Peas in a Pod - Loss in a multiple pregnancy

"For Baby Loss Awareness Week, as a way of remembering precious babies who have died, we invite bereaved parents to Say Their Baby's Name on our remembrance wall on our website. Find out more at: inha.ie/remembrance-wa… #BLAW

Today for Baby Loss Awareness Week, we are launching our new booklet “A memoir of life after loss in singleton pregnancy”. The booklet contains 10 stories where bereaved parents share their experiences of life after loss of their precious baby. See: inha.ie/.../Loss-Memoi….

If you are a bereaved Mom, you may feel particularly sad in the lead up to Mother’s Day this Sunday, as you miss your baby who has died. We have created two beautiful, printable Mother’s Day cards for you to use as a way of remembering your baby - inha.ie/bereaved-mum/.

A brand new Twin and Multiple Birth Further Guidance for Health Care Professionals has been launched in the UK. This will sit alongside the UK’s National Bereavement Care Pathway Standards. See buff.ly/3EKp3kK @NWIHP @PregnancyLossIE @caroline_o @twinstrustbsg

In Ireland, the Labour Party’s new Bill seeks to provide an entitlement to leave of up to 20 days for women who have had a miscarriage. To fast track this bill through the Irish Government, please sign Labour’s petition at labour.ie/support-the-re… and share it with a friend.

Delighted that our butterfly alert symbol is now a best practice standard in the HSE’s National Standards for Bereavement Care Following Pregnancy Loss and Perinatal Death (hse.ie/eng/services/l…). @NeoResearch_Net @twinstrustbsg @keelinodonoghue @HSELive @TheSkyeHighFdn

12 new national clinical guidelines have been designed to standardize obstetric care and reduce the number of preventable baby deaths in Ireland. We are delighted to have been involved in their development. @keelinodonoghue irishtimes.com/health/2023/01…

We are delighted to mark #babylossawarenessweek by launching a baby loss journal that bereaved parents can use to write down details about their baby who is going to die or has died. Download the journal at inha.ie/wp-content/upl…

The National Maternity Bereavement Experience survey closes on 31 October. If you experienced baby loss between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2021, we would like to encourage you to take part in this survey at yourexperience.ie. @CareExperience

Ireland's first National Maternity Bereavement Experience Survey is now live. We encourage you to take part and help improve maternity bereavement care in Ireland. yourexperience.ie @CareExperience

We have produced a bereavement checklist of things for bereaved parents and their families to think about if their baby has died or is going to die - inha.ie/resources-bere…. The checklist also includes some suggestions on twin(s) or triplet(s) loss.

We have produced a new suite of Certificates of Birth some of which are specifically for twins and triplets - see inha.ie/resources-bere…. We hope that these certificates will provide families with some comfort and a precious keepsake. #babyloss #lossinamultiplepregnancy

Today, Father’s Day, you might like to read the story of a proud bereaved Dad Anthony Owens about the loss of his son Arthur who died around the time of his birth at facebook.com/peasinapodirel…. Thinking of all the bereaved Dad’s on Father’s Day. #babyloss #FathersDay2022

Monochorionic twins are at risk of rare complications like TTTS, TAPS, SFGR. They're also at an increased risk of prematurity, neurodevelopmental impairment,& death, which is why it's important to screen closely. Read more here: bit.ly/3wOxYfm #tapssupport #tapsisreal

We have a new leaflet (also as a hard copy) of tips for healthcare professionals looking after bereaved families written by our coordinator @Sharondarke following our recently published bereavement care report. You can download it here buff.ly/3PLzxV0 @TwinsTrust

As we begin to think about Father’s Day, we know that it can be a hard day for Dad’s who have lost their baby. So, in partnership @DuckBlue1, we have produced two beautiful Father’s Day cards, which acknowledge a Dad’s loss of their child. duckblue.ie/collections/ba…

Some of these suggestions might be helpful if your babies have died very recently or if you are caring for families who have experienced the death of a twin, triplet or more. @TwinsTrust #babyloss #twinloss #tripletloss #multiplebirthloss #youarenotalone

We have recently shared our findings from our bereavement care report twinstrust.org/bereavement/su… You can read Hayley’s story whose twin son Aubrey died, and hear from @ShaunaLeven and @NandaSurabhi in the full report. @Sharondarke suggests some ways that you can help @TwinsTrust

We had 252 respondents to our bereavement care report sharing their experience of bereavement care and support, both at the time of, and after the death of their twins, triplets or more. buff.ly/3LLoBEv @TwinsTrust #babyloss #twinloss #tripletloss #multiplebirthloss

Thank you so much to @LordMayorDublin @AlisonGilliland and @ExpGlasnevin for working together to make this decision. It will lessen the financial burden of baby loss of many bereaved parents. Hopefully more county councils and cemeteries will make a similar decision #babyloss