Ambassador Announcement – Footprints Baby Loss

Last week I met with Sharon Darke and Suzie Scofield to discuss their charity Footprints Baby Loss.  I met Suzie and Sharon earlier this year at my dear friend Jenni Thomas’ book launch of ‘After a child dies’. Since then, Sharon and Suzie have attended the family meetings that the Review hosts in Nottingham to provide bereavement support to families affected by twin, triplet and multiple loss.

At our meeting last week, Sharon and Suzie shared their personal experience of loss. It was truly touching and inspiring to hear that their experiences have motivated them to help and support others. It was shocking to hear that mothers of twins and triplets who have suffered a loss of one or more of their baby/babies are sometimes excluded from bereavement support groups because they have a surviving baby. In addition to this, they told me how some mothers and their partners were asked ‘where the other twin is’ at appointments following the loss of their baby/babies. The ongoing distress and compounded harm is unimaginable and so easily avoided.

There is so much to do to make perinatal care more inclusive, and I am proud to be a voice for change for families across the country. I am pleased to announce that I have the huge honour of being an ambassador for Footprints, and will continue to do my best to advocate for all mothers, partners, and families of multiples.