'They couldn’t find a cause, something we later learned is the case in up to half of stillbirths'
"We’d never stepped foot in the hospital before and felt completely disoriented when we were told the earth-shattering news that he’d died." These are the heartbreaking words of one family who would never get the answer they yearned for - how their little one died after a six month pregnancy.
"But despite being the saddest and scariest experience of our lives, the staff at Saint Mary’s were nothing short of amazing. Their bereavement midwives took Louis’ photos, hand and footprints, helped us to arrange his funeral, and provided us with counselling to help us come to terms with our loss and traumatic birth and feel supported to go through pregnancy again.
Jess was prescribed progesterone pessaries, baby aspirin and high doses of folic acid, vitamin D, and omega 3, based on Tommy’s research that shows they can help improve the outcome of some pregnancies after loss. They also had more scans than in their previous pregnancies. "Having had to go back to work just two weeks after Louis had died, I later took some time off work to grieve, recover from his birth and our losses, and focus on my health and wellbeing. Being self-employed and working full time, this took a huge hit on my work and our finances, but I needed to prioritise my pregnancy.
The Manchester Rainbow Race is an annual fun run hosted by the Tommy’s Maternal and Fetal Health Research Centre at the University of Manchester, for families to come together and support the work they do in understanding stillbirth and developing treatments to prevent it.
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