Supporting parents following a pregnancy loss or death of a baby

Abigail’s Footsteps are offering this in-person training workshop FREE OF CHARGE in the CITY OF LONDON, kindly hosted by Liberty Specialty Markets.

Subjects covered include:

• Updates on UK baby loss statistics

• How to communicate sensitively

• Grief theories

• Supporting families from different cultures and faiths

• Professional boundaries and self-disclosure

• ‘Say My Baby’s Name’ ; Providing support in the next pregnancy

• Self-care and wellbeing.

• Information about baby loss support and resources

Guest speakers to be announced.

Who should attend?

Suitable for all healthcare professionals providing care for parents following a pregnancy loss and when a baby dies, including midwives and student midwives, neonatal, fetal medicine, early pregnancy, A&E, perinatal mental health and chaplaincy teams.

Places are limited and we are expecting a high level of bookings. To ensure that everyone has an opportunity to attend our training, we ask you kindly not to book a place for yourself if you have attended one of our training days in the last 2-3 years.

Schedule- (In-person event)

09:30: Arrival and registration

10:00: Morning session starts

13:00: Lunch. Kindly provided by our sponsor Liberty Specialty Markets.

13:30: Afternoon session starts

16:00: Finish time

Places are limited, if you book a place and can no longer attend please cancel your place so it can be offered to someone on the waiting list. If you have any questions or for further information, please email [email protected]

About Abigail's Footsteps:

We are a baby loss charity providing support and counselling for bereaved parents and families as well as specialist bereavement training for midwives and healthcare professionals.

Since 2010, we have worked to improve the way bereaved parents are cared for by hospitals and to better educate midwives on how to care for grieving parents. Sadly, stillbirths and neonatal deaths occur daily, yet many hospitals are not equipped to deal with the parental care required, they have inadequate facilities and their staff receive little to no bereavement training.

By working with medical professionals to understand the issues and seek solutions our charity has helped many families. One of our greatest contributions as a charity has been the creation and funding of the Abi Cooling Cot which allows parents valuable time to spend with their baby before saying goodbye.