregnancy, after he was diagnosed in a 20-week scan with Myelomeningocele, the most severe type of spina bifida. Emily says: "I honestly thought I would fight for my baby, and I have always said that nothing would...
Every experience of grief is individual, and how you feel following your experience of pregnancy or baby loss is valid. You may find that you feel like you don't know how to act, or fully understand your feelings. Grief is not linear, and while overtime you may feel you grow around...
From the moment your baby dies, your world changes forever. And there are no simple answers to grief; it is a journey to a new way of living, and how you look after yourself is different for everyone. Grief is a personal and unique emotion...
‘I am really sorry Leanne, but I am afraid there is no heartbeat.’ Those dreaded, empty words play out around and around in my mind every single day. When Leanne went to hospital earlier this year for a regular check-up at 34 weeks pregnant, she felt...
Anthony Hubbard’s son Charlie was stillborn on 4th January 2019. He has found his own way to cope with his and his partner’s loss through raising funds for several charities and working with his employer to improve workplace support for anyone affected by pregnancy and...
She was baby number three. After 13 years and at 40. My miracle baby. Easiest of all my pregnancies. I felt flutters at 16 weeks and was already really showing. 17 weeks + 3 days, I woke up and I don't know, I felt different. Then...
Back on September 25th 1990 i had a beautiful baby boy, Scott. He weighed 8lb13oz he had a face of an angel, and then May 1991 tragedy hit us. I found him with one eye open and the other closed, he was fighting for breath...
This year during Baby Loss Awareness Week we want to start a conversation about wellbeing and how anyone affected by pregnancy and baby loss can find ways to look after themselves and others. Each day during the Week we will be exploring a different topic and...
This is the story of Louise and her twin daughters Georgia and Eva. Georgia was stillborn 10 days after a scan at 28 weeks found she had no heartbeat. In 2017 we found out I was pregnant with twins at an early 6 week scan. At...