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Mothering without a Mother: coping with loss and parenthood

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Four months after her mother died from breast cancer, Rachel Clarke found out she was expecting her first baby. In this moving piece, Rachel describes how it feels to enter motherhood without your own mother there to guide you…

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Annie Ridout 25th January 2019
Family

“I’m sorry guys, there’s no heartbeat”

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“Never had I contemplated the complete void that you fall into when you hear those words: “I’m sorry guys, there’s no heartbeat”. Writer Sarah Matthews writes about the deep pain of miscarriage…

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Contributing Writer 11th October 2018
Family

Children and grief: how to talk to kids about death

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How should we speak to our children about death? We ask bereavement counsellor Julia Davies about what to say, creative activities to try and when to turn to the professionals… 

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The Early Hour 21st July 2017
Family

Dear Orla: Announcing a pregnancy after loss

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Over the past five weeks, Michelle Tolfrey has shared her incredibly challenging journey; navigating life after losing her baby daughter, Orla. She is now pregnant again and discusses the complexities of pregnancy after loss…

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Contributing Writer 20th February 2017
Family

Dear Orla – life after loss: The heart of a bereaved mother

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In the penultimate article from Michelle Tolfrey, who writes so honestly and movingly about the devastating loss of her baby girl Orla – who was born sleeping, she asks us to be gentle with the heart of a bereaved mother…

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Contributing Writer 13th February 2017
Family

Dear Orla – life after loss: What’s in a name?

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While grieving for her baby daughter Orla, who she lost when 37 weeks pregnant, Michelle Tolfrey discovered that someone she knew had named her baby girl Orla. Here, she talks about names, identity and how it feels to hear the name Orla assigned to someone else’s child…

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Contributing Writer 6th February 2017
Family

Dear Orla – life after loss: Why can’t you tell me why?

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For around two thirds of babies that are stillborn – that equates to almost 2500 babies every single year – there is no answer as to why it happened. So “2500 parents will never know why their baby died,” says Michelle Tolfrey, who lost her baby daughter Orla…
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Contributing Writer 30th January 2017
Wellbeing

What it’s like to become a widow in your 40s

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One minute, she was happily married with two sons – aged 12 and nine – the next, her husband had died. We speak to Jemima Thomas about the unpredictable nature of grief, losing friends who thought she should move on and how it feels to be a widow, five years on…

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Contributing Writer 26th January 2017
Family

Dear Orla – life after loss: choosing the right words

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Last Monday we heard from clinical psychologist Michelle Tolfrey, whose baby daughter Orla was sadly stillborn, about the birth story. This week, she discusses our need to label everything and how this affects life after loss…

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Contributing Writer 23rd January 2017
Family

Dear Orla – life after loss: Orla’s birth story

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At 37 weeks pregnant, Michelle Tolfrey tragically lost her baby daughter Orla. As a psychologist, she felt it was important to be open about her feelings so she started a blog: Dear Orla. It aims to raise awareness of stillbirth. Here, she shares Orla’s birth story…

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Contributing Writer 16th January 2017

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