This year marks the 5 year birthday of my daughter Bella who was stillborn.

Myself and my fiancé became parents to our son Noah George Yates on the 19/09/2018. Unfortunately he was born sleeping at 41 weeks.

The day began like all the rest,

I stroked my bump and took a breath

Then pains got worse but I stayed strong,

Though in my heart the pain felt wrong,

On 30th October 2017 the day started off like any normal day I was 34 and a half weeks pregnant and in my last week of work before maternity leave.

We had been struggling to fall pregnant.

On the 13th March 2018 my world fell apart. On the 12th March I started having stomach cramps, which the GP assured me were braxton hicks. I was 33 weeks 4 days when they started.

I’ve always been exposed to death, working as a palliative care nurse you think you can handle any situation, we are described as being as strong as steel.

Friday evening going into labour at 11:00pm on the way to the hospital with contractions every couple of minutes...so excited..

My day today has been so sad but happy. Our baby girl Rosemary was stillborn in April 1961. My husband and I were 22 at the time and very naive.

Time for me to tell Louis’ story and raise some awareness for triploidy as it isn’t very well known...



On the 13th June 2018 the day that changed me forever!

WE’VE FOUND YOU BROTHER DAVID



We’ve found you brother David,

We can’t believe it’s true,

We’ve thought about you long and hard,

I was at 22 weeks and 5 days. The week before I went for my 21 week scan and was told our little girl was perfectly happy, but I just didn’t believe it.

I had a pretty good pregnancy but towards the end I could not feel him moving.

As a grieving mother of a baby girl born and lost almost six months ago, I’m in the middle of what they call “the angry stage”.

Over 50 years ago my Mum was forced to carry her baby daughter, Joanne to full term, even though she had died inside the womb a month earlier, no explanation given, bu