This year, during Baby Loss Awareness Week we will be exploring the idea of Stepping Stones and how this relates to each person's bereavement journey. After pregnancy loss or the death of baby, bereaved parents and other family members find themselves on a new path they...
We understand that Mother's Day can be a difficult time for mums and anyone affected by the death of a baby. We are here to support you. Below is a list of resources from our Alliance organisations that are filled with support, stories, advice and general wellbeing...
Baby Loss Awareness Week 2021 was the biggest yet and you all helped in so many ways to break the silence around pregnancy and baby loss. Whether you lit a candle for the Wave of Light, helped turn the world’s landmarks and buildings pink and blue,...
Families often tell us that having different opportunities to remember their baby provides them with comfort as they navigate their grief journey. The annual Wave of Light, that takes place on 15 October at 7pm (local time), is a special moment in the year where everyone in the baby...
Pregnancy and baby loss can turn a person’s world upside down. In the time that follows, the support that someone has around them makes all the difference to their wellbeing as they adjust to a new normal. Communities come in all shapes and sizes – yours might be your friendship circle, your neighbours, your...
Looking after the partners of people who have experienced pregnancy or baby loss is something that everyone can help do – friends, family, health professionals and colleagues. Partners often feel they have to be strong and keep their feelings hidden, or that their wellbeing isn't important. They can often be sidelined by pregnancy, maternity or...
If you’re the brother or sister of a baby who died it may feel like there is a missing piece of the family. If you’re younger than them you may only know about your sibling through what you’ve been told or seen in photos. Even if you were living at the time, your childhood memories...
Every year during baby loss awareness week, I reflect on the families I have cared for and how much they have taught me about love, life, and grief. However, this year I am also drawn to remembering the maternity staff I have worked with who...
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...
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...