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Searched for: 'bereavement'The reality of maternal mortality: a father's perspective
Fri 10th Oct 2008 by Ben Palmer.… awfulising.
Eventually, life does start to get easier every day, but we'll never be 'better' - bereavement isn't an illness and it never goes away, you just have to learn to live with it.
Emily has never kissed her Mum, she and Harry will never have their mother there on red letter days. On Emily's first day at school last month, in her new dress, she looked at me with a sadness and simply …
What rubbish
Fri 15th Feb 2008 by Ben Palmer. For as long as I can remember now, my work place at home has been the end of the kitchen table rather than my desk in the upstairs study. Working with my computer at the table has had its advantages - I am either in the same or the next door room to Harry and Emily when they play.
The trouble …
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Thu 24th Jan 2008 by Ben Palmer.British Journal of Midwifery
Cruise Bereavement Care
Confidential Enquiry into Maternal And Child Health
Department of Health
Healthcare Commission
NHS Direct
Nursing & Midwifery Council
Patients Association
Royal College of Midwives
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Survive …
Wish upon a star
Sun 6th Jan 2008 by Ben Palmer. Amongst other Christmas goodies, I gave Harry and Emily a very special present. It wasn't immediately the most exciting, nor the biggest, but it has had a big effect, and one which I hope will last them for the rest of their lives.
I gave them a 'Name A Star' gift box, with a registration form …
Remember the good times
Sat 30th Jun 2007 by Ben Palmer.… now. The pain is still there but not quite in the same stabbing way.
Anyone who doesn't know bereavement will say that I'm 'moving on', but you don't move on, ever. You learn to live with your bereavement, hard as it is, and you carry it like an amputation. Most days now I'm just aware of my missing limb and work around it with a sadness, and some days like today it hurts like the day it …
Who is Jessica?
Thu 21st Jun 2007 by Ben Palmer. Jessica Palmer was a Mum.
She died in June 2004, at 34 years old, of childbed fever . It was six days after the uncomplicated birth of her second child.
Jessica's story could save another Mum's life and prevent another family's heartache and pain ; that is what Jessica would have wanted.
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What is childbed fever?
Childbed fever is an infection of the womb in new mothers which can lead to septicaemia. If left untreated infection will cause organ failure and death - even in young, fit mothers.more»
What are the symptoms? »
Childbed fever: the facts »
What's the aim?
We would like every parent and every midwife and doctor to know that childbed fever is still a very real threat to a mother's life.more »
Can I help? »
Who is Jessica?
Jessica Palmer was a Mum. She died in June 2004, at 34 years old, of childbed fever caused by Group A streptococcus.more »
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