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Sharing our journey of our baby Elliott, born forever sleeping on 28.10.16, and the life that leads after

Tag: guilt

The guilt…

January 4, 2017January 19, 2017 Stevie Vowles1 Comment

As a mum of a 7 year old daughter and 4 year old son, I know that parenting can sometimes be filled with guilt- Did I do this right? I know I certainly did that wrong... And now that we have an angel baby as well, I have found that you can't escape guilt when [...]

Posted in family, pregnancy and infant loss, UncategorizedTagged diary, family, grief, guilt, infant loss awareness, journey, letter, SANDS, stillbirth

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