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Grieving alone – As a couple

We were both mourning the same daughter, but our grief was vastly different My husband Mark and I both … More

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In an event space that saw thousands of pregnant women pass through, it can sit uneasy knowing that stillbirth occurs at a rate of 1 in 137 pregnancies (that's 6 a day in Australia)! So while enjoying the bliss of choosing strollers, cots, swaddles and onesies - grab a pamphlet, a sticker or a magnet as you pass us at Still Aware. 🙋🏻‍♀️🤰 This free information could give you the tools to know if your baby is trying to communicate something important with you. 👶🏽 @stillaware founder Claire Foord with Doula, Hypnobirthing and all around beautiful birthing lady Vicki Hobbs (vickihobbs.com) and I after the education session run by Still Aware at the @pbcexpo in Perth. Still Awares easy to use Steps to a Safer Pregnancy is driven by current academic research in the area and backed by those with lived experience.✔ #pregnancy #safepregnancy #stillbirthsuppport #stillbirthawareness #stillbirth #miscarriage #loss #empower #education #pregnancyloss #prevention #love #pbc #babies

When events are focused on bereavement it can be assumed thay kids are not really part of that. But outside of the support service it is so lovely to see the kids at events. Here we, (as in the adults) are preping gifts for hospitals. Involving living siblings in these type of event can really assist in normalising the conversation around their deceased sibling. Knowing they are not alone in the experience and hearing adults conversing about both everyday and emotive topics simultaneously in a real way can be a positive step in better understanding their own connections. . . #stillbirth #stillbirthsupport #sands #pregnancy #childloss #death #grief #parenting #children #kids #support #perth

Enjoying the company of people who share similar experiences of loss is a very liberating thing. You may or may not be suprised at how much we laugh...😊 support comes in many ways. . . . #stillbirth #support #grief #loss #community #childloss #friends #family #sands #pregnancy #parenting #love #blackandwhite #perth

Change is as good as a holiday! Time to refresh the logo over on my website and insta account, a little less cluttered whilst retaining the same aesthetics💛 I love the shining golden circular pattern because when I was in the hospital with Claudia I would hold her close and sing her songs. Such a normal bonding nurturing act. The one I sang over and over is one of my favourite. A soft slow whimsical melody called Horses by Tori Amos, and it has the line "..and threads that are golden don't break easily.." It felt special like it connected us, even a mother and a daughter who isn't alive can do something so normal. Share a lullaby. Now it makes me smile to feel how much I can love someone I cannot hold but know I'm forever connnected to and in love with. That's big love. That's something beyond words. . . #stillbirth #support #stillbirthsupport #love #grief #songs @toriamos #loss #parenting #infantdeath #family #beautiful #music

Yep that's my girl Claudia - wasn't expecting to see my baby girl whilst casually scrolling the news - The article is about the goverment potentially covering the costs of an autopsy for stillborn babies. This would be fantastic. We didn't request an autopsy for Claudia and honestly, cost didn't factor into that decision. At the time your focus is on more immediate matters. However just because we didn't have an autopsy performed doesn't mean it's not a vital avenue of information. Give parents options. It should absolutely be subsidised. 🖤❤ Our interview with the ABC is attached to the link in related articles, the one I did supply photos for. . #stillbirth #support #love #preganacy #death #news #stillbirthsupport #infantdeath #childloss #grief

Whenever you can, say their name. Weather it's to others or to yourself. Let their name bring you pride, let their name bring you strength, let it roll of your tongue with love, flow from your lips with no shame. Whenever you want, say their name. Leave open your heart to what their short lives have brought to yours 🖤💜 . . #stillbirthsuppprt #stillbirthawareness #stillbirth #infantdeath #childloss #grief #loss #openness #mindfulness #breathe #miscarriage #support #love

Putting our hands together to make up the 'Thank you' gifts for midwives at our local state hospitals. They do so much for bereaved families ❤ . . #grief #griefandloss #stillbirthsuppprt #stillbirth #infantdeath #peersupport #midwives #thankyou #gratitude #love

Reading these words, it feels like just yesterday. So strong were the feelings of panic and anxiety that in the blink of an eye I can bring them all back like they are in the here and now. Flooded with the feelings of having one pregnancy give me my son to hold and watch grow, whilst the other pregnancy took my daughter who was just as precious to me. . For anyone who is experiencing a subsequent pregnancy after loss or has experienced this in the past, Thinking of you ..Xx . Full article over on the website, link in Bio.."Life inside the Rainbow: the truth about my rainbow pregnancy" . . Repost from @stillaware - a brilliant source of important information on healthy pregnancy . #stillbirth #stillbirthsupport #stillaware #death #pregnancyloss #pregnancy #childloss #family #anxiety #stress #panic #mentalhealth #support #griefandloss #griefsupport #grief

New post!📥 Inside Stillbirth: waiting in no-man's-land. . "One space of time that, in the vast violent thunderstorm that is experiencing stillbirth, to me is the literal eye of the storm. The stillness that comes after the shock, but the waiting that precedes trauma." . Click on the link in the bio to access a new article on stillbirth❤ . #stillbirth #stillbirthsupport #family #grief #trauma #support #parenting #parenthood #childloss #sids #griefandloss #griefsupport #family #familysupport #life #love #livinglife #death #personaldevelopment #babies #beautiful

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