A forum for health professionals caring for bereaved parents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
Join us on Thurs 4th June as we support each other in finding way's to okay and explore connecting as a couple in your grief. Read more
Help Sands support bereaved parents during COVID-19 text HOPE to 0400 858 858 Read more
Celebrant and end-of-life doula, Janne Sverdloff, talks us through ways to plan meaningful funerals & memorials during COVID-19 restrictions. Read more
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If you're grieving the loss of a baby, Mother’s Day can be a painful date on the calendar. During this time of COVID-19, the extra isolation of being separated from family, friends and wider support networks may feel very tough.
Some of you reading this newsletter will already be experiencing significant impacts from this pandemic. We are thinking about you all and hoping for a quick return to normality. We've made some changes to help Sands through this challenging period, but we need your support.
The Federal Government recently announced limits on public gatherings to help reduce the spread of Coronavirus. These restrictions apply to funerals and unfortunately may affect the way bereaved parents plan and conduct a ceremony for their baby who has died.
Join us online for an informal chat with other members of the Sands community. Read more
Tricia and Steve lost their twin sons Andrew and Jarrod at 30 weeks in 1989, with both boys only living a few hours each. Read more
Sadly, very soon after seeing two healthy heartbeats, Anne suffered a miscarriage, claiming the lives of the two babies who would have grown to call her 'Mum'. After 12 harrowing years of IVF and another 17 failed embryo transfers, Anne never fell pregnant again. Read more
Pregnancy loss has been a repeated trauma that has cost this couple the life of their otherwise healthy newborn son as well as three subsequent first trimester pregnancies. Read more