Your stories help raise awareness of the issues surrounding stillbirth and neonatal death, and also help other bereaved parents to understand that they are not alone.
Volunteers Week 2024 - Kate Breen, Bereaved Mum and Sands Volunteer "I volunteer for my daughter Isobel who was stillborn in July 2016. " Read this story
Volunteers Week 2024 - Sarah Green, Bereaved Mum and Norfolk Sands Co-chair "I’m Sarah and I’ve been a volunteer for Norfolk Sands for around five years. Read this story
Volunteers Week 2024 - Vikas Jain, Bereaved Dad and Sands Parent Speaker "I first came into contact with Sands in November of 2015. My wife Reena was around 35 weeks pregnant and our baby was diagnosed as very poorly in utero. Read this story
Volunteers Week 2024 - Geoff Davies, Bereaved Dad and Sands Befriender "I am Dad to Jacob, Daniel, Morgan and Bee. Jacob and Daniel both died over 20 years ago." Read this story
Volunteers Week 2024 - Martin Euden, Bereaved Grandpa and Sands Knitter "Just before Christmas in 2022, my daughter Lucy and her fiancé Manu, lost their first child, Myah Maria. It was a devastating time for us all. Read this story
Sarabjit's Story - Finding Baby Arjan's Ashes Sarabjit has shared her experience about the death of her son, Arjan in 1991. Sarabjit also talks about how an Instagram post from Sands led her to seek out more information about the location of her son's ashes. Sarabjit talks about the positive impact finding Arjan's ashes has had on her experience. Read this story
A bereaved mother of mixed Black and white British ethnicity A bereaved mother of mixed Black and white British ethnicity told us how she had struggled to get information about what was happening in her own pregnancy. After her daughter, Genesys, was stillborn at 24 weeks, the mother was left feeling that saving her child had not been a priority for those involved in her care. Read this story
A bereaved mother of Asian/Indian ethnicity A bereaved mother of Asian/Indian ethnicity felt she was not listened to by healthcare staff and so did not get the care she needed to feel safe when giving birth to her baby at home at 16 weeks. Read this story
Vaishali's story Vaishali is a bereaved mother of Asian/Indian ethnicity, who lost her baby Jaya at 22 weeks and one day. With the right care and information, she believes that Jaya's death could have been prevented. Read this story
Amber's story Amber is a mother of mixed white and Black Caribbean ethnicity. Her story shows how a series of errors from early pregnancy contributed to the death of her twins, despite her working hard to access the care she knew she needed. Read this story
Daniel's story Daniel is a father of Black Caribbean ethnicity, whose first baby was stillborn at 41 weeks and 4 days. His story shows the importance of healthcare staff providing clear and personalised information when supporting Black and Asian parents to make decisions about their care. Read this story
Chloe's story After a fabulous wedding day, an amazing honeymoon and eventually moving in to our first home at the end of a long period of restoration, falling pregnant was the final piece to our puzzle. Read this story
Bhavna and Vijay's story In May 2019, our son Joshan passed away in his father’s arms, shortly after he was born. He was removed from the ventilator, after we were told by doctors that he would not make a recovery, following a delayed emergency c-section. Read this story
Laura's story In September 2020, I was pregnant with our daughter Lila when my waters broke prematurely. A few days later, Lila died during labour. Despite almost losing our older daughter Robyn the same way a few years earlier, I was totally unprepared for the overwhelming grief and anger I felt at Lila’s loss. Read this story
Laurellie's story In September 2022, we lost our little girl at 18 weeks having gone into spontaneous labour, turning our world upside down. Trying to navigate this trauma, grief and loss was the hardest thing either of us have ever had to do. Read this story