Baby Loss

October 2022

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Baby loss: ‘We will always talk openly to our son about his big brother Everett’

Sinead and Paddy Lord always knew they wanted a family.

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August 2021

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Unmourned and unrecorded — the quest to acknowledge Ireland’s forgotten stillborn babies

‘We will never speak of this day again’. These were the words spoken by my grandfather sometime in the late 1940s after losing Henry, his youngest child and only son who died at birth at home.

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March 2021

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‘Recurrent miscarriage takes a terrible toll – it was only at 24 weeks, when I knew the pregnancy was viable, that I started to enjoy it’

An estimated one in four known pregnancies end in miscarriage. For up to 3pc of women, however, the devastating loss of a wanted baby is compounded by numerous subsequent losses, often unexplained. “It’s such a complex predicament, so deeply personal yet such a profound human experience,” says Dr Cathy Allen, consultant in charge of the recurring miscarriage service at the National Maternity Hospital.

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October 2020

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‘I couldn’t bear the thought of my little boy just dying inside me. I wanted to hold him and let him know he wasn’t alone’

ON the rare occasion, especially these days, that I take my kids to the supermarket I am usually met with the same comment: “Well you have your hands full there.”

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'Little stars in the sky' - Myleene Klass shares experiences of four miscarriages

Myleene Klass has revealed she has suffered four miscarriages and said she hopes sharing her experiences will help “even one lost soul”.

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The pain of losing a child: 'Photos and memories are all I have left now. If I can't share them, what can I do?'

When American model Chrissy Teigen made a heart-breaking post online, revealing that she and husband John Legend had lost their baby after pregnancy complications, many people reacted with compassion.

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July 2020

'A mother's worst fear is that a baby lost will be forgotten'

For the first time, next year's Census will include a section where parents who have lost a baby through stillbirth or miscarriage can acknowledge the little life that is part of their family and its story.

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January 2020

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'Our brave little girl Emmeline, she was so very loved' - Munster star Billy Holland and wife Lanlih on heartbreak of losing daughter

Emmeline Wahmay Holland closed her eyes in Crumlin Children's Hospital for the final time shortly after 9pm on May 18 last year, just one day short of being six months old.

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Yvonne Hogan: 'Society imposes a time limit on how long a woman can publicly grieve a miscarriage'

New research from the UK showing that the trauma of early miscarriage can linger for up to a year after the event, causing PTSD and anxiety in many cases, will not surprise anyone who has suffered a pregnancy loss, or supported someone through it.

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October 2019

Most women keep miscarriages and fertility problems secret from bosses

Only half of professional women who suffered a miscarriage have opened up about their tragedy to their employer and nearly two-thirds would keep personal fertility issues a secret from their manager, a new survey reveals today.

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‘In 2019, no one should suffer the shock of a miscarriage then have to struggle into work after a day off sick’

HR executive Lisa Finnegan endured the sadness of two miscarriages in silence, not daring to tell her colleagues or manager about her pain and loss.

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'Losing a baby is like the death of a dream... but ritual can help'

In her life as a journalist, Patricia Danaher, who is originally from Cork, covered politics in Ireland, rubbed shoulders with the A-list in the Hollywood Hills, and is the only Irish juror on the Golden Globes as a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

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'I was a walking coffin' - mother tells of despair at carrying baby who had died

A heartbroken mother described herself as a "walking coffin" as she carried around her precious child for three days, knowing she was lifeless in her womb.

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'I walked and prayed' - Corrs' Andrea reveals her agony over miscarriages

Andrea Corr has for the first time spoken about suffering several miscarriages, in an upcoming memoir.

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'All she experienced was love, in my belly... She had a wonderful nine months with us'

A week before we meet, Sarah Tobin received some bad news which sent her into emotional turmoil. About to board a train, she took herself off to the bathrooms of the station, where she cried her heart out.

