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Heaven takes another angel

Our angel. Mummy & Daddy’s little angel. We will never forget you. Today has truly been one of the most heartbreaking days of my life. “Nobody said it was easy”… These words which somebody posted today describe exactly how I am feeling right now: A whisper in the silence, a tear drop on my hand, the pain that builds inside of me seems will remain forever more. Although we never met you, you were so cherished and so loved, please never do forget that, my little unborn one. Only two weeks ago we saw your precious little heartbeat after bleeding …

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Date night (and a little rant)

Tomorrow is date night! A rarity with a baby, as I’m sure you all know! I can’t remember the last time we had a night to ourselves and went out, so I’m very much looking forward to it. My Mum is coming over to look after the little man whilst we go out, I’m sure he’ll have lots of fun too!  We’re not doing anything major, just going for a bite to eat and to the cinema, though I’m not sure which way round yet as I’m not sure what we’re going to see so not certain on what time …

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World Prematurity Day

Every 30 seconds a premature baby dies, but 75% of fatalities are preventable. Awareness needs to be raised. Today is World Prematurity Day.  I haven’t much to write as I haven’t personally been affected by prematurity, but I have a few friends that have, and it’s such an important issue that I wanted to write something. Reading updates, seeing pictures, you feel like you go through the journey with them, but you aren’t actually there. I think if you haven’t personally experienced the trauma of having a premature baby, you can’t grasp how tough it is. I can’t; I can only …