In 2020, we found out we were expecting our first baby. Our initial excitement was crushed at our 12 week scan when abnormalities were found. Five weeks of consultant appointments, scans and tests later, a diagnosis of Edward's Syndrome was reached - a one in...
Between 2010 to 2018, I 'lost' 15 babies. We worked with fantastic medical professionals over the years but no-one could ever find out why we were losing each pregnancy. It was the not knowing that was one of the most difficult aspects of the losses, as...
My husband and I were so excited to be expecting! We took extra care with everything we did. We told our family the great news and everyone was so happy, everything was going great! We started planning, then one day, my biggest nightmare happened at 20...
The most comforting step in my journey was knowing that someone else could relate to what I was going through. Back in 2018, following my late miscarriage I shared the news on social media. An old school friend reached out to me and I later learned...
Zachary was stillborn 11 days overdue. He'd be 9½ years old now and I'd probably still be with my wife. That day started a downward spiral. Six months later an unplanned pregnancy ended in a late miscarriage. Then a healthy boy was born, Samson. The...
We've experienced 5 losses now. Our first being a delivered miscarriage, a living baby girl born in 2017 & 4 recurrent losses since her birth, our last being an Ectopic Pregnancy ending with chemotherapy treatment.After our little girl was born I often felt that we...
I suffered a missed miscarriage 4 years ago this December coming. It was not expected and very traumatising for us. It still effects me today. Time has passed and the pain isn't everyday but there are always the what if's, who would she of looked...
I had two early miscarriages in 2020.Unbeknown to me at the time, the medication I was on (sertraline) can cause heart defects in pregnancy and also sometimes lung defects too. Going with the timing of when both pregnancies failed, they happened when the babies' hearts...
I’d been fighting infertility for 8 years before I managed to save up enough money to look at IVF (solo). The doctor appeared optimistic which gave me hope. After my egg retrieval I had 3 embryos at hand. My first transfer was clouded with the...
July 26th 1974, at 27 weeks pregnant I gave birth to baby girl. The nurse pulled 2 blue paper towels from a roll, wrapped my baby in one and placenta in the other and left the room with both. Then I was taken to the ward...