Five Things about baby loss.
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Lisa started IVF treatment in 2017. She went into premature labour at 16 weeks and delivered her baby boy, Dylan at our home.
Keely’s mum died when she was 14 years old. Her daughter Tallulah was born in 2013 but had suffered irreversible brain damage at the time of her birth. She died at a children’s hospice when she was 19 days old.
Lizzy’s son Freddie was born after she suffered a haemorrhage in late pregnancy and he suffered a catastrophic brain injury. His life support was turned off three days later
Richard is a bereaved father of two stillborn twins and three rainbow children. He writes about his experiences online.
Annabel is the proud mother of four children, three who are physically with her and one who lives on in her heart.
Frankie’s first daughter Esme died due to unexplained stillbirth at full term in 2013. Her two subsequent pregnancies were incredibly anxious and stressful periods of her life.
Jess is passionate about sharing the honest truth of baby loss, stillbirth, miscarriage and pregnancy after loss.
After the death of her son, Teddy, at three days old, Elle Wright started writing to navigate her new life and as a way to feel purpose again. Her blog, Feathering The Empty Nest, is a way of finding light in darkness, positivity in times of desperation and, hopefully, making a few people laugh along the way. Elle is a wife, mother, award-winning blogger and author of The Sunday Times Bestselling book ‘Ask Me His Name’.
Mark Shepherd and his wife Desiree have lost two sons - the first through premature birth and the second through still birth. In 2019, Mark establish Bonded, a once-a-month support group for grieving dads based in Richmond, Surrey.