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Tell me a bit about you and your partner! How long have you two been together? Where do you live? How old are you both?

My partner Paul Lyons and I met in 2013.  We met relatively late in our lives as Paul was 37 and I was 34.  We had a whirlwind romance and got engaged whilst on holiday in Thailand around 4 months into our relationship.  It was a dream come true!  We both knew that we wanted to have kids and as such were really excited to get married and start our own family.

Australian Statistics & Key Points

• 1 in every 4 pregnancies end in 𝙈𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙜𝙚 (loss up to 20 wks gestation)
• 6 babies are 𝙎𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙣 everyday
• Approximately 2 𝙉𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝘿𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙨 occur each day (loss following birth up to 28 days old)
• Up to 150 babies die from SIDS  each year

Pregnancy & Infant Loss doesn’t discriminate....

Australian Statistics

• 1 in every 4 pregnancies end in 𝙈𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙜𝙚 (loss up to 20 wks gestation)
• 6 babies are 𝙎𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙣 everyday
• Approximately 2 𝙉𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝘿𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙨 occur each day (loss following birth up to 28 days old)
• Up to 150 babies die from SIDS  each year

Pregnancy & Infant Loss doesn’t discriminate. We all know...

Can you first tell me a little about your miscarriages?

When Paul (my partner) and I got engaged, we both knew that we wanted to have kids.  We were really excited about the opportunity to get pregnant and start our family.  Our journey was completely unexpected and devastatingly, we have now experienced 7 miscarriages.  They have varied from 5weeks to 19.6weeks gestation and one was a twin pregnancy.  

All of these losses were incredibly heartbreaking. We didn’t want either pregnancy/baby any less than the other.  Love is not measured by days or weeks and I believe...