Your Stories

Here you can read about the experiences of bereaved parents, family members and friends affected by pregnancy or baby loss.

 

We are very grateful to everyone who has shared their stories of loss with us and they help us to raise awareness of the issues surrounding pregnancy or baby loss, and also help other bereaved parents and families to feel less alone.

I found out I was pregnant in May 2015 - it was a complete surprise but we were so excited. Our 12 week scan went brilliantly and no problems were detected, however at our 20 week scan we heard those heart-wrenching words ‘there is no...

In January 2018 I was rushed into theatre for what traumatically became life-saving surgery for myself to resect over 17 feet of my small intestine due to a volvulus. I was 7 months pregnant at the time with our daughter Isabella and tragically she lost...

I was in the seventh month of pregnancy when most of the doctors told me that they did not see the baby's stomach on the ultrasound, but someone did. That gave me even more hope to carry the pregnancy to the end. On May 2, my...

After waiting for almost two years for this pregnancy to happen, after so many prayers, tears, so many sleepless nights, hundreds of appointments and scans, tonnes of hormones and injections, finally our first-ever baby showed up on the pregnancy test. We couldn’t believe it, we...

My name is Emma and I fell pregnant with my son in 2019. Our pregnancy was textbook and we just spent all of our time planning our future as a family. Two days after my due date contractions began, we called the hospital, loaded the...

I had a missed miscarriage at 11+2 weeks pregnant. On 23/2/23 I heard the words nobody ever wants to hear, "I'm sorry there is no heartbeat". My whole world shattered in one second. I chose to have the surgical option and was booked in for...

I'm 22 and have recently lost my first baby to a late miscarriage. My pregnancy was going well, there were no known complications detected at my 12 week scan, and I was having a low-risk pregnancy.At 17 weeks and 5 days, I began to experience...

Friday 31st May 2019 at 20 weeks and 3 days I gave birth to the most beautiful sleeping baby boy. I will never forget those words the midwife said to me when she told me my baby no longer had a heart beat. Our exciting faces...

I had my first baby, she was born healthy and we were over the moon. We then fell pregnant about a year later - that’s when I was told I had Chronic histiocytic Intervillositis (CHI), and our little boy was born sleeping at 25 weeks;...

When we found out that I was pregnant in October 2021, we were both excited and ever so nervous. As this was my first pregnancy I didn't know what to expect. I had a perfect textbook pregnancy, however, a few times I had a little niggle...