“I wasn’t ready for what I was about to see. The beeping and the sounds of the machines working to keep my nephew alive still haunt my dreams. Yet this was only the beginning of his story.” Disclaimer: This story contains details of infant abuse which may be upsetting for some.Â
At first, Leah thought her daughter, Jada, may be constipated. It was much more than this. What a remarkably brave little girl Jada is!
“This is the greatest dental trauma the emergency hospital we attended has ever seen.”
Trigger warning: This story may be distressing. A little boy and his dad have both…
“She was so full of life, she was so much fun. We had so much planned, so many dreams and we are just realising it has all crashed.”Â
“Because of social media and TikTok my child was just trying to be famous and she accidentally took her own life.”
“I never had the feeling that I wanted to harm my child, but I didn’t want to spend any time with her. There was just this gray colour in my life.” We applaud Hayden for bravely opening up about a devastating battle with addiction and depression and her heartbreaking decision involving her daughter, Kaya.
“At 11:56 a.m. on Tuesday, June 12, 2018, four days after losing his daddy, Maxley Russell Ferguson was born.”
“This has been an extremely difficult time that no words could properly explain. There is pain from our unfathomable loss but our hearts are filling from our little bundle of joy that Lauren has blessed us with.”
“His body was so swollen. It looked like he had been punched – they were like purple bruises over his whole body.”
“I was once asked what the itch felt like and I described it as a thousand ants crawling all over your body and not knowing where to scratch first. Looking back, those were the darkest days of my pregnancy and postpartum journey. Yet I hardly see anyone talk about this condition.”
“I remember it in the pit of my stomach when signing for the loan to renovate our house. In my hands, when giving a presentation at work. In the lump deep within when staring at the ultrasound and hearing no heartbeat. You would have noticed it in me if you looked up. It would be found in the absent days from work. The tired eyes and the shaking hands. At times you would have seen the tears.” This is a must-read, mums. Trust us.