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  • Baby Loss Awareness Week, 9th - 15th October 2018

    We are one of 60 strong charities that come together during Baby Loss Awareness Week (9th - 15th October) to help ...

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  • SANDS New Bereavement App

    In September, SANDS launched a bereavement support app and with Baby Loss Awareness Week approaching, we wanted to...

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  • Stillbirth Documentary to be Aired on Channel 4, 18th October 2018

    A new documentary called “Child of Mine” will be aired on 18th October on Channel 4 at 10pm **Please note tha...

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  • RCOG Release New Online Leaflet - Placenta Previa, Placenta Accreta and Vasa Praevia

    The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) have said that placenta praevia, placenta accreta and...

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  • AFFIRM Study Results

    A newly published study, ‘Awareness of fetal movements and care package to reduce fetal mortality (AFFIRM)’ ha...

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  • A beautifully written piece about grief

    We came across this beautiful piece of writing and thought that many of our visitors might relate to it. It is tak...

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  • A letter to a bereaved Dad on International Bereaved Fathers Day. I see you.

    It’s International Bereaved Fathers Day today. Whilst this is written from someone's personal perspective, we ho...

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  • A survey suggests that a third of mothers do not practice pelvic floor exercises

    New findings suggest that a third of existing and expectant mothers don’t practice pelvic floor exercises. What ...

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  • Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Bill in Final Stages

    A parliamentary bill is now in the final stages of being agreed that will allow bereaved parents the right to at l...

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  • Healthy Weight Management in Pregnancy

    The Royal College of Midwives would like to see clear guidance on healthy weight management during pregnancy. Surv...

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  • The Outcome for the Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle Evaluation

    The Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle was published by the NHS in 2016 in an ambition to halve the UK’s rate of st...

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  • New figures released from the National Office of Statistics

    There was welcome news from the National Office of Statistics yesterday that in 2017, the number of stillbirths in...

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