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Grimsby Telegraph: New Scunthorpe support group to open for bereaved parents

Bereaved parents and their families have been invited to attend a new support group in Scunthorpe. It is run by...

Posted 8 January 2019

The Sun: I am afraid to grieve for my beautiful daughter who only lived for two weeks

A bereaved father sent a letter to agony aunt Deidre about the death of his baby daughter. Continue reading

Posted 8 January 2019

New NHS plan to help pregnant women quit drinking alcohol and smoking

NHS England has launched a new plan to help drinkers and smokers who are admitted to hospital to quit. More...

Posted 8 January 2019

New support group to open in Scunthorpe for bereaved parents

Bereaved parents and their families in Scunthorpe and the surrounding areas, are being invited to a new group that supports...

Posted 7 January 2019

Grazia: 'I didn't stop being a mother because my baby died'

Bereaved mother J essica Clasby-Monk has shared her story on her baby son, Leo, who died in 2016. Continue reading

Posted 5 January 2019

7 years on...

The weeks and months were hard after the funeral. Life was complicated and I didn’t know how to deal with any of it. I lost a piece of me – my Harrison, my beautiful boy.

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A baby after loss

I lost my first-born Harrison at 36+6 (born 37+1) in 2011, he was stillborn and there were “no obvious” reasons for his death.

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Your First 100 days

I am sure this is not what you expected, I know it was not what I had or in my case for my second loss of my twins. Not the first 100 we should have been marking.

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