Midwife Amina has shared some of her top tips on how she looks after herself and her team. Amina said: “On the ward, I work in a great team who are constantly making sure we're taking our break. We also have a volunteer wellbeing service who visit every day with a tea...
Throughout the pandemic, those working on the frontline have not only had to face the personal impact of lockdown and changing restrictions, but also its effect on the way they carry out their important jobs. Increased pressures on services, alongside the added stress restrictions have had on parents, made supportive...
Sarah lost her baby boy 24 hours after his birth, 11 years ago, due to an inoperable heart condition. She said: "Having also lost a parent (my mum died six years ago), the thing that is so challenging and life-limiting about losing a child, is the loss of a future in which...
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...