Supporting families through grief - Angel Irving

~ Supporting families through the grief of pregnancy + infant loss in the name of our beautiful first born son that we lost in September last year ~

If  there is any light our Angel can bring into the world, we will do what we can to make it happen

Angel Irving’s story: September 17th 2020 - it was the day our beautiful baby came into and left this world, the day our lives changed forever.

After 4.5 years of trying, the loss of twins, and years of IVF, we were blessed with the healthy pregnancy of our darling boy. Sadly, 17 weeks pregnant, my waters unexpectedly broke and two days later, I gave birth to the most tiny but beautiful sleeping baby ~ we called him Angel, not because he was born an angel but because he was always our angel baby, a beautiful blessing we waited so long for.

The beautiful midwives  encouraged us to spend time with our boy using a cuddle cold cot (a cold cot funded by Bears of Hope that keeps babies cold that allows the parents to say goodbye to their baby). Without this support from the midwives and Bears of Hope we would not have had this time with our son.

This brings time to why we are starting this fundraiser, whilst it was the most devastating time of our lives if there is any light our Angel can bring to the world, we will do anything we can to make that happen. 

We are hoping to raise enough funds for Bears of Hope to donate a cuddle cot or to provide the support and the recourses needed for grieving families for in our darling boys name.

Bears of Hope are an incredible charity that supports grieving and bereaved families through pregnancy and infant loss. With 1 in 4 families experiencing pregnancy loss and 6 babies a day being born sleeping, means that someone you know has or will experience what can be a very lonely and devastating life event.

Bears of Hope provide counselling services not just for the mums, but for the whole family over the phone and in person (so if you need this, please reach out to them).

Getting into the second half of the year, it breaks our hearts (again) to think another family will go through something like this, especially around Christmas time ~ please stand with me to support other families who may have gone through something like this or are yet to experience this, please donate if you can, or share this around. Any support will go to helping bereaved families through an unfathomable and often unspoken about and heart breaking life experience.

For any family struggling including the men, siblings and extended family please contact bears of hope for support, someone to chat to or free counselling https://www.bearsofhope.org.au/seek-support/counsellor-support/

Please stand by us in supporting this charity and providing support to grieving and bereaved families, please help us be part of the change Australia needs.

Thanking you with everything we have x

~ All funds go directly to the Bears of Hope charity who are tracking this fundraiser ~