He may not say it, he may not show it, he just isn’t programmed that way But his heart is broken, and he too carries the grief, through every moment, of every day He lost his baby too He wipes away her tears, then when no-one’s around he...
In December 2020, my wife and I found out the devastating news that our baby had stopped developing and that my wife would need a medical intervention to terminate the pregnancy. Unfortunately, due to COVID restrictions, I wasn’t even able to attend the hospital when...
At 36 weeks pregnant I woke up one morning and couldn’t feel my baby move. He was often less wiggly in the morning so I gave him a while and then phoned MAU who said to lie on my left side for 2 hours. I...
I lost my daughter on 22/05/15, due to the fact that she had a heart deficiency, two weeks after I got married to my now ex-husband. My whole world was turned upside down when I longed for a child/children for many years. My first and only...
"Her grave is my safe place to connect to when I’m struggling." Elsie is 18 and experienced two miscarriages, Lyra at 11 weeks and Lionel at 4 weeks, when she was just 16 years old. Elsie wants to share her story to show that younger mums who...
Our story began in at the end of 2020 when we decided to come off contraception and ‘see what happened.’ I very quickly became pregnant, and we excitedly booked a private scan for the beginning of March 2021, when I would be 9 weeks. However,...
On the 22nd October 2020 our precious baby boy was born at 17.17pm. At 2.10am our baby took his last breath in his daddy’s arms. My little darling was 7 pound 11. Our Ernie really did try to fight this for his Mummy & Daddy. Ernie will forever...
In 2020, we found out we were expecting our first baby. Our initial excitement was crushed at our 12 week scan when abnormalities were found. Five weeks of consultant appointments, scans and tests later, a diagnosis of Edward's Syndrome was reached - a one in...
Between 2010 to 2018, I 'lost' 15 babies. We worked with fantastic medical professionals over the years but no-one could ever find out why we were losing each pregnancy. It was the not knowing that was one of the most difficult aspects of the losses, as...
My husband and I were so excited to be expecting! We took extra care with everything we did. We told our family the great news and everyone was so happy, everything was going great! We started planning, then one day, my biggest nightmare happened at 20...