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Amber's Story

Please be aware Amber has chosen to share pictures of her sons Hugo and Hudson with her story. 

My name is Amber and I want to share the story of my two beautiful sons, Hugo and Hudson, to raise awareness that baby loss can happen to anyone and that families like mine are still searching for answers. 

Both of my boys we...


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Mark's story and his poem 'Still'

My poem ‘Still’ is the reflection of an older brother whose sister was born still sixty years ago. 

I feel the number of those years is important, because it demonstrates how profound and long lasting the loss is; by my age (67) I’ve had many significant bereavements, I believe pretty successfully gone through and/but ‘the baby’...


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Erin's Story


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Scarlet's Story

Please be aware Scarlet has chosen to share pictures of Reuben with her story.

Two months. That’s how long I had with my son, Reuben. 

After a rocky start in the hospital, he was born full term, but he was poorly. He came home and was doing so well, hitting milestones and filling our house with life and smiles and love. Bu...


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Bhavna's Story

Please be aware Bhavna has chosen to share pictures of Joshan with her story.

On Sunday, May Bank Holiday 2019, what should have been the most joyous 24 hours turned into our worst nightmare. The series of events are so clear, daily I replay them in my mind and question why us? I was 39 weeks five days pregnant, having had a smooth and...


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