Grieving families share their baby loss heartbreak to help others

So to help support grieving parents, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals has produced a series of videos from people who have experienced baby loss in their families.

Trust specialist bereavement nurse, Megan Murray, said: “Most of the people I see come because no one talks about their baby.

“They have experienced pregnancy, all the physical and emotional changes, and yet when they lose the baby no one talks about it.”

“This is one of the main things families want to talk about, they want to share their experience, they had time with their baby and they need to talk about it.

“People say they do not know how to help, but talking with the grieving family, talking about the baby, naming the baby, all of those things are so important.

“If we don’t talk about what happened, it makes the couple feel so uncomfortable about mentioning their baby’s name.”

“Some families don’t get to talk about their baby, and the beautiful experience they had in such difficult circumstances.

“It can be so difficult to see a person you love and care about cry, so often loved-ones avoid the conversation.

“My role is to support these families and to allow them to talk where they have not been able to talk about what has happened to them.”

Megan’s job is to support families when they lose their baby. This can be from conception to up to 28 days old.

Megan has been in post for many years and has helped hundreds of couples with their grief.

This year, as part of Baby Loss Week, which runs until October 15, Megan asked some of the families she has helped to open up and talk about their experiences so they can help others

going through similar tragedies.