Submitted on Friday 17th March 2023
Rejected on Monday 27th March 2023
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Provide a form of acknowledgment for babies lost prior to 24 weeks.
By providing a Baby Loss Memorial Book and Commemorative Certificate to parents of babies lost prior to 24 weeks (recently announced by the Scottish Government) we can address the sense of loneliness often experienced by couples following miscarriage and support them through the grieving process.
According to the Charity Tommy's, 1 in 4 pregnancies end in loss. This means there is a huge percentage of the adult population who have lived through this experience, often multiple times. Pregnancies lost prior to 24 weeks are not officially recognised and this is exacerbated by the pervasive view that pregnancy loss is just 'one of those things'. The result leaves couples often feeling alone in their grief with a sense that their baby didn't count and/or was forgotten by others.
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