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To The Broken Mum

To The Broken Mum

Whilst dropping my husband off at work one morning I sat in the car with tears rolling down my cheeks. The baby had been awake all night, I hadn't slept for weeks and I had a whole day alone with my 3 month old baby. I sobbed all the way to his work and when it was...

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Loss and the impact on close relationships

Loss and the impact on close relationships

Grief has been explained to me in many ways. One picture that stays in my mind is the one where it simply starts at one stage, goes through many others and ends in another. If only it was that simple.... Next to this one, is what I think represents it in a better way,...

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You do not have to feel like you are alone

You do not have to feel like you are alone

People may think , oh all she ever goes on about is baby loss this baby loss that. Others may accept my passion for it , but not quite understand. I will try to explain . When I lost my boy, it was probably the most lonely time in my life. I felt that no one could...

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A Baby Loss Journey

A Baby Loss Journey

Mike, one of our trustees, writes about his and his wife’s experiences of loss for Baby Loss Awareness Week.   Over the past three years, my wife and I have suffered three miscarriages.  Our experience is by no means unique.  The slogan of Baby Loss Awareness...

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I knew it was going to be bad… but not that bad…

I knew it was going to be bad… but not that bad…

I was 32 weeks pregnant when I started to bleed... I’d been here before with my first child… I knew it was placenta previa before I had even had the diagnosis. It wasn’t a large bleed, but I decided to head to the Women's Centre where I would get checked out,...

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I’m sorry there’s no heartbeat

"I'm sorry there's no heartbeat" - the worst words you can hear at 41 weeks pregnant. It happened to us and the next morning I delivered our beautiful stillborn daughter Elsie. They say that when a mother loses a child they lose a part of their self too, no truer word...

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