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...
I found out I was pregnant at around 2 weeks. One week later I was bleeding, I went to hospital and was told I had a miscarriage (they confirmed this with a pregnancy test). I continued testing and everyday the test was showing a strong positive....
After 2 failed rounds of IUI and an IVF round from hell (everything that could possibly go wrong did), our pregnancy was positive. We had a 7 week scan where we saw her heart beating, I have never seen my wife so happy. At 11 weeks,...
My name is Bastian René. I have faced the profound loss of four babies before birth, as well as the unexpected passing of my father. Reflecting on these experiences led me to compose 'Canción de Amor' (Love Song), a piece meant to offer solace to...
I have two daughters, and with those pregnancies, I had no complications. So, I was shocked when I found out I was pregnant again, 11 months postpartum. My husband and I were excited, but I wasn’t sure how far along I was. At my first OB...
I tried to process the words coming out of the doctor’s mouth, but all I could focus on was the first sentence she said, "We couldn't find a heartbeat". The world as my wife and I knew it came crashing down. No more building a...
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...
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,...
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...