Baby Loss Awareness Week is a time for everyone in the baby loss community and beyond to come together, to remember our much-loved and missed babies, and raise awareness of pregnancy and baby loss.
Few experiences can compare to the trauma and pain of pregnancy and baby loss. During this Baby Loss Awareness Week, we acknowledge that finding ways to nurture your mental and physical wellbeing is a vital part of anyone’s bereavement journey.
We know that everyone is affected differently and that there is no right or wrong way to feel. Each person needs different types of support and this can change over time. Some people may be happy to talk, others might take comfort from quietly reading about others’ experiences, while some may prefer to meet face to face and share their experience.
There are a number of groups and a selection of resources available for anyone on this journey
When pregnancy goes wrong – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
Miscarriage – Afterwards – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
Sands | Saving babies’ lives. Supporting bereaved families.
Saving babies’ lives – Charity for Babies | Tommy’s (tommys.org)
Baby Loss Awareness Week – Break the silence around baby loss (babyloss-awareness.org)
Baby Loss Awareness Week culminates with the global “Wave of Light” on 15th October at 7pm, this is also a globally recognised event that invites us to light a candle in memory of all babies’ lives gone to soon and we invite you all to share your Wave of Light with us.