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Jordan's Story

Please be aware Jordan has chosen to share a picture of Jacob’s grave with his story. 

Jacob was a very long baby. He was born around 34 weeks, and had a head full of dark hair. He had big hands and big feet, he would have been tall, and beautiful little lips. He was exactly what I imagined he would look like.

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Leanne's Story

Having already experienced a textbook pregnancy and given birth to my eldest daughter in 2019, my pregnancy with Ava was also classed as low risk and was, initially, a straightforward pregnancy minus the acute morning sickness in the first trimester that at the time, came as a bit of a shock. How I wish now that's as bad as it got.

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Maya’s Story – A Mother’s Voice, A Family’s Love

I share this story from a mother’s perspective, but it is important to say that the impact of losing a child reaches the father in ways that are deep, complex, and often unspoken. As mothers, we live the physical journey so intensely, but fathers carry the weight of witnessing everything: the fear, the pain, the procedures, t...


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Gaming for Good in memory Body

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Chloe Stephenson Mon, 03/09/2026 - 11:33

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Coping with grief during Ramadan after baby loss: Taybah and Hasan’s story Ramadan can be a difficult time for bereaved parents navigating grief after pregnancy or baby loss. In this heartfelt blog post, Zaavi’s parents, Taybah and Hasan, share their personal experiences of how the death of their baby has impacted them, the cultural taboos and stigmas that they have personally...

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