'About Me Project'

Hello to you all and thank you for visiting the page

When we lost our baby girl, Alba in January 2021, I vowed to do something good in her name. It's been a busy time but we're now ready to launch a project that I thought about during my pregnancy with our rainbow baby. I've been so lucky to have the support, funding and guidance from the wonderful Dr Bryan Beattie and his charity Innermost Learning which has helped to develop my initial idea into where it is today.

So many charities are doing so much good to help grieving parents and their families following the loss of a baby but something I really struggled with in my pregnancy after loss, was the repetitive and draining need to explain the reason behind Alba's passing, my rare condition and how this affected my pregnancy following our loss, my treatment and my care. As you may or may not know, I can be a vocal oversharer but even for me, I often found antenatal appointments (and being high risk, there were lots) quite triggering.

We know that the amazing staff at antenatal appointments do their very best with the limited timescales allocated for each patient. Our goal is to try and help to improve the maternity experience for ALL patients and help give them a platform to voice any concerns or factors that THEY feel are most important surrounding their care, without the need to repeat themselves over and over. This includes but is not limited to those who have previously lost babies. The 'About Me' document includes any information that is important to the patient and their family that they would like their care team to know and understand.

This document does not replace or take away from the medical notes which should always be reviewed in full.

We are currently in the process of raising money to create a website and spread awareness of our project and this is what brings you to this gofundme page.

Thanks so much for your support any donation is much appreciated and will hopefully help someone that you know and love, to receive the best possible maternity care.

Liv & Co. xxx