Baby Loss Awareness Week
While restrictions have eased throughout 2021, the impact and pressures of the pandemic have still been very much felt by families and healthcare professionals alike. That’s why this year’s theme, wellbeing, remains vitally important – looking after yourself and those around you in order to process grief, loss and other challenges.
Your wellbeing and support
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Baby loss information and support
For anyone who has experienced the loss of a baby, whether through miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal death, or termination for medical reasons. -
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Support around wellbeing
Organisations, blogs and communities that provide support with issues around wellbeing and mental health through loss and pregnancy after loss. -
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The Baby Loss Series
Through this series, we want to raise awareness of the prevalence of baby loss, and support families affected so they feel less alone.
Coping with grief: your stories
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"After my own experience, I want to support other parents through loss"
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Breaking the silence around baby loss in the Nigerian community
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Late miscarriage and giving birth to a baby you don't get to take home
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Missed miscarriage and facing the devastating decision to TFMR
How we can help – thanks to you
We refuse to accept that 1 in 4 pregnancies have to end in loss or premature birth. Last year, your generosity during Baby Loss Awareness Week directly supported our work on lifesaving research, changing government and NHS policy and providing expert care and information. We’ve been proud take more steps forward in our mission to make pregnancy and birth safer for every family in the UK and to ensure that preventing baby loss remains at the top of the Government’s agenda:
- Publishing our Miscarriage Matters research findings through The Lancet, challenging the rules that say parents must have 3 losses in a row, and developing guidelines for a National Miscarriage Care Package.
- Responding to maternity safety issues, working to make sure families weren’t put at greater risk of pregnancy and baby loss by changes caused by Covid-19.
- Answering 1,582 calls and 4,198 emails via our midwife support line, a 56% increase on pre-pandemic volumes, and providing advice and emotional support to those who needed it.
- Launching a joint policy unit with Sands, with the aim of halving the number of UK baby deaths by 2030.
With your help, we’ll continue this work to save babies’ lives and ensure the best possible care throughout pregnancy and loss, no matter where you might live.
£20 a month over a year
You’re not alone
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Baby loss stories
Losing a baby can feel very isolating, but it's important to remember that you're not alone. Some parents find it helpful to read stories from people who have had similar experiences to them, like the blogs on our website. -
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Baby loss support group
Sharing your experience helps. Our Facebook Support Group is for everyone who needs support after loss. It's a secure place to come together and connect as a community without fear or judgement. -
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Parenting after loss support group
We know that being pregnant again after loss can be extremely difficult. This support group is for those who need support when pregnant or parenting after previous loss.