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'I was delighted to get even a few minutes with her' - Irish mum on the heartbreak of losing her newborn baby

A Dublin couple have spoken movingly about losing their twin baby girl just over an hour after her birth.

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August 2019

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'I had 12 miscarriages, it was shocking' - Former RTE presenter Geri Maye

Former RTE presenter Geri Maye has opened up about the devastating impact having 12 miscarriages had on her.

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July 2019

Enduring the silent pain of miscarriage

She may be stunningly beautiful and fabulously successful, but sadly, former Miss World Rosanna Davison is no stranger to heartache.

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May 2019

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'My world went into a spin when I was told at my 12-week scan that there was no heartbeat' - Mum shares her story of miscarriage

My world went into a spin when I was told at my 12 week scan that there was no heartbeat and that I was having a silent miscarriage. I’d never even heard of a silent miscarriage. I was pregnant with my third child and I was thrilled as I'd always felt we would have three children. The doctor suggested I go home and let nature take it's course and come back after the weekend if it hadn't happened naturally.

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March 2019

'It hit us like a ton of bricks' - Presenter Alex Jones reveals she found out she had a miscarriage an hour before going on air

BBC prsenter Alex Jones has revealed that she hosted 'The One Show' just an hour after learning she had suffered a missed miscarriage.

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'How I wonder what he would be like had he been given the chance to live…' - One mother's story

Having lost a baby from miscarriage in November 1998, my husband Seán and I were delighted on March 19th 1999 to discover we were expecting another baby. All was well and once the first 12 weeks had passed I relaxed and began to enjoy the pregnancy. Our first scan gave us a due date of December 2nd and we were happy in the knowledge that our baby would arrive before Christmas.

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'I am writing these letters to you as a bridge between us' - Dad shares letters he wrote to his late baby

July 21, 1970.

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January 2019

'Why should you have to go through that on your own?' - Comedian Chris Ramsey opens up about the pain of miscarriage

British comedian Chris Ramsey has opened up about the miscarriage that he and his actress wife Rosie Winter suffered last year.

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'She did everything in her power to live' - Operation Transformation leader pays tribute to her baby who died at just five days old

One of the leaders on RTE’s Operation Transformation moved viewers to tears when she spoke to presenter Kathryn Thomas about the loss of her five-day-old baby Sloane last year.

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December 2018

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'After Poppy died, people wrote to me about suffering the same awful experience' - Gary Barlow on losing his baby

Gary Barlow says his continued grief over stillborn daughter Poppy helps him to feel closer to her.

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October 2018

'It was utterly devastating - our baby had just died and he was still in Judy’s womb' - Richard Madeley

British television presenter Richard Madeley – best known for the Richard and Judy daily chat show with his wife - has opened up about their experience of stillbirth.

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'I just wanted to hold her' - Mum of baby who died at just 8 weeks old

Arafa Musa lost her daughter Rahma two years ago at just eight weeks old.

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September 2018

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'We lost six precious little babies who will always have a place in our hearts' - Mum-of-three

I've just celebrated my 11th wedding anniversary. It's been a great 11 years and we've three wonderful children. People on the outside looking in see a perfectly "planned" family. Our oldest son, Daithí, is 9, our daughter, Síofra, is 7 and our youngest son, Oisín, just turned 3. But our perfectly "planned" little family wasn't easy to achieve. What people don't see, or what we don't show them is the heartache that we carry and will always carry. We've suffered six miscarriages over the last 10 years.

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July 2018

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'You don't talk about it because it's too raw' - Zara Tindall suffered a second miscarriage before giving birth to daughter Lena

Zara Tindall suffered a secret second miscarriage before giving birth to daughter Lena in June.

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March 2018

'We feel our baby Jesse is still very much with us' - heartbroken mum who lost baby in second trimester

Not all twins walk side by side, sometimes one has wings to fly and this became true for our family in August 2008 when I experienced a heterotopic pregnancy.