Sarabjit has shared her experience about the death of her son, Arjan in 1991. Sarabjit also talks about how an Instagram post from Sands led her to seek out more information about the location of her son's ashes. Sarabjit talks about the positive impact finding Arjan's ashes has had on her experience.

A bereaved mother of mixed Black and white British ethnicity told us how she had struggled to get information about what was happening in her own pregnancy. After her daughter, Genesys, was stillborn at 24 weeks, the mother was left feeling that saving her child had not been a priority for those involved in her care.

A bereaved mother of Asian/Indian ethnicity felt she was not listened to by healthcare staff and so did not get the care she needed to feel safe when giving birth to her baby at home at 16 weeks.

Vaishali is a bereaved mother of Asian/Indian ethnicity, who lost her baby Jaya at 22 weeks and one day. With the right care and information, she believes that Jaya's death could have been prevented.

Amber is a mother of mixed white and Black Caribbean ethnicity. Her story shows how a series of errors from early pregnancy contributed to the death of her twins, despite her working hard to access the care she knew she needed. 

Daniel is a father of Black Caribbean ethnicity, whose first baby was stillborn at 41 weeks and 4 days. His story shows the importance of healthcare staff providing clear and personalised information when supporting Black and Asian parents to make decisions about their care. 

After a fabulous wedding day, an amazing honeymoon and eventually moving in to our first home at the end of a long period of restoration, falling pregnant was the final piece to our puzzle.

In May 2019, our son Joshan passed away in his father’s arms, shortly after he was born. He was removed from the ventilator, after we were told by doctors that he would not make a recovery, following a delayed emergency c-section.

In September 2020, I was pregnant with our daughter Lila when my waters broke prematurely. A few days later, Lila died during labour. Despite almost losing our older daughter Robyn the same way a few years earlier, I was totally unprepared for the overwhelming grief and anger I felt at Lila’s loss. 

In September 2022, we lost our little girl at 18 weeks having gone into spontaneous labour, turning our world upside down. Trying to navigate this trauma, grief and loss was the hardest thing either of us have ever had to do.

On Sunday 12th January 1992, after a quick drug free labour, our first son was born.

We want to say a special thank you to Sarah who has signed-up to become one of our amazing Sands Ribbon Run Champions this year.

My husband and I welcomed our baby boy Aidan to the world on 4 September 2022. He was born very premature at 27 + 4 weeks but was incredibly strong and determined to do everything by himself.

We want to say a special thank you to Annika who has signed-up to become one of our amazing Sands Ribbon Run Champions this year.

In December 2019, myself and my partner, Ryan, were ecstatic when we found out we were expecting a baby, due 18th August 2020.