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Spending Time With Your Baby After a Miscarriage
Seeing and spending time with your baby can be a positive way to express your feelings and can help you to understand the reality of the miscarriage. However, this may only be possible if you experien...
Creating Memories After an Early Pregnancy Loss
Following and early pregnancy loss, some parents are left wondering if their pregnancy was ever real. There are many ways to create mementos that relate to baby’s existence. Parents often describe t...
Saying Goodbye - The Funeral
After the sudden and unexpected death of a child, it can be very difficult for you to make decisions around what is best for your surviving children. Should they be given the opportunity to say ‘goo...
Your Rights and Obligations or Decisions When Your Baby Has Been Born Still or Died Soon After Birth
Birth Registration States and Territories may have varying requirements around registering a birth so check with your hospital about these.
Born Still or Died Soon After Birth: In the Hospital
You may find that with the support and guidance of hospital staff, family and friends are able to spend time with your baby, once the turmoil of the labour ward or neonatal intensive care unit is over...
Arranging Your Child’s Funeral
You have many choices in arranging the funeral. Arrangements for children and babies may be quite different from the way adult funerals are conducted. There are few legal requirements in arranging a c...
To Bury or Cremate
This, in all likelihood, will determine the final resting place for your child. If you choose to bury your child, the burial must take place in an approved burial ground/cemetery. While you may carry ...