TFMR Tag

In December 2020, my wife and I found out the devastating news that our baby had stopped developing and that my wife would need a medical intervention to terminate the pregnancy. Unfortunately, due to COVID restrictions, I wasn’t even able to attend the hospital when...

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...

The hardest thing is knowing that Aria was only 4 weeks away from being acknowledged of her mark on this world, being 20 weeks gestation. We had no birth & death certificate and ‘abortion’ was put on my records, instead of TFMR. I always say she...

I am currently recovering from post haemorrhagic anaemia from a miscarriage. I had nurtured and nourished this bean, and yes, even given my baby a name. I am planting an autumn flowering ceanothus in memory of Yolanda. I need to grieve, and whatever the reason for a...

  Before lockdown had started, I found out I was pregnant with my second baby. I was feeling very tired, kept fainting, and had bleeding that looked like a period so i was referred to the early pregnancy unit for a scan. I was told everything was ok...

Before the COVID-19 lockdown had started I found out I was pregnant with my second baby. I was feeling very tired, kept fainting and had bleeding which appeared like a period so I was referred to the early pregnancy unit for a scan. I was...

I work at the Window to the Womb Obstetric and Diagnostic clinic and at 18 weeks and three days on the 9th February we went for a gender scan. I laid in the room I have worked in countless times and was scanned by a...

My husband and I were so excited to be expecting our first child this year. After almost a year of trying to conceive, we finally got our dream. It was at our 20-week scan that the sonographer gave us the devastating news that she could only...

  Having experienced a MMC (missed miscarriage) the year before, finding out we were pregnant was an exciting yet worrying time. After our 13-weeks scan we relaxed and shared the news. However, at our 20-weeks scan, we discovered that our baby had Potters Syndrome. After numerous scans...

Broken Empty, numb, with a distraught mind, feeling like a piece of me has died inside. That gaping hole longing to be a mum, forever grieving Brandon, my first son. Whose life was cut short far too soon, now united with the angels, shining from the moon.   It’s been two months, yet I’m...