Our first granddaughter, Layla, came into this world on 7th October 2018. Too perfect for this world to hold onto, she took her last breath when she was five days old. Never a day goes by when she's not on my mind, especially when I play...
I discovered I was pregnant in January 2013. I was in shock as I wasn't expecting to have another baby any time soon. I had a 14-week scan where they found my baby's nuchal fold was measuring quite high, which indicated something was not going...
Me and my immediate family and friends suffered the great loss of my 19-month-old Embr-linn unexpectedly on Friday 13th January 2023. It is explained as a phenomenon, and yes, unexplained. I, as her mother, will forever fight for answers! She was taken far too soon! There...
After three girls, all six years between them, I fell pregnant with my fourth baby very quickly after my third. There was only three months between me giving birth and falling pregnant again. I had a fairly normal pregnancy and at 20 weeks I found...
When trying for our first child, we were delighted to fall pregnant after a couple of months. The tiredness, tenderness, hunger - it was all present and thriving. I had even started to show a little plump pouch. But the first scan came around at...
We started 2023 on a high. After struggling to conceive due to male factor infertility, my wife was pregnant through IVF. We had seen baby’s heartbeat in an early scan. But not long later my wife had a missed miscarriage. We cycled through the stages of...
Jagger Rain was born on July 7, 2022, at 3:16 P.M. via Emergency Caesarean Section due to Foetal Distress. On August 17, 2022, I woke up to find Jagger stuck to his father's back. Sometime in the middle of the night he rolled over onto Jagger...
Baby Loss Awareness Week is an opportunity for me to raise more awareness on the true impact that pregnancy and baby loss can cause, and to highlight the importance that bereavement support plays during what can be an extremely isolating time. I'm Jo, and in 2022...
Stormi was just 5 weeks old when she passed away in may 2023 from sudden infant death syndrome, breaks our hearts everyday she was just to perfect for this world. The most gorgeous girl. Life’s so cruel I’ll never forget the day we woke up...
At our 20-week scan, we thought we’d be finding out if Jack would have a brother or sister. Instead, our world changed forever with the words: “I’m so sorry, I’ve found a heart abnormality.” Our baby was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. It wasn’t fixable....