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I tweet a mix of personal, parenting and Jessica's Trust information, links, news and chat: twitter.com/jessicastrust

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Who am I?

I am Ben Palmer, a childbed fever widower and parent to …

Life saving treatment wanted asap

… referring sites in my log stats, and often visit back. It was in this way that I came across a parenting forum this weekend.

A mother of three posted with a link to Jessica's Trust, urging people to read the information contained herein and, if they feel as strongly as she does, to sign the petition.

I was, though, dismayed to read a third reply to her post, from another mum, who …

Thank you so much

… or GP, thus saving precious time.

I hope, through the petition, that a large number of other parents and parents-to-be especially agree with this premise, and that together we can show the government that we believe action should be taken now, and not after another unnecessary death from this archaic illness.

Thank you again for your continued and important support.

1-2-3, Go

… out to new mothers is really effective and the simple information shown is widely known now. All parents and their families need to know about childbed fever.

2. Every woman to have regular observations recorded on a Modified Early Obstetric Warning System (MEOWS) chart - in hospital and at home.

It's really encouraging to hear that more and more hospitals are getting around to …

Browse Friday's Child

I've just learnt about this widget. It allows you to browse through (if you haven't already read it) a few selected pages from Friday's Child. Click on the page to enlarge it.

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The reality of maternal mortality: a father's perspective

… reason to think that Jessica was in any danger after a normal delivery. And anyway, as second time parents, we knew that the community midwife would be visiting the following day.

Jessica was tired and made it quite clear that she wanted to be left to sleep until the next feed.

Yes, the benefit of hindsight makes me uncomfortable about this. It was my missed opportunity.

Unfortunately, the …

Anniversary request

Four years ago today, a good mother died unnecessarily from an archaic illness. The world may not have noticed immediately, but the three year old boy crying in his bed, the six day old girl feeding in her father's arms and the grieving widower did.

Together the three of us have kicked, …

Friday's Child

… Ben's heartbreaking story of dealing with his grief while raising two small children as a single parent. As he tries to accept the idea of life without his beloved wife, he battles shock, grief, despair and guilt, before finally finding hope in the future, thanks to the love and support of his friends and family. It is a devastating story of living with a cruel and needless loss.

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Update

… a great deal of extra information to put on the site just yet, but there is a new Information for Parents page, lifted from the new leaflet which, together with the poster, is hopefully almost ready for release.

Hopefully more information and some great news soon.

An Inspector Calls

I had a visit from the VAT Inspector this morning. I got a bit behind with my VAT Returns and they wanted to make sure I wasn't up to no good.

Business has been slow to non existant for the past few years, so it didn't take long and we soon started to talk about what I was doing now. I showed …