Rockingham General Hospital supports all birthing women during Baby Loss Awareness Week

Offering compassionate woman-centred care for all birthing women, Rockingham General Hospital maternity perinatal loss service supported Madelyn after the stillbirth of her first baby, Amalie at 37 weeks in 2020.

“I came into the hospital after noticing reduced fetal movements that day, to have Amalie’s death confirmed which was heartbreaking,” Madelyn said. “I went on to deliver her and hold her in my arms, and I will never forget how beautiful she was.”

Now the mum of 3-year-old Aylah, and pregnant once again, Madelyn will tonight light a candle in remembrance of her baby Amalie uniting with other families across the world at 7pm on 15th October as part of Baby Loss Awareness week (9-15 October) in the global Wave of Light to remember babies and pregnancies lost to miscarriage and / or stillbirth.

Rockingham General Hospital Midwifery Unit Manager Beth Taylor said it was a privilege to provide individualised care for women who experience perinatal loss.

“When women present to RGH experiencing pregnancy loss the care we provide recognises the women’s experience in an environment that supports and empowers them and their families to welcome and say goodbye to their babies born sleeping, Beth said.

“They are provided with women-centred medical, social and emotional care appropriate to their gestation circumstances through the Perinatal Loss Service.

“They are supported one-to-one by one of our dedicated perinatal loss midwives who coordinate a memory box for the parents, including things like hand and footprints, locks of their baby’s hair and a Fiona’s teddy bear, thanks to generous donations from community groups,” Beth said.

Madelyn and her husband were grateful for the care and memories they received after the birth of Amalie, including a teddy bear which now belongs to their other daughter Aylah. They continue to a celebrate Amalie’s life as a part of their family on her birthday and at Christmas.

“She will always be our first child; we will celebrate and remember her always.”

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