A collection of interesting, insightful and inspirational blogs and articles.
Articles
- After a Stillbirth, a Silent Delivery Room
- EastEnders We Salute You – An impassioned article on the fight against miscarriage / stillbirth taboos. Highly recommended
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How to Help a Grieving Friend: 11 Things to Do When You’re Not Sure What to Do
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INSIDE TRACK: Shining a light on a tragedy that is still taboo
- Life after the death of a child
- Losing my twin baby boys for ever changed the way I treat my patients
- Miscarriage: you don’t have to be strong for me
- One mother’s devastating story of stillbirth – ‘I was told: “There is his heart and there is no heartbeat”‘
- Pledge to end UK ‘scandal’ of 17 stillborn babies a day
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Stillbirth: ‘If the hospital had taken me seriously, my baby son might be alive’
- Stillbirth: Your Stories
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What the New Mom to a Baby Born after a Loss Needs Her Friends and Loved Ones to Know
- Why are men still ignored when we talk about miscarriage?
- Why I Talk About My Stillbirth
- Woman who had stillborn twins: ‘I felt like a mother with no children to hold’
Blogs
- An open letter to a recently bereaved mom – Headspace Perspective
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Life After Miscarriage – “So When Are You Going To Have Another?” – Percy and Grace
- Knowing when NOT to speak – Sunshine after the Storm
- A post of righteous fury at the unintended consequences of well meant platitudes. Warning: contains examples that will make you equally (if not more) furious.
- On the laziness of grief – Rainbeaubelle
- Parenting and finding joy after stillbirth – Joy and Pops
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Stillbirth. My story, my son Louis – Claire Copland – Blogs for Babies
Books
- Consolation for Life’s Darkest Hours: 7 Unusual and Wonderful Books that Help Children Grieve and Make Sense of Death
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Michael Rosen’s Sad Book: A Beautiful Anatomy of Loss, Illustrated by Quentin Blake
- The Heart and the Bottle
Campaigns
Games
- How Video Games Are Changing The Way We Grieve
- My Mother’s House explores death, grief and memories as a Minecraft poem
Medical
Workplace
- Bereavement in the workplace – Acas guidance for employers
- EHRC – Employee rights for stillbirth / miscarriage FAQs
- EHRC – Guidance for employees – Covers employment rights in the event of stillbirth / miscarriage
- Managing bereavement in the workplace
- SANDS guidance on returning to work – Employee
- SANDS guidance on returning to work – Employer
- Six steps to supporting employees through bereavement
- TAMBA Bereavement booklet – Page 40 covers return to work
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