Wednesday 15 October 2014

Today is Pregnancy Loss and Infant Death Awareness Day 2014. 

There is a campaign for as many people as possible to light a candle in memory of all the babies born asleep or who passed shortly after birth. I hope that thousands of candles have been lit all over the world for those special angels.

There are so many families all over the world that are affected by pregnancy loss and infant death yet the level of support for them does not reflect the demand.

How can the people that fund these services see the need for improved services and not actively fight to make that improvement.

The only reason I can come up with is that they have never had to go through a loss therefore they do not know the destruction it can cause.
They have never had to see a loved one struggle to come to terms with the death of their child.
They have never had to struggle to get out of bed when all you want to do is curl up forever.
They have never experienced the feeling of complete and utter loss and despair.
They have never felt that life seems too hard to keep going on.
They have never sat and cried for their loved one for hours on end.

If they had experienced any of this they would be allocating the money to the correct services to ensure that all families going through a bereavement are given the right care and support when they need it. 

They would see that waiting lists were cut so that families didn't have to wait months just to be told that they need face to face counselling, and then get told this could then take up to 18 months.

They would increase the amount of bereavement midwives available for families to contact.

I look at the things we aim to achieve by opening Charlies-angel-centre and think why are these things not already and automatically available to bereaved families. 
If we can see what needs to be done to improve services why can't the so called 'professionals' also see that.

I am sharing my candle in memory of Charlie Arthur Curtis my beautiful, handsome grandson who came into this world at 04.11 on 29.12.2012 and sadly gained his wings at 04.30 on 29.12.2012.










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