"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...
We've experienced 5 losses now. Our first being a delivered miscarriage, a living baby girl born in 2017 & 4 recurrent losses since her birth, our last being an Ectopic Pregnancy ending with chemotherapy treatment.After our little girl was born I often felt that we...
I suffered a missed miscarriage 4 years ago this December coming. It was not expected and very traumatising for us. It still effects me today. Time has passed and the pain isn't everyday but there are always the what if's, who would she of looked...
Just when I thought I'd have my rainbow baby after my previous stillbirth, death came and took my rainbow baby. I'm still in shock and I ask myself questions like 'Could it have been spiritual?', 'Could it have been an error from the hospital?' or...
July 26th 1974, at 27 weeks pregnant I gave birth to baby girl. The nurse pulled 2 blue paper towels from a roll, wrapped my baby in one and placenta in the other and left the room with both. Then I was taken to the ward...
I received a phone call from my girlfriend at the time to say she had started to bleed. When we first visited the hospital for a check up we were told that everything looked ok. It was until the scan the next day where it revealed...
The hardest thing is knowing that Aria was only 4 weeks away from being acknowledged of her mark on this world, being 20 weeks gestation. We had no birth & death certificate and ‘abortion’ was put on my records, instead of TFMR. I always say she...
I am currently recovering from post haemorrhagic anaemia from a miscarriage. I had nurtured and nourished this bean, and yes, even given my baby a name. I am planting an autumn flowering ceanothus in memory of Yolanda. I need to grieve, and whatever the reason for a...
Jack was my 4th child. My pregnancy with Jack was trouble free and at 39 weeks I went into labour. Labour did not progress and I was discharged, but 5 days later I woke and 'felt different'. My baby belly felt 'firmer' and had risen up...
My partner Lee and I were one of the lucky ones who fell pregnant straight away and had an easy pregnancy. My 12 week scan and 20 week scan came back clear. At 37 weeks, my midwife noticed I was measuring small. We were induced that...