Ms Sophie Hickingbotham 

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 of three living in regional Australia, her understanding as a former nurse / midwife and current employment in public health evaluation. Sophie feels a keen sense of gratitude that her experience and opportunity to represent bereaved parents might ripple to inform the experience of others through improved practices, processes and projects.