Father to Henry 👼, Robyn and Hallie 🌈🌈, stillbirth voice, @nhsengland national maternity service user rep, views my own (he/him)
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My thoughts - as a bereaved father and as a maternity safety campaigner - on today’s @OckReview and why it’s so vital we all learn the lessons from it.
@ShaunLintern @JamesTitcombe @Jeremy_Hunt @HSJnews @HSJEditor @mrjamesob @MattHancock @willquince
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“Baby Loss Awareness Week isn’t for us.”
I think I’ve said that every year for thirteen years. Every week is BLAW for those of us who wake up every morning to find that yes, our child is still dead.
But hopefully, just for this week, even just for the next hour, everyone can put that aside and focus on the thing we can all agree everyone wants - better care, and better outcomes.
If you can, please light a candle with us, just for an hour.
Henry Oliver Mills-Binnie
2nd May, 2014, 21:05
4lb 13.5oz
#waveoflight #BLAW
Happy twelfth birthday kiddo.
“Twelve” has hit me hard today - it’s passed in the blink of an eye. It feels like you arrived just yesterday and yet somehow also feels an eternity ago.
I love you more than words can ever explain, and by golly I miss you. 🌲💙
Ten years and one day ago, I shared our lived experience at the launch of the Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle.
And yet, a decade on, we’re still not where we need to be, and in some ways the landscape is more problematic than I’ve known it at any point in the nearly-twelve-years since the reality of perinatal death became my reality completely out of the blue in the blink of an eye.
Thank you to @SandsUK @AndyMacNaeMP @MichelleWelshMP for the invitation to speak, I hope I did it justice.
Great to see so many familiar faces in the room @tommys @AchingArms @GBSSupport
Twelfth #waveoflight, the first time I’ve ever been away from home for it.
So grateful to work with friends who just got on board without batting an eyelid.
Things in the bereaved parent community are pretty ugly at the moment, so this felt like a moment of respite and calm…
Chris Binnie retweeted
The Stillbirth PSP is asking UK-based parents, professionals and anyone affected by stillbirth or the death of a baby (after 20 weeks of pregnancy or in the first 24 hours of life), to select the 10 most important research questions from the list here stillbirthpsp.org.uk/survey.…
Chris Binnie retweeted
Paracetamol is the first choice of painkiller if you're pregnant and is still considered the safest choice of pain relief during pregnancy.
There is no evidence it causes autism in children.
Kate Brintworth, our Chief Midwifery Officer, explains more 🎥
We discussed this last night, and Hallie (aged 6) said “when I’m Prime Minister, I’ll order this to happen!”
We had a little chat about how our Parliamentary democracy works 🤣 but these constituents are behind you on this @tomgordonLD, keep going 💪🏻
