Melanie and Sean’s daughter Mylee was only 15 months old when she unexpectedly died in 2012. Here Melanie shares how Mylee’s siblings remember and express their love for their sister. For a long time we believed Mylee died of Sudden Unexpected Death in Childhood (SUDC) and we walked the path of the unknown like many […]
Family Stories: Bereaved Parents
Efrem And Blandina A Story Of Grief And Healing
The sweetest news you can receive when you are trying to have a baby is … your partner is pregnant! The worst news you can get if you are already thinking you will become a parent is…. that you will not. Meet parents Efrem and Blandina. After Efrem and Blandina made the difficult decision to […]
Skye And Trent’s Story
Although we had anxiously gone to be checked out, we never expected the devastating news that was about to come – news from the midwife and obstetrician that they were unable to find Nina’s heartbeat. She had sadly passed away.
Candy And Mark’s Story
In 2010 I was expecting my first child, it was a dream run pregnancy and everything was going well. Then on a normal Saturday, when I was 38.5 weeks pregnant, I realised I couldn’t recall if I had felt movement that day. Our first baby Millan was stillborn 10 years ago. One of the things […]
Belinda and Rory Sloane Release Lion Warrior Documentary Honouring Son Leo
“The stillbirth rate in Australia hasn’t changed in 20 years, and there’s six parents going home without their baby every day, which to me is just mortifying,” says Belinda.
Craig’s Story
Former Red Nose Chairman, Craig Heatley, shares his story and why we can’t wait another 40 years to unlock the reasons why babies die suddenly and unexpectedly.
A Life Too Short
With the birth of my first child, A beautiful baby boy, It was said that the gods had smiled, My life now filled with joy. A life that was so innocent, A soul that was so pure, An unconditional love, Was ready to endure. A life time of memories, Were about to start, Now all […]
Karin’s Story: Surviving a Miscarriage
When my husband and I first talked about having children, we imagined many things: how it would feel to take that pregnancy test, holding our hands on my tummy to feel the baby kick, my emotional outbursts that would be inevitable due to my messed up hormone levels. What we got instead was heartbreak, a […]
Changed – Living with Stillbirth
My world changed the instant that we found out that our first child was going to be stillborn. Everything fell apart. Very little seemed to help me cope except the love and support of my family and friends and writing. I had always kept journals/diaries and found that writing helped me to cope with my […]
I Sit Here
I sit here thinking of a sweet little face I sit here wondering why such sadness is in place. I sit here pondering of what our Maya would now be like I sit here dreaming of a laughing busy little tyke. I sit here and know what I feel and see in on the inside […]
Being A Grieving Dad: A Personal Perspective
This is Wayne’s story. Dad to Zac, Sean and Zoe. Christmas is traditionally a day of celebration and socks & jocks as presents. It takes on a whole different meaning for grieving dads. It is truly a day of conflicting emotions. On one hand there is the joy of getting presents from my daughter on […]
I am Positive – A poem for Christian
I have been told that in the face of adversity you must be positive. Since the death of my son Christian I am positive about many things. I am positive that losing my son is the hardest thing I have ever endured. I am positive that I loved him more than words can say. I […]
Dear Grieving Father From Another
As a man who lost his son at 7 days of age almost 9 months ago, I guess the advice I would offer a newly grieving father is simply this – Slow down! You have had a serious shock to your system! You are hurt, injured! Like it or not, admit it or not! Don’t […]
Father’s Day – A bereaved Dad’s perspective
Here we are, another event that is about to occur that triggers emotions in men that have lost a child (or have lost a dad for that matter), Father’s Day. Since I have lost two children during different times of the year, I have the pleasure of dealing with multiple event triggers throughout the year. […]
I am an Inspiration
I am an inspiration … The fact that I got up out of bed makes me an inspiration. That somewhere along the line I chose to live. That I could swallow food again and even taste it. That I no longer feel guilty about laughing. That I walked out my front door the first time. […]
My Daddys Grief
If you ask my Dad how he feels? He’ll probably be as quiet as the midnight air Because of this horrible pain he tries to bare And If you ask him and he just quietly sighs Look harder, you’ll see the pain in his eyes. Even if he does happen to tell you he’s coping […]
