This is a place for people to share their stories about the loss of a child.

It could be a bereaved parent or a family member or one of their friends.  Or it could be one of the many different professionals involved.  All these people have important things to say to each other that often get missed in the drama and tragedy of a child’s death, something that just makes the whole thing even harder for everyone. Sharing stories and exchanging opinions can really help.

And so can helping lessons get learned. Sharing helps to identify the many short-comings there are in caring for babies and their families.  The apparently little ones, to the great big obvious ones.  They are all valuable, and could make a real difference at a crucial time in peoples’ lives.

Anyone is free to leave a comment on the stories and recommendations on this site, and if you’d like to contribute a story or recommendation of your own, just register and write a post about it for others to visit.  If you’re worried about anonymity, just use an alias.  To make ‘recommendations’, simply tick the ‘recommendation’ category when you write a post. The idea is that these will be fed back into the NHS “Being Open” process in the hope that some useful improvements can be made in this difficult part of healthcare.

By being more open, we can help everybody involved make better sense of things and do a better job of coping.  The more we do, the more of a difference we can make.