when it comes to baby loss … Grief is complex ..

when it comes to baby loss … Grief is complex ..

I first heard about this from a songwriter friend, whose older sister had committed suicide when he was a teenager. Her death was a very long time ago, but he recognised that, in many ways, he was either still grieving, had not grieved effectively or was still in some...
To share, or not to share?

To share, or not to share?

I have noticed that it is sometimes helpful for me to let people know things that can be a bit different for me and my family, in the light of losing our eldest child to stillbirth.  Everyone is different and has things that are unusual to them and their circumstance....
One baby is not interchangeable with another

One baby is not interchangeable with another

There are a lot of myths and misconceptions about how mothers who lose their babies to stillbirth, miscarriage or neonatal death, feel and behave. It is almost all nonsense and very misleading and patronising, not only for the mums themselves, but also for those...
You Are Stronger Than You Think

You Are Stronger Than You Think

Another cliché statement. However, this is one that I believe to be true because, unlike the other cliché statements that I’ve been calling out, it entirely resonates with my own experience. I’ve lived it. I also realised that so far I have been brutally honest about...