#AskDrB #BabyLoss 9-15 October 2014 increasing awareness a ribbon at a time! Each year the 9th-15th October is Baby Loss Awareness Week and throughout the week bereaved parents, family members and friends can commemorate the all-too-brief lives of their babies, knowing that thousands of other families elsewhere in the world will be doing the same. The week also provides a crucial opportunity for people to talk openly about the subject of and raise awareness of baby loss. The week ends with Baby Loss Awareness Day on 15th October. October 15th is recognised as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day across the world. Here in the UK, we would like to invite you to take part in the global Wave of Light. On this day, everyone is invited to take part in this global event to remember all the babies that have died during pregnancy, at, during or after birth. Simply light a candle at 7pm and leave it burning for at least 1 hour. This can be done individually or in a group, at home or in a communal space. Wherever you do this, you will be uniting with others across the world in honour of those babies who lit up our lives for such a short time. You can also show your support by wearing a Baby Loss Awareness pin. The exclusive Baby Loss Awareness enamel pins are available to buy from Sands or any of the participating charities. Now in its thirteenth year we are very excited to be leading Baby Loss Awareness Week into a new phase. This week will give families the opportunity to join with others and remember their babies, whether in public or private, anywhere in the world. We hope this week will help families feel less isolated and alone in their heartache. When your baby dies, it is a cruel and devastating loss. Often there has been little time to get to know your child, to create cherished memories, to have anything to look back on as good times: times and memories that could give some comfort. It is total emptiness when a baby dies, filled only by unbearable pain and longing. And for each one of those babies, there are so many shattered lives: the parents, the siblings, the grandparents, the aunts, uncles, cousins, the friends, all those who were there to help through pregnancy and birth. Everyone is affected. The sense of loss and grief ripples outwards. We want to remember all these precious and wonderful babies, and all the people who love them and miss them so much, and will love and miss them for ever. Carolyn Bray, Sands, Fundraising Manager
Posted on: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 21:31:29 +0000
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