Committees: Bereaved Parent Advocacy Committee

Rachel is a bereaved mother to Tommy, who died unexpectedly at 41 weeks from a true knot and tight cord wrapping. Since then, Rachel has also experienced unexplained secondary infertility requiring IVF, a miscarriage and an ectopic pregnancy. Rachel’s lived experience drives her passion to change the narrative of infertility, pregnancy loss and stillbirth, by…

Sophie has been involved in the work of the Stillbirth CRE and her state-wide tertiary hospital as a bereaved parent representative following the neonatal death of her son in 2022. Her willingness to be involved in research, advocacy and practice change comes from the intersections of her lived experience of early infant loss, a mother…

Hannah is mum to Billie who is three and Olive who was born at 22 weeks due to PPROM in 2023. She is a midwife and works in the birth unit at a hospital in Sydney. Since becoming a bereaved mum she has developed further interest in good quality bereavement care and recognises that research…

After the death of her daughter Claudia in 2014, Till retrained to be able to provide support and care to others who have experienced child death – Predominately working with Red Nose. As an author, she has published a book of poetry, “From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea” and “The Dovekeeper & the…

Rebecca is based in Sydney and completed her Graduate Diploma in Counselling in 2010. Rebecca is registered with the governing body PACFA as a clinical counsellor. Rebecca is passionate about supporting families through Bears of Hope and feels a strong connection due to her own experience in loss through multiple miscarriages and loves to help…

Kelly is a mum of 3 children….two that walk with her hand in hand and one that lives in her heart. In 2004, Kelly experienced the exhilaration of bringing a son into this world. In 2007 her life was devastated with the news her daughter was unable to be revived at birth and in 2008…

Brad and Jaime Farrant’s daughter Kaya died two hours before she was born on the 6th of August 2011. This came as a complete shock as none of the medical staff we had contact with throughout the pregnancy had expressed any concern that Kaya’s life was in any kind of danger. Kaya’s growth had slowed…