Committees: Bereaved Parent Advocacy Committee

Edith is a bereaved parent, an educator, and researcher. Edith’s son DJ was stillborn at 22 weeks on Christmas Day 2022, and since then Edith has been blessed with her rainbow baby Cecilia Daisy. Edith is passionate about honouring DJ through perinatal research initiatives that tie in her new found passion for advocating for bereaved…

Sarah is a bereaved parent of Harry who was stillborn at 27 weeks in February 2022. Following Harry’s passing, Sarah had three miscarriages before her rainbow Charlie was born in October 2023. Sarah is passionate about honouring Harry through research initiatives. The cause of Harry’s death was never fully determined and Sarah wants to see…

Emily is mum to Lydia, Adeline and Jack who was unexpectedly stillborn at full term. After our experience with Jack, I wanted bereaved families and their supports to have access to information & knowledge of the available resources – hence we created ‘a little help from Jack’ – a practical resource companion for pregnancy and…

Kiralee is a bereaved parent. She has felt a strong calling to take part in things to make a difference in some way since the passing of her baby James, which has lead her to participate in fundraising for stillbirth charities including Bears of Hope and The Stillbirth Foundation, in honour of James and has…

Sarah is a mother to 4 children (3 living) her son Aksel was stillborn after severe brain injury and complications at 33+2 weeks back in 2018.Feeling lost and looking for connection to those who understand and have walked in the same shoes, she started writing, podcasting and created social local gatherings at the time.As a…

Kylie is first and foremost a mother to her beautiful children. Her first child, Alexander Hamish was still born at 35 weeks due to an unexplained placental abruption. Kylie has recently started to seek ways to become more involved in advocating for further research into the reasons for stillbirth (with a special interest in those…

I have birthed 3 beautiful babies. After an early miscarriage, I went on to have an uncomplicated pregnancy and healthy birth of my son Xavier (6). In January 2021, I was blindsided by a devastating fetal diagnosis at 20-weeks, which resulted in a termination for medical reasons (TFMR) at nearly 23-weeks. After genetic testing and…

Bereaved sister to John Paul, and bereaved mother to Ivy Kathleen. Steph never imagined life to look like this. Not only experiencing the loss of a sibling at the age of 7 but also now navigating loss as a parent and helping two children deal with the loss of their beloved and longed for sister.…