Your stillbirth stories

Beth Braine is sharing her story to raise awareness of a rare pregnancy complication: Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy.

1 in every 250 pregnancies ends in a stillbirth in the UK. That's 8 babies every day. Find out more stillbirth statistics.

Nicola took part in Danceathon 2016 to help us fund vital research, having experienced the heartbreak of stillbirth when her son, Jack, was born sleeping.

Claire and Luke’s daughter Selah was stillborn in September 2017. This is Selah’s story.

Claire and Harry were heartbroken when they lost their first baby Jacob due to placenta problems, but with specialist care and support they had rainbow Oliver.

Caroline’s daughter, Hope, was stillborn in February 2020. In this blog, Caroline reflects on her grieving journey during a time of social isolation.

'I had everything ready, we'd bought his pram, had all his clothes and stocked up on nappies.' Chloe discusses her experience of stillbirth.

After Ben’s daughter, Kallipateira, died at 38 weeks, he set up a group for bereaved dads to come together and share their experiences.

She was perfect, and we loved her so much. In spite of our grief, we would never change our experience of knowing and loving Aisling.

Hayley and Martin from West Yorkshire fell pregnant with their first child, Ike, in February 2019. Sadly, their son was stillborn at 26 weeks.

With specialist care from our Placenta and Rainbow Clinic, Siobhan and Aaron has welcomed two healthy happy babies: born prematurely but are now thriving.

The work that Tommy’s do has been invaluable to my journey - they are the reason that I am now a mummy to a healthy little girl.