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We can’t hold our daughter in our arms, but we’ll always hold her in our hearts
Katie and her wife Stacey were delighted when Katie became pregnant after a round of IVF in 2017. At 36 weeks, Katie went into hospital, believing she was in labour and was given the devastating news that their baby’s heart had stopped beating. Their baby Skye was stillborn that evening
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Taking part in a research trial gave us hope after 3 heart-breaking miscarriages
After giving birth to her son Noah in 2012, Faye and her husband Dean had 3 miscarriages. In 2015, Faye took part in the PRISM trial led by researchers at Tommy’s National Centre for Miscarriage Research. Her daughter Leila was born in 2016.
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I can’t wait to tell my little boy why he’s called Tommy
Charley, 35, from Edinburgh was amazed when she found out she was pregnant in 2018. She’d been warned that pregnancy might be difficult for her as, a few years before, she’d had 3 procedures to remove abnormal cells from her cervix. After a worrying bleed at 10 weeks, Charley was referred to Tommy’s Lothian Preterm Birth Clinic at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. With access to specialist care and monitoring, Charley’s pregnancy progressed, and baby Tommy was born in May 2019.
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We will never stop being grateful to Tommy’s for giving us hope
Roslyn and Paul from South Ayrshire in Scotland had an early miscarriage before getting pregnant with their first daughter Ava who is now 4 years old. They went on to lose another 3 babies before getting a referral to Tommy’s National Centre for Miscarriage Research at University Hospital in Coventry. Their second daughter, Ciara, was born in April 2019 and is now 7 months old.
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We were made to feel like there was nothing that could be done
Kirsty and Paul from Preston had 3 miscarriages before they were referred to the Tommy’s National Centre for Miscarriage Research at Birmingham Women’s Hospital. In January 2019, Kirsty gave birth to Alice Ivy.
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My miscarriages made me feel like a complete failure as a woman
Danielle from Peterborough had had 3 recurrent miscarriages before being referred to the Tommy’s National Centre for Miscarriage Research. Whilst undergoing treatment, she lost another 2 babies before becoming pregnant for the sixth time. Danielle and her fiancé Ed are currently 21 weeks pregnant and their baby is due in March in 2020. This is Danielle’s story.
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We travelled to our son’s funeral in the car, a tiny coffin between us
Sharon and her husband Andrew from Manchester lost their son, James, at 29 weeks to stillbirth. Sharon was referred to the Tommy’s Rainbow Clinic with her second pregnancy
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Tommy’s changed our lives and we are eternally grateful
Obiele from London had 2 late miscarriages before referring herself to the Tommy’s Preterm Birth Clinic at St Thomas’ Hospital. She now has a 15 month old son, Tetteh-Kwei.
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Finding strength in vulnerability
My experience of baby loss has given me a new definition of self, a new way of seeing, and a new love – one so strong that it made saying hello and goodbye in the same day worth all the pain.
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Our Rainbow
Sam reflects on her experiences of loss and what the term rainbow baby means to her.
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