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I found out I was pregnant with our first child after returning from a beautiful holiday in Europe in 2022. I surprised my husband with the news on our 3-year wedding anniversary. My 'gift' to him was the positive pregnancy test wrapped up in a little box. We were over...
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After my husband Darren and I got married, we found out that it was going to be a little harder for us to conceive than we originally thought. We went down the fertility assistance path and through IVF got pregnant on our first transfer with our little boy, who we...
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Born on the 26th January 2021 at only 36 weeks and 2 days gestation, our daughter, our creation, our little sunflower – Frankie Marjorie Knox entered this world in silence. Here is our story… On January 19, 2021 I was 35 weeks 2 days gestation when I noticed Frankie was...
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Dearest precious Mars, You have generated so much love. It is a healing story. Can I share your story? Yes, I see that rainbow. Thank you, Mars. On June 29th (your due date) you were born, Mars Louis Fuller, our perfect, beautiful grandson and you brought with you so much...
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Today (29/11/21) my grandson would be 5 months old, smiling, giggling, cheekily taking everything in, if he was with us. The sadness sits heavily in my heart. I try to take comfort thinking of his gentle soul is somewhere in the universe watching over us. June 29, 2021, our youngest...
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This might seem like another weird and unusual title for a blog, or even an unusual way to start a blog, but I read something the other day that really made me think about why I do the things I do (and why I have done them since the loss...
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I talk about him because I’m proud. I talk about him, because he deserves to be remembered. I talk about him, because even though he’s not physically here with me, he’s never far from my mind. I talk about him, because he’s part of me, a part that I could...
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Some may think the loneliest day of my life was the day that we lost Jasper, and in many ways it was. To be honest, I’m not sure that there was or is just one day that is the ‘loneliest day’ when you lose a child, but other than the...
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My blogs, fundraisers, donations & sharing of my personal experience of loss & life after loss all lead to one thing…vulnerability. I share so that I can help to break such a taboo subject in society as well as to encourage others to speak up & let themselves be vulnerable…to...
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Written by Caroline Campbell, mum of Xanthe, for Still Aware I was 38 years old and 9 months pregnant with my third child on that day when my world came crashing down. Thursday, March 30th, 2017. I hated Thursdays for a long time afterward, and I still hate the month...
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Lauren Citrone, mother of Logan, wrote this poem in remembrance of her angel baby, a year after he was born sleeping on 26 January 2014. This year is Logan’s 5th birthday. “It’s been 365 days since you kicked me and I felt you move inside me It’s been 365 days...
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What another bereaved mother wants you to know In our society, there are many negative connotations attached to the term ‘stillbirth’. Which I suppose is understandable. To lose a life which has barely begun is, after all, one of life’s most devastating, soul shattering tragedies. We know this. But while...