Remembering your baby at Christmas

Remembering your baby at Christmas

We grieve all year for our babies but at Christmastime, the weight of our grief can feel a little heavier. This time of year is marketed to be all about family, lots of presents and food, gatherings and parties but there are times when it can be difficult to muster...
Termination for Fetal Anomaly

Termination for Fetal Anomaly

Most people have never heard of a Termination of Fetal Anomaly until they are sitting in front of a fetal medicine consultant who has just informed them that their baby is too sick to survive, and they must now choose whether to proceed with their baby’s pregnancy or...
Why is Baby Loss Awareness Week so important?

Why is Baby Loss Awareness Week so important?

Baby Loss Awareness Week takes place each year from 9 – 15 October. It began 21 years ago in October 2002 as a one-day event remembering babies who had died too soon and was inspired by Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day in the USA.   In the last 21...
No Kidneys?

No Kidneys?

I often wonder how many parents thought the same as I did when I found out my baby had no kidneys, did they also think their baby could have a kidney transplant once they were born and everything would be ok? The advances in modern medicine have shown that people can...