With the baby loss certificates being back in the press, we thought it would be timely to share the journey of the certificates. So many people are interested in how long it took for us to bring them to pass and I’m constantly asked about the process and work that happened behind the scenes. Head to: sayinggoodbye.org/medical/ba… I think most of your questions will be answered here. @FloellaBenjamin @BBCBreakfast @ClarkCoates @collinge1717

We're looking for volunteers who are UK-based midwives and obstetricians to participate in an online focus group on antenatal fetal monitoring. We would need no more than 90 minutes of your time. Please contact lydia.hughes-3@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk if you're interested.

Zoe and I welcome the news that 100,000 baby loss certificates have now been issued in England since Feb 24 following our recommendation in The Pregnancy Loss Review To request a certificate please follow this link : gov.uk/request-baby-loss-cer…

The Stillbirth Priority Setting Partnership (PSP) would like to ask UK-based parents, professionals and anyone affected by stillbirth, what you think are the important unanswered questions about stillbirth. Please complete the survey at tinyurl.com/2a3dase3 @MFH_Research

The moral challenges of offering active care to extremely preterm infants theguardian.com/society/2024…

💜We welcome the news that baby loss certificates are now going to be available to anyone in England who would like one. 💜Use this link to request your certificate: gov.uk/request-baby-loss-cer…

We did it ❤️❤️❤️ Everyone in England can now apply for a baby loss certificate, whether the loss was yesterday or eighty years ago. Ten years ago, I had a dream that the parents of every baby that was lost in pregnancy would be able to be given an official government-issued certificate, so we launched a campaign. Mariposa International (Saying Goodbye) was a lone voice until Baroness Floella Benjamin pledged to support us in our endeavour. Roll forward a few years to March 2018 when The Secretary of State for Health asked me and Samantha Collinge to co-chair and author the government’s pregnancy loss review, which included looking at the feasibility of introducing the certificate. All of that work has resulted in this significant day. I know how much this means to so many people as your babies are finally being officially acknowledged. You can apply for a certificate here: gov.uk/request-baby-loss-cer…

Great to have started the ball rolling with you again Zoe to get the definition of Still-Birth reduced to 20wks which millions of women will benefit from. That’s what makes being in the @UKHouseofLords important to me @ClarkCoates ❤️

💜 Baby Loss Awareness Week will end with the global #WaveOfLight at 7pm tonight. #BLAW #babylossawarenessweek 💜 Listen to our new series of podcasts here and learn more about Abigail’s Footsteps: abigailsfootsteps.co.uk/a_jo…

Remembering our much-loved and missed babies. They will never be forgotten 💙🧡 🕯️ #WaveOfLight #BLAW #BLAW2024 #BabyLoss #PregnancyLoss #BabyLossAwarenessWeek

Very specially remembering all those babies that have died and all those pregnancies that have been lost - and remembering all of their families and friends. #WaveOfLight #BLAW @SandsUK

My candle lit in memory of all the angel babies for all the parents I have been privileged to support over the past 36years #blaw2024 xx💕

Thank you so much to Catherine for sharing your triplet boys with us this week. You can see Catherine’s full video on our homepage on our YouTube channel. youtu.be/uMg7jXBpHGY?si=_6J5… Please do subscribe to see future videos that we share.

275 women died in the UK during pregnancy or up to six weeks after the end of pregnancy in 2020-2022 from causes related to or exacerbated by pregnancy among 2,028,543 women giving birth, a maternal mortality rate of 13.56 per 100,000 buff.ly/2HR30eT

Congratulations!. It’s finally happened. So many memories of discussions with colleagues at DH &support to Zoe, Sam & all involved & finally, every baby that was lost in early pregnancy will be formally acknowledged. Parents will be given an official government-issued certificate

Sharon Darke shares her experience of losing her twin boys to coincide with Baby Loss Awareness Week 🩷💙 @BLA_Campaign

I have to do a dedicated post to my dear friend and @SayingGoodbyeUK Ambassador @FloellaBenjamin Ten years ago, I had a dream that the parents of every baby that was lost in pregnancy would be able to be given an official government-issued certificate, so we launched a campaign. Mariposa International (Saying Goodbye) was a lone voice until Baroness Floella Benjamin saw me on @BBCBreakfast in 2017 and pledged to support us in our endeavour. We produced a bill that was introduced through The House of Lords and we became confident that this dream of certification would one day become a reality. Roll forward a year to March 2018 when The Secretary of State for Health (@Jeremy_Hunt ) asked me and Samantha Collinge (@collinge1717)to co-chair and author the government’s pregnancy loss review, which included looking at the feasibility of introducing the certificate. Sam and I spent nearly six years conducting an in depth review of the clinical care and support of people affected by baby loss. This resulted in 73 recommendations to overhaul and change the care which is offered. The review was accepted in its entirety and we are now working with @10DowningStreet @DHSCgovuk @NHSEngland and others to implement the recommendations. We are utterly thrilled that we were able to deliver the certification scheme through the work of our review as we know it will benefit millions of families. It’s been an utter privilege to lead the campaign for the certification and then have the opportunity to also deliver it through ‘The Pregnancy Loss Review’. I want to dedicate this work to the millions of heartbroken individuals who begged for their precious babies to be officially recognised and acknowledged by government, your voices and support has carried me and @SayingGoodbyeUK through.