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My toddler helped me realise it's okay to talk about my miscarriages
There is no silver lining: miscarriage is deeply traumatic. If you know what it is to love someone, you know what it is to lose someone.
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Support services for miscarriage and baby loss
Your guide for where to access support resources for miscarriage, still birth and baby and child loss.
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The photos that remember the babies 'too precious for earth'
When Nikita Razo had a miscarriage she realised she had become part of a large secret group.
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7 things I wish I'd known before I had a miscarriage
Like most people, I knew basically nothing about miscarriage until it happened to me.
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The empowering T-shirts that celebrate rainbow babies
When psychologist Jessica Zucker had a miscarriage she discovered first hand what her patients had been telling her for years – there is still too much silence around pregnancy loss.
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What is a rainbow baby?
A rainbow baby is a baby that is born to parents after they have had a miscarriage, experienced a stillbirth or lost a child in infancy.
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We should be talking more about baby loss
The nursery in Kelly and John Northcott's home was ready and waiting for their first child.
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Why working women keep quiet about miscarriage
When Louisa*, a primary school teacher in Sydney, miscarried for the second time in her early thirties, she was working in a busy inner city school.
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How an inquest into one stillbirth is saving lives
A ground-breaking court case that has focused solely on one stillborn baby has already helped to save the lives of other babies.
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Don't forget bereaved dads around Father's Day
"For many men, Father's Day may be a very dark place – many men even question their identity as a dad."
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An angel baby balloon brings hope to many
Every day in Australia there are 402 miscarriages and six babies are stillborn. But help is out there for families grieving a child they will never know.
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