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Missed miscarriage at 12 week scan – A Mother’s Story

A mother shares how she discovered she’d had a missed miscarriage at her 12 week scan when she saw her beautifully formed baby sleeping on the screen. She shares how the words “there is no heartbeat” will be forever etched in her brain and how she didn’t ever consider this could happen to her as she had already had a successful pregnancy. She also shares how when she fell pregnant again with her rainbow baby boy she wasn’t able to enjoy her pregnancy because she had fears of previous events.

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Stillbirth: “It was the hardest time of our lives” - Nicola’s Story

When Nicola didn’t feel her baby boy Zach move a few days before her due date, she thought his movements were slowing ahead of her giving birth. She went to her local hospital to be checked and received the devastating news that Zach had passed away. Nicola shares how Zach’s stillbirth, telling her two older children that they wouldn’t be having the sibling they were excited about, and planning Zach’s funeral was the hardest time of her and her husband’s lives. After going through such a difficult time, Nicola reflected on life and considered doing the things she had kept putting off beforehand, including writing a children’s book “The Magic Fairground”. This really helped Nicola to cope with her grief and to shift her focus gradually from grieving to new possibilities.

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