17 Babies are stillborn or die shortly after birth everyday in the UK

And on the 3rd April 2003, I was one of them parents, my baby Rachel was just 1 of the 17 and was stillborn at 39 weeks of pregnency, due to placental abbruption.

Sands is an organiisation which can offer support when a baby dies during pregnancy or after birth.

The care parents receive around the time of a loss/es has a huge impact of what happened and their ability to cope

Support for all

The death of a baby can happen to any one of us. What brings us together in Sands is the common experience of this painful loss.

Your baby may have been stillborn or died during or soon after birth. He or she might have spent some time in a special care baby unit. It may be that your baby died at an earlier gestation or that you had to make the difficult decision to end your pregnancy. We offer support whenever a baby dies.

As well as supporting mothers and fathers, we are also able to help other members of your family, especially grandparents and other children. Many people may be touched by your baby's death, including friends and health professionals, and all are welcome to contact us for support and information.

You may not want anything from us right away. We are here to help whenever you feel you need it. That may be now or in a few weeks months or even years.

Our core aims:

Sands is a national charity, established by bereaved parents in 1981.

We have 3 core aims which are to:

• Support anyone affected by the death of a baby;
  
• To work in partnership with health professionals to improve the quality of care and services offered to bereaved families; and
  
• To promote research and changes in practice that could help to reduce the loss of babies' lives

 

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