For a woman, the loss of a baby is utterly overwhelming — physically, emotionally, and psychologically. There are often no words for the emptiness and grief that follow. Understandably, much of the immediate attention focuses on the mother’s medical and emotional needs. In this, a father’s grief can be overlooked.

In the UK, around 13 babies die shortly before, during, or soon after birth every day (source: How many babies die in the UK | Sands.). In 2023, this amounted to 4,478 baby deaths. Every year, thousands of mothers, fathers and families face the devastating loss of a baby.

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