Latest Bereavement Articles
End of Lockdown - Advice for bereaved families
Sydneysiders, Territorians and Melburnians are beginning to emerge bleary-eyed and exhausted from extended lockdowns. State and international borders are opening. Families and friends are reuniting, s...
Supporting Your Adult Grieving Child - What Can I Do?
“I am powerless, I am helpless. I am frustration. I sit with her and I cry with her I can’t reach inside her and take her broken heart. I must watch her suffer day after day.” 1 (Margare...
Book Club
Ever wanted to join a book club but been unsure if you can commit to reading a book every month? Then Our Book* Club (*with Movie Option) is for you!
Older Loss
In loving memory of Thomas
I fell pregnant with Thomas after one try learning of my pregnancy two days before I was to start a new job. It was a surprise and massive shock. I always told him he had inconvenient timing. I was so...
Still a Mum - In loving memory of Violet Grace
Violet Grace Donaldson was born on the 19/7/2019. It was not the birth I had been hoping for. At 22 weeks pregnant my husband Chris and I were informed that our little Violet had a rare condition. He...
Hospital to Home
Hospital to Home is a program operating throughout Australia, providing outreach support within three months of loss to bereaved parents who have experienced the death of a baby or infant through stil...
Early pregnancy loss recognition
One of the most difficult aspects of early pregnancy loss to cope with is how invisible it feels. You may have very few memories to treasure of your pregnancy and you may feel that others don’t unde...
Our first Christmas after loss – Danielle and Hugh’s story.
After Danielle and Hugh’s baby Hamish was stillborn weeks before Christmas, that first holiday season was unlike any other. Since then, remembering and including Hamish at this special time of year ...
My ectopic pregnancies
In 2018 Marianne and Brad had the heartbreaking experience of two separate ectopic pregnancies. Each loss terrifying and life changing. Marianne shares her story here today to bring more awareness to ...